Former Liberal party leader resigned as member for Farrer after she was dumped as opposition leader. Follow updates live The upcoming federal budget will include an extra $2bn over four years to fund infrastructure like roads, water, power and sewerage that will help build up to 65,000 new homes, the Albanese government announced on Saturday night. The new funding, to be formally announced on Tuesday, will help fund necessary infrastructure to finish housing projects that would otherwise face expensive hurdles. It will be provided to local governments and state utility providers, and a quarter of those funds, some $500m, will be reserved exclusively for regional Australia. Building more homes is a big focus of this Budget and a big focus of the Albanese Government. … Right now, it’s too ha