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Don't waste my taxes29 Jan 2015Coolum Advertiser, Coolum QLD, General News
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AAA National Airport industry Awards201401 Feb 2015Aviation Business, National, Yearbook
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Regional Australia can welcome the world01 Feb 2015Aviation Business, National, General News
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Working collaboratively01 Feb 2015Aviation Business, National, General News, Angus Houston
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Caller Warren mentions the interview with Keith DeLacy yesterday. Warren says that the...03 Feb 2015 11:40 AM4CA AM, Cairns, John Mackenzie, John MacKenzie
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Caller Warren mentions the interview with Keith DeLacy yesterday. Warren says that the biggest problem in Queensland andAustralia is not the majority income but the expenditure. Warren says that his background in tourism tells him that one of thosebureaucratic empires and one of the most counterproductive organisation is Tourism Queensland. MacKenzie mentions his interviewswith Kevin Brown, [Cairns Airport] and Alex de Waal, TTNQ. MacKenzie says that there is very high hopes of restoring the strength ofour tourism image in Japan. Warren says that the industry needs to have a new look and work out new way to attract people. Warrenmentions that iTunes and YouTube are now available.
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Brisbane Airport plan approved03 Feb 2015 4:39 PMAviation Business Asia Pacific
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Minister Truss has approved Brisbane Airport's 2014 Master Plan, setting out the airport's strategic direction for the next 20 years.
The Master Plan proposes several significant infrastructure developments at Brisbane Airport to accommodate predicted...
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Interview with Sim Hayward, Sister Cities Advisory Committee about the start of Chinese...03 Feb 2015 5:52 PMABC Far North, Cairns, Drive, Adam Stephen
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Interview with Sim Hayward, Sister Cities Advisory Committee about the start of Chinese New Year. Hayward outlines Chinese NewYear, and says there was a formal lunch today by the Chinese Association ahead of further festivities. She outlines the significance ofthe sheep in Chinese culture. She says the tourism market for Chinese people is growing, and that it has a lot to do with marketingstrategies by Cairns Airport and TTNQ. She outlines her work with the Sister Cities Advisory Committee.
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We win cheap fares battle04 Feb 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Lexie Cartwright
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Jetstar flight hits engine trouble04 Feb 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News
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Labor's return a threat to $100m cableway04 Feb 2015The Australian, Australia , Edition Changes - QLD First
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Delegation to plead04 Feb 2015Bowen Independent, Bowen QLD , General News
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Bleach’s best lineup04 Feb 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Nicholas Mcelroy
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Competition sharpens as Scoot’s B787s fly to Australia04 Feb 2015 1:02 AMEGlobal Travel Media by Chisa Boonmee
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Scoot, the Singapore Airlines low-cost offshoot, is stepping up competition on the Singapore/Australia route from this week. Scoot hastaken delivery of its first B787 Dreamliner and will deploy the aircraft on the Singapore to Perth route from tomorrow...
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Coolum Advertiser, Coolum QLD29 Jan 2015
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AAA National Airportndustry Awards 2014
THE AUSTRALIAN AIRPORTS Association (AAA) National
Airport Industry Awards celebrate and honour contributions and
achievements made by AAA members each financial year.The
awards for 2014 were presented at the AAA Gala Dinner on the
Gold Coast in November. The awards acknowledged airports,
organisations and individuals achieving excellence within
Australia's airport industry.
This year the AAA received 30 nominations for Airport Safety Awards.
The AAA also received 39 nominations across these three categories:
• Corporate Project of the Year
• Individual Awards for Airport Excellence
• Airport of the Year
WINNERS
Non Certified Aerodrome of the Year Award
Lethbridge Airport, VIC
Non-RPT Certified Airport of the Year AwardOnslow Airport, WA
'You can't underestimate how difficult it is to develop
infrastructure of this magnitude on a salt flat, with no
fresh water, in an isolated part of the country and with
a multi-billion dollar LNG project hinging on its success.
To complete this project in this environment, in the
timeframe, with no lost time injuries was a feat and
I am very proud to have accepted the award on behalf
of the Shire of Ashburton.'
Troy Davis, Executive Manager Infrastructure Services
Regional Airport of the Year- 50,000 - 499,999 passengers
Broome Airport, WA
Major Airport of the Year Award
Alice Springs Airport, NT
Regional Airport of the Year- less than 50,000 passengers
Tennant Creek Airport, NT
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ABOVE: A difficult challenge: Onslow Airport, WA, is located on a salt flat,
with no fresh water, in an isolated part of the country
Alice Springs Airport (ASA) was named Major Airport ofthe Year while Tennant Creek Airport (TCA) took home theaward for Regional Airport of the Year (less than 50,000passengers). NT Airports CEO Ian Kew was the recipient ofa Chairman's Award, which celebrates individuals that havemade a significant contribution to the Association or to thewider industry.
