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Date Time Federal Budget infrastructure boost to help build Australia’s economic recovery The national economy will be boosted by a ten-year infrastructure pipeline, with new funding for major projects to be announced in Tuesday’s Federal Budget. Key projects to be funded include: $2 billion of initial investment for a new Melbourne Intermodal Terminal; $2.03 billion for Great Western Highway Upgrade – Katoomba to Lithgow – Construction of East and West Sections in New South Wales; $400 million for Inland Freight Route (Mungindi to Charters Towers) Upgrades in Queensland; $161.6 milli...

Major road upgrades, a new freight terminal and the rebuild of a key regional airport will form part of a huge infrastructure program announced in Tuesday's federal budget.  Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will announce projects worth $110 billion to generate thousands of jobs over the next ten years as the nation recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. Some key projects worth $10billion will be unveiled on Monday, including upgrades to the Great Western Highway in NSW and Queensland's Bruce Highway, as well as a new freight train terminal in Melbourne. The Bruce Highway in Queensland (pictured headi...