Roads

The real challenge for the outback community is beginning as floodwaters start to clear, with critical infrastructure showing signs of serious damage.

Residents near major South Australian highways say roads are "not up to scratch" with "bandaid" repair jobs amid proposed changes to federal infrastructure funding that could see the state receive less.

Construction of the Molonglo River bridge is causing temporary road closures and traffic delays as residents express concern the area lacks the infrastructure to support predicted population growth.

Businesses in the NSW town of Parkes are pondering the price they might pay for peace following the opening of the town's $287 million bypass. 

In Queensland, more people live outside the capital than in it. Come on a 3,000km road trip to see what's really behind the regional divide.

Locals are angry after a Victorian council deferred a vote on a motion to investigate ways to improve pedestrian safety on the road where six-year-old Caleb Wesley died last month.

The Anangu built one of the nation's most remote communities after nuclear bombs were tested on their country. But they face profound challenges amid extreme weather and rising costs.

Police have issued more than 46,000 fines in six months to Adelaide drivers caught using mobile phones and are "disappointed" at the number of repeat offenders – including one driver detected 41 times.

Thousands of kilometres of outback Queensland roads have been destroyed by floods, forcing cattle trucks on huge detours, doubling freight bills and leaving families on remote properties feeling even more isolated.

A fortnight after two St Edmund's College students were hit by an alleged stolen car on a median strip outside their school, principal Tim Cleary says "common sense" changes like a 40kph school zone must be made.

A stretch of the Great Western Highway that cost almost $100 million per kilometre to build has opened, but some say it is completely pointless without the tunnel it was meant to service.

Anthony Albanese commits $245 million to upgrade a crumbling 62-year-old bridge at Kuranda, but some locals say only an alternative highway over the mountains will ease housing and economic pressure on Cairns.

In Queensland, more people live outside the capital city than in it. Come on a 3,000km trip into deep Katter country to see what's really behind the regional divide.

A Maserati Quattroporte luxury sedan becomes an unlikely addition to the WA Police fleet after being seized from a repeat traffic offender and turned into a road safety promotional vehicle.

Heavy haulage trucking is again thundering along a mining company's private road in WA's Pilbara after a brief halt due to safety questions, but experts and residents still have concerns.

As north Queenslanders cope with the second flood in as many months, frustrations are growing over yet another closure of the Bruce Highway. 

Community calls for a full duplication of the Sturt Highway have been backed by South Australia's peak motoring body, which says planning needs to start now for the project to be realised.

The ADF has arrived to assist with the clean-up in the Queensland town of Laidley, where residents have found themselves in an all-too-familiar situation.

Those invested in Noosa Council's "largest-ever" construction project have held their breaths as Tropical Cyclone Alfred approached.

Labor announces a $1.1 billion Western Highway upgrade, with most of the funding to go towards improving the freeway between Melton and Caroline Springs.