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‘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.”
Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Astonishing Labor of Tree Planters in Canada
By Ellyn Kail on July 9, 2021
Rita Leistner still remembers the day she planted 6,000 trees. It was 1989, and she was working as a tree planter in the Canadian bush, a job she held from 1984 to 1993. Tree planters need to hit around 2,000 trees per day to make minimum wage; the best of them can exceed 5,000. “Most of that day is a blur because it was such an insane physical ordeal, but I’ll never forget the number,” she says. She estimates she planted half a million trees during that formative decade in her twenties.
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Labor announces third generation miner as Capricornia candidate 16/05/2021|2min
Labor Leader Anthony Albanese has announced third generation miner Russell Robertson as their candidate for the Queensland seat of Capricornia at the next federal election.
He has worked at the Goonyella Mine for almost 20 years and says he is passionate about bringing change to the region.
Mr Albanese says Mr Russell cares deeply about the region and making sure mine workers are treated properly.
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