ASA won for its innovative solar energy project, whichdoubled the airport's capacity to generate its own powerfrom the sun. TCA was awarded for the resurfacing of itsrunway, taxiways and apron; a major project that has assuredthe community's air access for the next 20 years.
General Manager Alice Springs and Tennant Creek Airport'sDave Batic (seen here accepting the award for Tennant Creekalongside NT Airports CEO Ian Kew) said he was thrilled withthe wins.
'These awards demonstrate the value of investing in forward-thinking projects that have benefits for our airports and ourcommunity,'he said.'It's wonderful to have my team's hard workacknowledged in this way.'
Capital City Airport of the Year
Brisbane Airport, QLD
National Major Airport Safety Award
Mike New, Melbourne Airport, Vic, and Craig Manester, BCS
ABOVE: Proud recipients
of the National Regional
Airport Safety Award: City of
Karratha Mayor Peter Long
and Karratha Airport General
Manager Mitchell Cameron
RIGHT: Rob Menzies, a
delighted recipient of the
individual award for airport
excellence in a regional airport
LEFT: Kate McCreery-Carr
accepting the individual award
for airport excellence
BELOW: NT Airports CEO Ian Kew
and Tennant Creek Airport's Dave
Batic pictured here accepting
one of the Awards the company
received on the night
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Alice Springs Airport was recognised for its innovative solar energy project,which doubled the airport's capacity to generate its own power from the sun
ABOVE: Keith Tonkin, Managing Director, Aviation Projects: 'an honour to be recognisedby our peers with this award' ABOVE RIGHT: Julianne Alroe, CEO and ManagingDirector, Brisbane Airport accepts the Award for Capital City Airport of the Year
"I am really proud to be nominated for this AAA National award
it was really unexpected however, the safe guard prevention
has and will continue to improve safety at Melbourne Airport's
check in facilities. I worked very closely with our baggage service
providers, BCS Systems, to develop the innovation which is
essentially a 'sleep mode' in the baggage feed line software that
requires an operator to inject baggage to start the belt/s."
Mike New, Security, Terminals and Baggage,
Project Interface Lead, Melbourne Airport
National Regional Airport Safety Award
The Safety Event Reporting and Analysis (SERA) Project,
Karratha Airport, WA
City of Karratha Mayor Peter Long and Karratha Airport General
Manager Mitchell Cameron accepted the National Regional
Airport Safety Award at the AAA Airport Industry Awards on
the Gold Coast for its innovative online Safety Event Reporting
& Analysis system (SERA). Mayor Peter Long said the airport
was undergoing vast upgrade works as part of the $35 million
terminal redevelopment to improve user experience.
Individual Award for Airport Excellence in a Regional Airport
Rob Menzies, Executive Director - Projects,
Broome International Airport, WA
Individual Award for Airport Excellence in a Major Airport
Kate McCreery-Carr, General Manager of Operations,
Cairns Airport, Qld
1 was very proud to receive such a prestigious award. This is
something one aspires to achieve but never actually consider it may
transpire! I would like to sincerely thank the AAA for such great work
in hosting the National Conference and the Awards Program, and a
special thank you to NQA CEO, Kevin Brown, for nominating me for
the Individual Award for Airport Excellence at a major airport.
I would also like to make a special mention of Caroline
Wilkie and Stephen Goodwin for the unbiased professional
support they have extended to NQA and the airport industry
throughout 2014.
I have been very fortunate in my career working at Cairns
Airport and over the years it has afforded me some amazing
opportunities but none of this would have been achievable
without the support of my amazing family and the NQA
team! I am very proud and fortunate to lead a very dedicated,
experienced and professional operations team and this award
recognizes them as much as it does me.'
Kate McCreery-Carr, General Manager of Operations, Cairns Airport
Individual Award for Airport Excellence in a Capital City Airport
Mark Willey, Head of Airport Development, Brisbane Airport, QLD
Corporate Project of the Year Award - Less than 30 staff
Aviation Projects, Qld
It is an honour to be recognised by our peers with this award.
It reflects the hard work and diligence of my team in delivering
the inputs for a detailed and rigorously prepared case for the
upgrade of Busselton Regional Airport, and builds on the
expertise we have developed through our involvement in similar
projects including the new Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport.
We hope to continue our involvement with City of Busselton by
assisting with delivery of the upgrade works in the near future.'
