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Rumours have emerged of the possibility of former opposition member Deb Frecklington throwing her hat in the ring for a run at federal politics in Central Queensland.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk mooted Ms Frecklingtonâs potential run for the Central Queensland seat of Flynn after a discussion about Rockhamptonâs Beef Australia event in the Queensland parliament on May 11.
Incumbent member Ken OâDowd is set to retire after this term in office.
âI thought the member for Nanango might be spending some time in Gladstone,â Ms Palaszczuk said.
â A little birdie tells me she wanted the preselection for Flynn. I would support that.
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Industrial relations reform may the key to securing the electoral support of Central Queensland and its workers, but the devil is in the details if Senator Murray Watt’s recent visit to Rockhampton is anything to go by.
Mr Watt visited Rockhampton’s CFMEU office last Friday to promote the policies to do with casualisation, particularly in the resources sector, that Federal Labor will bring to the next election.
“We understand the export dollars, the royalties, the jobs that the resources sector produces, and we think it’s got a really bright future here in Central Queensland,” he said, but promised a “real crackdown on the kind of cowboy labour hire firms that unfortunately we’ve seen proliferate throughout Central Queensland over the last few years”.