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‘National embarrassment’: PM ‘late to the table’ on Bruce Highway funding Nationals Leader David Littleproud says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is “late to the table” on funding for the Bruce Highway. The Prime Minister is in Cairns in Queensland announcing $260 million to go towards community and housing infrastructure after announcing $7.2 billion to upgrade the Bruce Highway. “This is righting a wrong of the prime minister, particularly the Bruce Highway; he cut the 80/20 split that we had when we were in government,” Mr Littleproud told Sky News Australia. “It’s a national embarrassment, and Anthony Albanese, while we welcome this, is just matching what we were doing when we were in government and what we have already announced that we would continue to do.” https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/national-embarrassment-pm-late-to-the-table-on-bruce-highway-funding/video/e7731dfb8650d86ca8ab48c44e4bb244