Brisbane Times | Shorten pledges $500 million to upgrade regional Queensland roads Brisbane Times Labor leader Bill Shorten has pledged federal funding to upgrade regional Queensland roads, widen the M1 and kick-start the Cross River Rail project, if he becomes Australia's 31st Prime Minister. The federal opposition leader made the promises during ... Labor leader Bill Shorten pitches roads, bridges to Queensland regional seats Bill Shorten tells Labor Party faithful 'we have to win Queensland' while pledging $500m for roads Shorten looks to Qld ahead of election |