The Whitsundays is set to become ‘the jewel in the crown’ for superyachts heading into Australian waters with the passage yesterday of legislation to remove import duties and cut red tape. The Special Recreational Vessels Bill will put Australia on a level playing field with other…
$60 million worth of grants are now available to assist local organisations expand emergency accommodation services for those experiencing domestic and family violence. We know that the supply of crisis accommodation for women and children in the region is limited. While the funding of such services…
Farmers and small businesses affected by the Townsville floods now have until the end of February next year to apply for Category C grants under the jointly funded Commonwealth-Queensland Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. It's important that we’ve extended the application deadline and ensure all those in…
The Morrison Liberal National Government has now signed off on its 2019 Election commitment to provide $10million in funding for the transformative Urannah Dam Project which has the potential to open up at least 20,000 hectares of agricultural land and create more than 1800 jobs. Deputy…
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…