Politics by Tony Raggatt
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Subscriber only NORTH Queensland stands to bear the brunt of an escalating trade war with China with thousands of jobs and a $20bn coal export industry at risk. In a developing situation, China is said to have banned imports of Australian coal with much of those imports comprising coking coal mined in North Queensland. CFMEU mining division Mackay district president Stephen Smyth said labour hire firms were already laying off workers from BHP-owned mines though he could not say that was directly related to the China ban. Clearly, the situation is concerning if all the reports are right, particularly for metallurgical coal and what that is worth to us and regional Queensland, Mr Smyth said.
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THE YEAR 2021 is shaping up to be the year of Rookwood Weir after a huge update was provided by the Queensland Government following an inspection of the project site on Thursday morning.
Located 66km southwest of Rockhampton on the Fitzroy River, the $352.2 million water infrastructure project promises to provide 76,000ML water underpinning agricultural, industrial and urban growth while driving new economic and employment opportunities for the region.
Jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments, and delivered in partnership with Sunwater, the Rookwood Weir will provide for more than 200 jobs during construction – with at least 140 of those to be sourced from Central Queensland.
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MUCH like everyone else, the notorious year of 2020 will be an unforgettable one for Rockhampton MP Barry O Rourke.
From the moment that 2020 clicked over on the calendar, much of the country was on fire and the parched Rockhampton region was no exception.
Mr O Rourke threw his support behind the Morning Bulletin s Fair go for our fireys campaign which ultimately resulted in the Federal Government announcing our heroic firefighting volunteers would be compensated for their protracted time away from work battling bushfires.
It was not long after the wet season quenched the bushfires that Mr O Rourke and his government had to brace themselves for a once in a lifetime challenge - navigating the health and economic catastrophe created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
C From the depths of despair, 2020 was the year when the Queensland Labor Government finally got it together - almost, anyway. That sounds kind of odd, given Queensland was beset by a devastating global pandemic, the state joined the rest of the nation in recession and the Government s most formidable figure, Jackie Trad, resigned amid another integrity scandal. Yet Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk s resolute management of the COVID-19 crisis was endorsed by Queenslanders, and this led to the return of her much-prized popularity which had hit record lows at the end of 2019. How did Queenslandâs ministers perform this year? Read on!