ANOTHER bridge has been crossed in the construction of Mackay’s biggest road infrastructure project, Stage One of the $497 million Mackay Ring Road. Today, I visited the new overpass at Ooralea on the Peak Downs Highway. Stage One of the ring road is an 11.3km stretch…
The Liberal National Coalition Government’s announcement today to re-direct the $200 million Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) to drought-affected communities is just one of a suite of measures to support farmers and their communities. The move means that projects in the Dawson electorate will not be…
The issue of insurance reaching crisis point in North Queensland. While insurance premiums in Central and North Queensland have been unaffordable for some years now, we are now moving into the realm of unattainable. I have had a number of business operators contact me over the…
Funding for the $900,000 Molongle Creek Boating Facility Upgrade between Bowen and the Burdekin was announced in March this year but after the commitment was made, bureaucrats in the Department of Infrastructure queried whether the project met all the conditions. There were concerns relating to whether…
I recently witnessed the strength of Mackay's mining support businesses with a tour of SEW-Eurodrive’s Paget facility, which is currently testing massive six-metre long drive units for export to an overseas copper mine. Queensland Senator James McGrath was in town for the tour, on which SEW-Eurodrive…