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TRC welcomes pledge to advance Toowoomba Railway Parklands project
Toowoomba Region Mayor Paul Antonio today (July 14) welcomed a pledge by the Federal Member for Groom Garth Hamilton to fight for funding that could help Council progress plans for the next stage of the transformative Toowoomba Railway Parklands project.
Mayor Antonio said Council strongly supported any group that wanted to provide ideas, financial support and constructive concepts that would advance Council’s master plan for the inner city site.
“Council’s master plan has been in place for some years and any offer of financial assistance towards constructing the next stage of this exciting development is welcomed,” Mayor Antonio, who also chairs Toowoomba Regional Council’s Economic Development portfolio, said.
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Premium Content The quarantine facility proposed by the Queensland Government for Wellcamp near Toowoomba is effectively dead and buried, with Australia s top health official confirming the Commonwealth was not actively exploring any purpose-built infrastructure. And even if the 1000-bed quarantine facility was built at the privately owned Wellcamp Airport, there aren t enough public health workers to run it. But the State Government is refusing to concede, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk s office yet to receive any official advice from Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Professor Brendan Murphy during a press conference after the National Cabinet meeting in Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: Gary Ramage/NCA NewsWire
Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, the Hon David Littleproud MP
Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton MP
Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub launches for Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales
University of Southern Queensland to drive the uptake of new drought resilience technologies and practices, and build collaboration with stakeholders across the region
An $8 million Australian Government investment, with $11m contribution from Hub members
This is one of eight Hubs to be established around the country through the Australian Government’s $5 billion Future Drought Fund.
Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales farmers’ and communities’ preparedness for drought will be transformed with the opening of a Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub for the region.
Joint media release with Garth Hamilton MP, Member for Groom
Federal Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt says today’s High Court decision on Oakey’s New Acland mine shows the urgent need for the Queensland Labor Government to reform its approval process for resources projects.
Minister Pitt said the decision to send the matter back to the Land Court puts hundreds of job in jeopardy.
“This is a classic example of the Queensland approval process allowing activists to use the courts and legal system to delay legitimate resources projects,” Minister Pitt said.
“Once again a regional area is in danger of missing out on the jobs and economic boost a project like this will bring because out-of-town and interstate activists know how to use the legal system to support their agenda.