Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

There's a lot going on in Queensland under our record investment program, but, in particular, 20 projects will have funding brought forward under the announcements last week. They include upgrades: the M1, south of Brisbane; the Bruce Highway, which runs all the way up to Cairns; the Warrego and Cunningham highways, which go out west; and the North Coast rail line as well.

We've also, very excitingly, finally had the Queensland government agree on the Inland Rail investment package. That unlocks $9 billion of funding right across the country to build our first proper inland rail line from Melbourne to Brisbane. That project is going to create 7,000 jobs alone—another small football stadium of jobs created just on that program. It's very, very exciting.

One of the programs being brought forward is in my part of the world and in Senator McDonald's part of the world, in Central Queensland, where we'll upgrade the Rocky ring-road, which will help more than 70,000 vehicles a day cut travel times and go through fewer traffic lights. It's very exciting for our country.