Keith Tonkin, Managing Director
Corporate Project of the Year Award - More than 30 staff
Airbiz, Vic
SITA Award
Melbourne Airport, VIC
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Tourism & Transport ForumJustin Wastnage
Regional Australia canwelcome the world
FANS OF superannuated rockers lovenothing more than sitting in a vineyardon a summer's evening listening to the
strains of their favourite '70s hits competingwith the clinking of glasses and the scrap-ing of cheese knives. The acoustics may beterrible, but holding concerts in wineries isa winning formula that attracts some of thebiggest international touring acts.
Some also attract international tourists.Shows at Yarra Valley wineries are market-ed specifically in Auckland to New Zealandmusic fans. Yet shows played in the HunterValley or the wine regions of Canberra aredeemed too inconvenient to offer, with thedomestic transfer flights required.
The lure of the Hunter Valley goes be-yond ad hoc concerts to golf and confer-ences, yet the lack of international flightsto nearby Newcastle Airport holds the re-gion back from chasing the New Zealandmarket in particular.
Newcastle is one of 10 airports identifiedby the former federal government as havingsufficient demand for international services,albeit seasonal in some cases. The others areGreat Barrier Reef Airport on Hamilton Is-land, Townsville, Mackay, Sunshine Coast,Ballina-Byron, Coffs Harbour, Canberra,Avalon and Hobart. Of these, Sunshine Coastis in year three of a scheduled service fromAuckland with Air New Zealand.
Airports wanting to start internation-al services have two hurdles to jump: anoverly prescriptive set of infrastructure re-quirements and the additional staffing levyto cover customs, immigration and quaran-tine checks.
The removal of both these hurdles wascentral to TTF's recent advocacy to maxi-mise tourism flows from New Zealand. Webelieve that opening up additional portson the eastern seaboard could help attractsome 100,000 additional visitors from NewZealand each year. This is the same size asthe number of French visitors to Australiain 2013.
So we are very glad to see the federalgovernment launch reviews into both ofthese elements. The Department of Infra-structure and Regional Development isbravely embarking on a cat-herding exer-
cise and bringing together the 13 agencieswith an interest in international airportsto review the International Airport Opera-tors' Guidelines.
Separately, the Australian Customs andBorder Protection Service is leading aninter-departmental review of all borderfees, charges and taxes, including thosethat apply to staffing at regional ports.
The first review paves the way for atwenty-first century approach to the pro-cessing of international passengers. Theexisting rules are onerous and dissuadeeven established international airportslike Gold Coast from formally adoptingthem. Instead, the former Coolangatta Air-port retains a "restricted use internation-al" classification. Sunshine Coast Airport,meanwhile, appears no-where in the Departmentof Infrastructure andRegional Development'sdesignation scheme,which breaks interna-tional airports into fivecategories, from emer-gency divert strips to fullinternational airports.
Many of the require-ments set out in theguidelines are straight-forward, such as the ability to separateinternational bags from domestic andhaving to set aside dedicated areas inwhich to process passengers. But manyothers, such as the requirement to havestaff canteens, offices and gyms for eachagency, are excessive in the context of re-gional airports.
The government is rightly looking at theexperience of the Sunshine Coast servicesto establish a new model for regional air-ports that retains border security but at alower physical infrastructure cost to opera-tors. In Maroochydore, the airport workedclosely with Customs and other agenciesto establish a low-cost, full security modelthat we'd like to see made available to air-ports like Newcastle, Canberra, Avalon andHamilton Island through the application ofnew rules for international airports.
The lightweight model may also be ap-
...bordersecurity but at
a lower cost
plicable at international airports wishingto use domestic gates for short-haul over-seas routes.
Nor would the new model be restrictedto New Zealand services, although thatwould be the logical first step since in-formation sharing between the two coun-tries' agencies would allow a risk profile tobe built. In time, however, popular Pacificoutbound destinations could be offered byregional airports and at Lunar New Yearcharters from Asia could be permitted.
Clearly the risk associated with eachorigin country is different, but technologyhas allowed far greater pre-screening ofpassengers than ever before, allowing bor-der agencies to have a far clearer picture ofpassengers on board any flight.
This will address thesecond part of the conun-drum, as far smaller teamsof border agents wouldneed to be deployed atregional airports if thethreat to border securityand biosecurity is under-stood well in advance.In some regional ports,immigration clearancecould be delegated toquarantine officers ei-
ther state or federal, while in other towns,Customs and its soon-to-be-successor theAustralian Border Force may take the lead,conducting agriculture checks in additionto passenger checks. Either way, the costwill be greatly reduced - perhaps to a pricethe government may be willing to pay tostimulate regional tourism.
We will continue to take these issue tothe government in 2015 and look forwardto welcoming some outcomes.
Justin WastnageDirector, Aviation PolicyTourism & Transport Forum
TTF Australia is a CEO forum representingAustralia's major airports, all domesticairlines, as well as the majority ofinternational airlines servicing Australia.
