The Albanese Government is investing nearly $25 million in funding for upgrades at 42 remote airports through round 11 of the Remote Airstrip Upgrade Program.
The funding will allow these airports to deliver safety and access works specific to their priority needs, including runway resurfacing, fencing, lighting and drainage works.
Safe and reliable airstrip access is crucial in many of Australia's remote communities and townships, some of which experience regular isolation due to unpredictable or extreme weather.
For some communities, access to an airstrip means receiving critical supplies or emergency aeromedical services in their hour of need.
Round 11 of the program funds upgrades in some of Australia's most far-flung regions, from Boigu Island just off the shores of Papua New Guinea, to Streaky Bay on the western side of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, over to the remote township of Tjuntjunjara in the Great Victoria Desert.
This brings the total investment in regional airports through all eleven rounds of the Remote Airstrip Upgrade Program so far to more than $140 million across 512 projects.
