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Union chants echoed down Goondoon Street as hundreds took part in Gladstone’s Labour Day parade on Monday.
Members from Australian and Central Queensland unions like the CFMEU, AMWU and United Workers Union took part. Marchers young and old took to the streets of Gladstone as part of the Labour Day celebration for 2021.
The march concluded at the Gladstone Ports Corporation’s marina parklands where a free Labour Day event took place.
Gladstone Mayor and new Australian Labor Party candidate for Flynn Matt Burnett took to the stage and addressed the hundreds in attendance about mining, manufacturing and agriculture.
But just who is the executive and what is his background?
Colin Cassidy is an experienced senior executive who has worked in local and state government and industry sectors for almost 40 years.
Mr Cassidy began his career with the then Moreton Shire Council (now Ipswich City Council) as a town planner in 1981 and worked there for almost 10 years.
From there he spent five years as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Queensland, delivering lectures in planning theory and practice subjects as part of the Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning.
In 1991, Mr Cassidy joined the Queensland state government in the Department of Local Government, Housing and State Planning, according to his LinkedIn profile.
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The role critical minerals like H-Hydrogen will play in lowering world carbon emissions was front and centre this week at the Queensland Exploration Council renewable energy technologies showcase.
With Queensland’s huge potential to provide the critical and rare earth minerals needed to manufacture smart phones, solar panels and electric cars, Queensland Exploration Council chair Kim Wainwright said it was an exciting time to be in the exploration sector.
The showcase, Ms Wainwright said, illustrated the role critical minerals would play in lowering world carbon emissions through renewable energy technologies. Chief Executive Ian MacFarlane at the Queensland Resources Council Annual Lunch at Royal International Convention Centre, Bowen Hills, Friday, November 27, 2020 – Picture: Richard Walker
On Wednesday, April 28, the Gladstone Ports Corporation Board of Directors issued a statement about the CEO appointment.
When Mr Walker acted in the role in 2020 he was paid $585,000 per year, after receiving a payrise of $131,000 over his 2019 wage.
âThe Board of Directors for Gladstone Ports Corporation is pleased to announce that Mr Colin Cassidy PSM will commence as Interim Chief Executive Officer on the 4th of May 2021, while the Board undertakes the global recruitment search for the permanent position of CEO,â the statement said.
âMr Cassidy is a former public sector senior executive with almost 40 years of leadership experience across a diverse range of disciplines at state, regional and local government levels.
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