The prime minister has kicked-off the election year with a multi-billion-dollar funding pledge to improve one of the country's most notoriously dangerous roads, the Bruce Highway in Queensland. This trip to regional Queensland is the first in a number of visits this week across the Sunshine State, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
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00:00Going around once again, at the start of an election year.
00:11Prime Ministers ventured deep into coalition territory for his opening foray.
00:18On the side of Queensland's Bruce Highway, Anthony Albanese has unveiled a $7 billion
00:24safety boost.
00:25This is a special piece of highway.
00:28It's a dangerous piece of highway and it needs upgrading.
00:31Last year, over 40 lives were lost along this notorious highway.
00:35And already this year, more have been killed.
00:38We do want to see upgrade investment in the Bruce Highway, but we also want to see the
00:41details of when this money's going to be spent.
00:44Look, Labor promises one thing and does another.
00:46While pledging more road funding, the Labor leader's also delivered his 2025 pitch for
00:51a second term in office.
00:53Labor building Australia's future or a coalition determined to return Australia backwards and
01:01costing more under Peter Dutton.
01:03Australia is not going in the right direction and there is a better alternative.
01:06There is a better way.
01:08Back to basics is the right answer.
01:09Facing sliding approval ratings, the Prime Minister's opening his year with a flurry
01:15of visits in Queensland before heading to Western Australia in the Northern Territory
01:20this week.
01:21The Greens are already preparing for another hung parliament.
01:25We will work to make Labor better and to stop Peter Dutton's nuclear disaster.
01:32So when can Australians expect the campaign proper to begin?
01:36I'll give you the big tip, I'm not going to the Governor-General this Sunday.
01:40If he's settled on a date, he's not about to give it away.