Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged $7.2 billion to upgrade the Bruce Highway, from Brisbane to Cairns. 

Anthony Albanese told Shane Doherty on 4BC Summer Drive, “It will make an enormous difference.”

“We are very proud to be announcing this,” the Prime Minister stated.

Fraser Coast Regional Council Mayor George Seymour told Shane Doherty, “I’m really pleased to see this as a national priority.”

RACQ’s Head of Public Policy Dr Michael Kane told Shane Doherty, “We really think the Bruce will never really be fixed because we’re going to keep getting population growth and economic growth, but it’s a good start in getting rid of these two star sections, which are really unsafe and do cause high levels of fatalities.”

Hear more highlights from 4BC Summer Drive below:

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