Significant funding commitments in the 2022-23 Budget will drive the growth of towns and communities across Northern Australia, creating jobs and driving our economic growth into the future.
LAWFUL gun owners will not be targeted by new legislation passed in the Federal Lower House recently designed to curb the movement of illicit firearms throughout Australia.
Mandatory food labelling requirements and a far-reaching review of Australiaâs food standards regulator are among nine recommendations made today (Thursday) by a Senate Inquiry into meat definitions which could have major ramifications for the plant protein and non-dairy âmilkâ industries.
North Queensland-based Senator and Special Envoy for Northern Australia, Susan McDonald has hailed as a big win for farmers news that $1 billion in federal funding for the Great Barrier Reef would include examining urban water runoff.
For a nation where just 1.3 million peopleâ5.3 per cent of our populationâlive in the top 51 per cent of the nation, a casual observer could be forgiven for wondering why we’d prioritise the development of northern Australia. Surely it is too hot, too wet, too dry and too unpopulated to care about, but, for those of us who live, work, or invest in northern Australia, the reality is that it is the part of the nation that has the true potential to deliver the increase of food and fibre production, essential minerals for our new economy, unique and wonderful tourism destinations, defence placement and Indigenous community connections.
Newly named Special Envoy for Northern Australia, Senator Susan McDonald, has pledged to use her position to focus on supply chains – particular within the corridors of growth previously announced by the Morrison Government, regional internet connectivity, new water projects and services that make living in regional centres possible such as child care and aged care.
In response to complaints from the Australian red meat industry, Senator McDonald has launched a Senate Inquiry into food labelling laws that will investigate if terms such as âmeat-free minceâ, âsausage made with plantsâ and âvegan baconâ pass muster.
The Morrison Government has addressed a growing power imbalance between dealers and large companies by introducing new significant financial penalties for wrongdoing under the Franchising Code of Conduct.
Families will be able to deal with their matters in the family courts much more quickly and at lower cost as a result of the Morrison Governmentâs reform of the family court system.
Families will be able to deal with their matters in the family courts much more quickly and at lower cost as a result of the Morrison Governmentâs reform of the family court system.
Fourteen Local Government Areas hard hit by the 2019 North Queensland monsoon could receive grants of up to $500,000 for job-building projects thanks to the Morrison Government.
The Australian Government has today announced the National Farmersâ Federation (NFF) has been engaged to develop and operate the new Regional Digital Technology Hub.
Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, said that the new Hub will support regional, rural and remote Australians to build their digital capabilities.
The Australian Government has today announced the National Farmersâ Federation (NFF) has been engaged to develop and operate the new Regional Digital Technology Hub.
Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, said that the new Hub will support regional, rural and remote Australians to build their digital capabilities.
Itâs time for Queensland Labor to finally commit to the construction of the Big Rocks Weir after the public release of the business case showed how important the project was.
North Queensland-based Senator and outspoken farmersâ advocate, Susan McDonald, has urged anyone who has had commercial dealings with big supermarkets to have the courage to tell their stories to a new Federal Government Inquiry and not worry about retribution.
The Australian Government has agreed to allow targeted recruitment of labour under the Pacific Labour Scheme and Seasonal Worker Program.
Queensland has been abundantly blessed with natural resources, especially in the North West Minerals Province, but high power prices are stifling our ability to access them.
Two new corridors stretching the length of the nation will be the focus of the $125 million expansion of the Coalition Governmentâs Exploring for the Future program.
The Regional and Rural Affairs Committee Senate Inquiry into the Queensland State Governmentâs contentious âReef Regulationsâ completed public hearings in Brisbane today, after hearing evidence LNP Senators described as damning for the State Government.
The Australian Government accepts the outcome from the Federal Court of Australia and will not appeal the finding that live exporters were treated unfairly.
Queensland Senator, Susan McDonald, has awarded the blue ribbon to Show societies throughout Queensland after they were successful in securing $36 million in extra funding to help them rebound after the coronavirus crisis.
There is something wrong with a government using Covid-19 restrictions to send undercover police to crack down on country pubs while turning a blind eye to an anti-police protest in Brisbane.
North Queensland-based Senator, Susan McDonald, has hailed as a win for farmers and regional communities the Federal Governmentâs agreement to fund the North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information Service for at least another year.
COVID-19 has delivered the silver lining of kick-starting a revolution in how we view the feasibility of growing regional Australia.
This article explains the Morrison Government’s range of assistance for dairy farmers and why we oppose a floor price.
Queensland Senator Susan McDonald has thanked the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee for acting on her attempts to have restrictions on boarding school students eased.
Drought-affected regional communities across North and North Western Queensland will benefit from new local infrastructure and community projects as part of a $207 million investment under Round 4 of the Federal Liberal and Nationals Governmentâs highly successful Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF).
RECOVERED coronavirus patient and Queensland Senator Susan McDonald has described Labor and Greens MPs who attended mass protest gatherings at the weekend as selfish.
A $50 million, four-year collaboration between all three levels of Government to seal major sections of the Hann Highway is complete.
AS North Queensland sugar growers prepare for the 2020 cane harvest, Townsville-based Senator Susan McDonald has highlighted the key role the Morrison Governmentâs Sugar Code of Conduct played recently in Tully.
