Category: Media Releases

SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY AND REGULATORY TECHNOLOGY

TOWNSVILLE-BASED Senator, Susan McDonald, is part of a Senate Select Committee which will investigate developments in financial technology (FinTech) and regulatory technology (RegTech) and how businesses, consumers and government bodies can benefit.

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WHY I VOTED AGAINST CASA REGULATIONS.

Queensland LNP Senator Susan McDonald has crossed the Senate floor on Senator Rex Patrick’s Disallowance Motion. Centre Alliance Senator Rex Patrick moved a motion to disallow the Civil Aviation (Community Services Flights – Conditions on Flight Crew Licences) Instrument 2019 (the Instrument).

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DAIRY PRICES

Queensland Senator Susan McDonald has called for the Federal Government to consider allowing for “big stick” measures in the Coles/Woolworths-dominated retail food sector to help dairy farmers earn more money for their produce.

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RESEARCH TO BOOST AUSSIE AGRICULTURE

Queensland farmers will benefit from world-leading research to improve crop resilience and yield thanks to the Morrison Government providing $35 million to establish a research centre that focuses on plant adaptation and resilience.

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DREDGING ONE MILE CREEK BODES WELL FOR CARDWELL

The Federal Liberal and Nationals Government has confirmed it will deliver $1.5 million to dredge One Mile Creek in Cardwell, bringing business and improving water access to the Cassowary Coast town.

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WATER FOR REGIONAL QUEENSLAND

In Hughenden today with Scott Buchholz MP and former Queensland Treasury Chairman Sir Leo Hielscher to see the site of the upcoming Hughenden Irrigation Scheme.

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MACKAY FISHERMEN MEETING

QUEENSLAND commercial fishers have followed the lead of cane farmers and sought help from federal LNP Senators Susan McDonald, Amanda Stoker and Paul Scarr as the industry fights for survival amid growing regulation by the Labor State Government.

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FARMING REGULATIONS SENATE INQUIRY

NORTH Queensland-based LNP Senator Susan McDonald has stood up for primary producers by successfully moving a motion to hold a Senate inquiry into controversial farming regulations being introduced by the Labor Government in her home state.

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FARM PROTEST

NORTH Queensland-based Senator Susan McDonald did not mince words when speaking in support of tough new farm trespass laws that have been passed in Federal Parliament this week.

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DON’T CANE OUR FARMERS

NORTH Queensland LNP Senator, Susan McDonald has called for the city and bush to unite and fight for regional towns against tough new laws being proposed by the Queensland Labor Government.

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