To grow Queensland, we need a robust economy, with strong mining and agriculture, sensible regulation, lower taxes, great roads, targeted government policies and investment, and more well-paid jobs.
As a representative of all Queenslanders, a large part of my role is reminding governments that a healthy Queensland makes for a strong Australia.
As part of Northern Australia, Queensland â especially regional, rural and remote parts â has a major role to play in defence, tourism and meeting the worldâs need for our resources.
That is why I am focused on growing Queensland for you.
Fifteen years after an unlawful Labor Government decision devastated Northern Australiaâs cattle industry, producers are still waiting for compensation while the Commonwealth refuses to reveal how much taxpayers have spent fighting the case.
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has written to the Federal Health Minister seeking assurances that men living in regional, rural and remote Australia will not lose access to specialist prostate cancer care following the Albanese Governmentâs decision to withdraw funding from an established national nursing service.
âThe overturn of Tanya Plibersekâs ideological section 10 decision on Regis Resourcesâ McPhillamys project is a major win for the Blayney community, the local workforce, and common sense.
âTanya Plibersekâs decision was not based in fact, and instead was made with âmaterial deficiency in the process,â and âwithout authorityâ, as Justice Stellios found.
Today, as Labor introduces its gas reservation legislation, numerous questions remain about the viability and design of the scheme. The number one focus needs to be more Australian gas, for Australians, and for our export partners.
