‘We’re the other half of the nation’: the precarious art of winning central Queensland hearts and minds
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From her cafe on Gladstone’s main drag, an easy stroll from one of Australia’s great industrial harbours, Amanda McGrath offers advice for fly-in Labor politicians hoping to capture central Queensland hearts and minds.
“Tell me what [net zero] looks like.
“You hear a very vague statement and the average person without a science degree or whatever doesn’t know how to interpret that,” she says. “I don’t know how to interpret that.”
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