It's been a positive start to our week long delegation at Parliament House today with our North Queensland Delegation promoting the regions key projects and policies across the state political spectrum as we engaged with several MPs from a range of portfolios today.
Summary of meetings and events program so far...
- Networking function with a number of leading state and national political journalists yesterday afternoon to promote the north's key priorities
- Deputy Opposition Leader Tim Mander, Member for Burdekin Dale Last, and Shadow Minister for Police Dan Purdie
- Minister for Local Government Stirling Hinchcliffe
- Katter's Australia Party's Member for Traeger Robbie Katter, Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto, and Member for Hill Shane Knuth
- Shadow Ministers David Crisafulli, John-Paul Langbroek, Michael Hart, and Assistant Shadow Minister Brent Mickleberg
- Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey, Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Dr Anthony Lynham, Minister Coralee O'Rourke and Member for Townsville Scott Stewart joined the delegation and a number of regional private sector representatives at a meeting this evening
TaskforceNQ, NQROC, Townsville Enterprise and key business leaders have been clear - if we can unlock some of the North's key industries with investment and key policy changes, we can provide jobs and progress the State by playing a key role in our economic recovery.
North and North West Queensland were in the spotlight for these meetings including opportunities in the resources sector, the need for affordable power and efficient transport networks. Tourism product and experience development through eco-tourism has also been a key point of conversation, with a number of projects identified that will support the recovery of the sector post COVID-19. Regional infrastructure projects which will provide immediate jobs for our region and will play an important role in revitalising the state’s economy have also come to the forefront throughout today’s meetings.
Tomorrow the program continues with meetings scheduled for Ministers and Shadow Ministers across a range of portfolios including Tourism, State Development, Mining, Energy, Manufacturing, and Health, where we will continue to push the message that North Queensland can be the economic powerhouse that drives recovery for the State and Nation.
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Taking Townsville North Queensland to Brisbane – Parliament House Function
We are looking forward to hosting our major event of the week tomorrow night at Parliament House with a range of MPs, business and industry leaders where Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington, and State Leader for Katter's Australian Party Robbie Katter will all discuss their vision for North Queensland and steps to support our region's economic recovery.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions we have not been able to open this event to as many of our members and partners as usual, but if you would still like to be involved, we will be live streaming the event to the Townsville Enterprise Facebook page from 7:15pm and will still be available to watch after the event concludes.
We thank our local Members for supporting the delegation schedule and look forward to further discussion over the coming few days.
