Dick says Albo open to 80 per cent share of Bruce Hwy funding
The state government is adamant its federal counterparts will overturn a detrimental Bruce Highway funding decision despite repeated rejections from the Prime Minister.
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Coalition drops major Bruce Highway funding bombshell
Queensland’s deadliest highway would receive a major funding boost under a reinstated 80:20 split if the Coalition wins the federal election in 2025.
Revealed: Truth about cost of 2032 Games vs Bruce Hwy fix
New state government modelling shows how the cost of fixing the Bruce Highway compares to that of building Olympic venues.
Major roadblock as Premier, PM meet to prioritise critical Bruce Hwy fixes
Steven Miles and Anthony Albanese are set to meet to discuss priority safety upgrades to the beleaguered Bruce Highway, but there’s still a major issue that could block the funds needed to get the jobs done.
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‘Priority’: Campaign to fix the Bruce gets more Wattage
Federal government frontbencher and Queensland senator Murray Watt has echoed the Prime Minister’s commitment to upgrading the infamous Bruce Highway.
‘Should be better’: PM’s admission on Queensland’s horror stretch
While in Queensland Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made a major concession on the state’s longest and deadliest highway.
Secret data to be released: Big win for Bruce Hwy safety in landmark decision
Crucial road safety data kept secret from Australians will be publicly released following an exhaustive campaign championed by The Courier-Mail.
Why Queensland’s highway to hell will never truly be ‘fixed’
As someone who has driven the Bruce Highway consistently for five decades I can report it has never been better, writes Robert Schwarten.
German high-speed roads put Bruce Hwy to absolute shame
Not everyone wants to drive at more than 140km/h as they can in Europe, but at what point can Queenslanders expect to see a proper highway for a 100km/h limit, asks Letea Cavander.
Qld’s horror road toll: 290 dead in one year, ‘can’t be ignored any longer’
Queensland’s road toll is tracking more than 40 per cent above a target agreed to by the state and federal governments, which aims to halve fatalities by 2030.
‘Goat track’: MP’s scathing assessment as bus comes to grief
A regional LNP politician has slammed the “appalling” condition of the Bruce Highway after a Greyhound bus bound for Brisbane crashed through a barrier and into a ditch in the early hours of Monday.
Running towards the carnage, heroes of the Bruce Highway
Diving into murky waters to retrieve someone, running towards an exploding truck inferno. Read the heroic acts of bystanders first on scene to Bruce Highway tragedies who did all they could to save another.
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