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"There's a billion dollars allocated for this program but there's been no detailed plan done as to the expenditure of that funding,"
Mr Mickelberg said.

A bridge collapsed into floodwater

"It's not fun. The best way to explain is come for a drive [on it],"
Mr Austen said.

A map of Queensland with a bolded road running from Charters Towers in the North to Mungindi in the south.

"Honestly, the dirt around Clermont is a lot better than all the bitumen the whole rest of the way,"
he said.

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"It basically [would] put a backbone to Queensland so that when these things happen you can move around it,"
he said.

Man leaning on mango crates in packing shed

A man with short dark hair is talking while holding his hands close to his chest. he looks serious

A grey map of northern Queensland with orange markers for several projects on the inland freigh route.

"Hopefully meaningful work will commence this calendar year,"
Mr Moro said.

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