Portfolio — 11 June 2026

Minister Farrell announced completion of safety upgrades on the Southern Ports Highway between Robe and Bray — a 15-kilometre corridor on South Australia's Limestone Coast carrying roughly 1,000 vehicles daily, including 180 heavy vehicles serving agricultural and tourist traffic [TA-260610-infras-34d7b4c2d263:mI0N]. The completed works cover shoulder widening, vegetation management, pavement rehabilitation, resealing, and the installation of safety barriers, with Audio Tactile Line Marking still to be installed on the section in coming months [TA-260610-infras-34d7b4c2d263:mI0N].

The construction phase generated 32 full-time-equivalent jobs and is expected to reduce run-off-road crashes and serious collisions on the route. Work is continuing on an adjacent 15-kilometre segment between Beachport and the Southend Access Road turn-off, where Wattle Range Council is carrying out road surface reconstruction in stages on behalf of the South Australian Government [TA-260610-infras-34d7b4c2d263:mI0N].

The release frames the project within a joint $168 million commitment by the Albanese and Malinauskas governments under the national Road Safety Program, itself building on a left-turn lane delivered in June 2025 under a $10 million Regional Road Safety Infrastructure Package [TA-260610-infras-34d7b4c2d263:mI0N]. The release is the only source record in today's window; no parliamentary activity was recorded for this minister on 11 June 2026.