CLICK THE PLAY BUTTON ABOVE TO WATCH THE VIDEO THAT LAUNCHED THE 'UNLOCK THE NORTH' EVENT AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE
We have reached the final day of the North Queensland Delegation in Brisbane and we are pleased to report the 'Unlock the North' message was ringing loud and clear through the halls of Parliament today following last night's function promoting our region's potential to Members of Parliament.
Summary of today's meetings:
- Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington MP and Deputy Opposition Leader and Shadow Treasurer, Tim Mander MP
- Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development, Shannon Fentimen MP
- Shadow Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning, Andrew Powell MP
- Shadow Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Steve Minnikin MP
- North Queensland First Party Leader, Jason Costigan MP
- The Office of the Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts, Leanne Enoch MP
It's been a comprehensive meeting and event program over the past three days with our partners TaskforceNQ and NQROC, where the delegation has held 19 meetings and four events with a broad spectrum of Government, Opposition and Minor Party MPs.
Today we met with Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington and Deputy Opposition Leader and Shadow Treasurer Tim Mander today providing the opportunity to continue building on the 'Unlock the North' message that was strongly presented at our event last night. This message, that the north can provide the pathway to not just economic recovery, but economic resilience, for Queensland whilst creating tens of thousands of jobs, was also reiterated with further Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet Ministers today.
Key areas of focus today included the challenges that small businesses continue to face from the impacts of COVID-19 joined by the Townsville Chamber of Commerce, shovel ready regional projects, the North and North West Zone of National Significance, Defence, and tourism product, experience and destination development.
We leave Parliament House today encouraged by the engagement our delegation secured across the political spectrum and the overwhelming positive feedback on the items presented in our 2020 North Queensland Projects & Policies document.
We look forward to building upon this week's momentum ahead of the October 6 Federal Budget and October 31 State Election and promoting North Queensland as the economic powerhouse that can drive recovery and a strong future for the State and Nation.
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