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Premium Content Subscriber only With the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine under way, economies around the world are beginning to rebuild and recover. Here are 10 projects set to kickstart the Mackay Whitsunday economy again, in no particular order: The Mackay Waterfront Priority Development Area was declared in 2018 to kick start a visionary project to transform the city and unlock the true value of the Bluewater edge. It is hoped the redevelopment of the city’s waterfront areas will set the scene for a significant urban transformation for the city. In July 2019, the airline named Mackay...

BHP’s industrial relations guru exits Save Share The architect of BHP’s controversial industrial relations reforms has departed the company amid attempts to revive a national enterprise agreement for the “Operations Services” division and as BHP prepares to bargain a new workplace deal for its struggling Queensland coal mines. Mark Swinnerton was a key lieutenant of BHP boss Mike Henry until his exit earlier this month.   BHP vice-president Mark Swinnerton was the architect of the Operations Services strategy that has made permanent BHP employees of close to 4000 people...

How the boom bypassed iron ore’s poor cousin in Queensland The Queensland coal towns that helped Scott Morrison to election victory in 2019 are missing out on the global steel boom – and rightly or wrongly, many blame BHP. Times are tough in the Queensland coal fields.  Glenn Hunt Save Share The mining industry is partying once more on a wave of stimulus spending, record commodity prices and talk of a new “supercycle”, but someone forgot to invite north Queensland. In the regions that swung hardest for Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the 2019 federal election, the mood...

Premium Content Subscriber only A major cash splash on an iconic project is a key outcome of the Federal Government's 2021 Budget for Rockhampton residents. An extra $7.5m has been earmarked for Rookwood Weir as part of a $98m injection over three years under the National Water Grid Fund, formerly known as the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund. This brings total project funding to $183.6m for the Weir. Rockhampton residents will benefit from a pre-Budget announcement of $400m for the Bruce Highway, from Rockhampton to Gladstone and Mackay to Proserpine, covering floodproofing...

A volunteer road safety group is demanding funding in the federal budget to address a “chronic” issue it believes is a major contributor to road crash trauma in Central Queensland. Road Accident Action Group life member Graeme Ransley said the lack of overtaking lanes on the Peak Downs Highway west of Nebo was a major concern for road users. “Everyone feels with the amount of royalties that does come out of the Bowen Basin, there’s not enough focus on road safety issues, particularly overtaking lanes from Nebo to Clermont,” Mr Ransley said. “The absolute chroni...