Outback Highway
The Outback Highway or Outback Way is a series of roads and dirt tracks linking Winton, Queensland and Laverton, Western Australia. At, it crosses Central Australia, passing through Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
It has been proposed as a development to provide an inland route between southern Western Australia and northern Queensland as an alternative to the National Highway 1 along either coast.
Roads that make up the highway are:
Support for the project is strong amongst local government areas along the route and elsewhere. Federal funding of A$70 million over 10 years would be required.Key points
