Dawson MP George Christensen is heading back to Keswick Island less than six months after he erected an Australian flag on the tropical paradise. It s good that there s been a big move towards reopening Keswick Island and ensuring that it s open for tourism, because for a long time, it seemed to be almost blocked off to everyone, he said. I m actually going over to see the residents of Keswick next month to discuss with them how things are. It seems things have calmed down a fair bit. Keswick Island The island had previously been plagued with complaints about access issues for more than a year.
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Three new major projects in the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday set to boost jobs and the economy have been revealed.
The federal government will announce on Wednesday a $10m funding injection in three new projects under the Regional Recovery Partnerships program to drive the region’s recovery from COVID-19.
These projects include an upgrade of the Biocommodities Pilot Plant in Mackay, a new Aquaculture and Agriculture Tech Skills Hub for the Whitsunday region and delivery of stage 2 of the Clermont Saleyards and Showgrounds Revitalisation.
The federal and Queensland governments have identified these projects as high priority.
Dawson MP George Christensen said the Whitsunday-based Tech Skills Hub would deliver ag-tech programs and training to boost the sugar cane, beef, aquaculture and horticulture industries.
Adequate training and a lack of COVID-19 vaccines have been blamed for a delay in delivering the first doses to aged care residents in the Mackay region
Queensland s health minister has responded to an MP s proposal that would result in doctors being slapped with a fine and potentially deregistered if they did not intervene when a child was born alive during an abortion. Dawson MP George Christensen wants to introduce a private member s bill to overturn clinical guidelines in Queensland that state if (during an abortion) a live birth occurs … do not provide life-sustaining treatment . Mr Christensen is seeking community support for his Children Born Alive Protection Bill 2021, which is calling for doctors to face significant financial penalty and probable deregistration for children born alive, including as a result of terminations.