WORK STARTS ON FIRST STAGE OF NORTHERN TASMANIA FREIGHT ROUTE

Work has begun on the first stage of the Northern Roads Package, a $55 million project to provide a more efficient route for freight vehicles travelling across the north of Tasmania.
$4.8 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE TO COPE WITH FLOODING

Tasmanian businesses and residents will benefit from new infrastructure upgrades that will mitigate flooding along the main street of Huonville.
APPLICATIONS OPEN TO FUND LIFESAVING DRIVER REVIVER UPGRADES

Owners of Driver Reviver locations across the nation can now apply for a share of $7.3 million in Australian Government funding to upgrade their lifesaving rest sites.
TRANSCRIPT: PRESS CONFERENCE HUMPTY DOO, NORTHERN TERRITORY, 14 JANUARY 2021

Subjects: Road infrastructure funding; road safety funding; harvest trail initiative; Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund; hotel quarantine; Beetaloo Basin development; emissions reduction plan; COVID vaccine; coal exports to China.
ROAD SAFETY FUNDING FLOWS TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

New road safety upgrades and improvements will be delivered in the Northern Territory thanks to the Australian Government which has allocated $33.3 million to the Northern Territory under the first tranche of the $2 billion Road Safety Program, with a further $13.7 million provided by the Territory Government.
ROADS INVESTMENT TO OPEN UP MAJOR GAS PROJECT IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

The Coalition Government is taking further steps to fast track the enormous economic benefits of the Beetaloo Basin with the announcement of the Northern Territory’s Gas Industry Roads Upgrades program, funded through the Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative.
TRANSCRIPT: TOWNSVILLE PRESS CONFERENCE, 13 January 2021

Subjects: Global Navigation System Townsville, Mobile Black Spots, Bruce Highway, Coronavirus;
TRANSCRIPT: CHARTERS TOWERS MEDIA CONFERENCE, 12 JANUARY 2021

Subjects: Regional Australia, Big Rocks Weir, Censorship, China, Vaccination
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS SMITH – 4BC, 12 JANUARY 2021

Subjects: Coronavirus Border closures; Amnesty International condemnation on comments on US protests.
TRANSCRIPT: TELEVISION INTERVIEW – SKY NEWS, 12 JANUARY 2021

Subjects: Border closures; JobKeeper; hotel quarantine policies; China-Taiwan relationship.