Afternoon Update: Bruce Highway’s $7.2bn boost; The Brutalist wins big at Golden Globes; and rare Barbie dolls stolen

Anthony Albanese says a funding boost for the Bruce Highway in Queensland should reduce the number of fatalities on the road. Photograph: Russell Freeman/AAP

In the first major promise of the election year, Anthony Albanese has announced $7.2bn in funding for Queensland’s Bruce Highway.

The federal government will fund 80% of the upgrades needed to make the 1,600km stretch safer, with the state funding 20%. Speaking to media today, Albanese said last year there were 41 fatalities on the highway which services 62% of Queenslanders – and already, there have been two this year.