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Working collaborativelyAngus Houston
OVER THE NEXT twenty years the aviationindustry expects to further increase its ser-vices to satisfy the demand for air traveland cargo services generated by the ex-pansion in the Asia-Pacific and emergingeconomies around the world.
Having said that, Airservices continueson a transformational journey that is shap-ing the way we operate.
The transition involves:• moving extensively from ground radar
surveillance to global navigation satel-lite systems
• shared access to common flight data• moving incrementally from voice to digi-
tal data where practicable• moving from traditional airspace control
to four dimension predictive technologies• moving from paper strips in the tower to
digital touch screens• more flexible use of airspace• using the en route airspace more effi-
ciently by using environmentally-friend-ly preferred routes
• exploring the potential of remote towertechnology
• collaborative information-based servic-es, and
• OneSKY.Through this journey, we will all benefit
from the more efficient use of airspace -a more sustainable industry - technologi-cal innovation and investment - and frommaking a safe system even safer...
In Australia, airport developments suchas parallel runways at Brisbane, Melbourneand Perth, and a second major airport inthe Sydney basin, will have a significantimpact on how air traffic will be managed,however, these changes must not impacton services delivered, or as I have alreadysaid, on safety.
The investment at these airports will re-quire that they operate at or close to capac-ity during peak periods each day.
Over the next 20 years the way in whichwe provide air traffic control will be different.
There will be far greater use of automa-tion both in the air and on the ground.
Today, we manage more than four millionflights carrying ninety million passengersevery year and we are responsible for the al-most 770 thousand flights that come in andout of Australia's four major airports: Sydney,Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane, each year...
Passenger volumes are putting higherdemands on airport infrastructure.
Urban infill and the demand for nearairport development continue to challengethe protection of airspace...
Airservices is planning for major infrastructure to prpare ffor growth.
The significant challenge through thenext twenty years and beyond will be theability to manage a network-wide increasein demand. The Bureau of Infrastructure,Transport and Regional Economics esti-mates the number of aircraft movementsthrough Australian capital city airports isexpected to increase to 1.7 million aircraftmovements by 2030...
As new runways and airports becomeoperational it is important that they areintegrated seamlessly into the air trafficmanagement network. For Airservices thetransition includes true gate-to-gate aircraftmanagement that optimises the use of Glob-al Navigation Satellite System technologies.
These are linked to Required Naviga-tion Performance flight path procedurescoupled to Ground Based AugmentationSystems and Advanced Surface MovementGuidance and Control Systems.
This represents a shift from the presentsurveillance-based concept of controllingaircraft on the basis of knowing where theyare, and estimating where they will be in thefuture, to a trajectory-based concept whereboth the present and intended positions ofaircraft will be known to high degrees of ac-curacy during all phases of flight.
In the future we see a system that will im-prove capacity and reduce delays, both on theground and in the air and improve the safetyperformance of the overall air traffic manage-ment to meet community expectations...
The Airport Capacity Enhancement pro-gram, ACE as it is known, at Brisbane, Mel-bourne and Perth airports, is resulting in re-duced runway occupancy times and easingpressure on capacity. Brisbane Airport run-way occupancy time is now forty one seconds,
making it one of the world's best performingairports for single runway operations...
This year we commissioned GBAS orSmartPath, a ground-based augmentationlanding system at Sydney Airport—the firstof its type in the Southern Hemisphere. Thisis already reaping benefits with forty nineper cent of aircraft preferring to use Smart-Path over forty five per cent using the moretraditional Instrument Landing System...
For Airservices, the OneSKY program isthe jewel in our investment crown. It is themost significant transformation of air traf-fic management in our aviation history en-abled by the once-in-a-generation air trafficmanagement system replacement, and theharmonisation between our nation's two airtraffic management organisations - Airser-vices and the Department of Defence.
One of the benefits of having one nationalair traffic management system is the cost sav-ings of purchasing one system rather than aseparate civil and a separate military system.On acquisition alone, in buying one system,the combined savings for both Airservicesand Defence is in the order of several hun-dred million dollars, and that is without theservice delivery benefits of the new system...
OneSKY Australia will enhance naviga-tion and communication capabilities thatwill allow us to keep abreast of globalchanges in aircraft technology, maximisesafety performance and cost efficiency.
The commissioning of the civil-militaryair traffic system will happen in a phasedtransition from 2018 to 2021. And we areon track in its development.
This is an edited version of a presen-tation made to the AAA Conference inNovember.
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We wincheap faresbattle
LEXIE CARTWRIGHT
THE bargain battle betweenairlines is on.
Gold Coasters are baggingcheap domestic and interna-tional flights direct fromGold Coast Airport, makingFebruary and March one ofthe most inexpensive timesto fly.
Set your sights for theslopes with $300 returnflights to Queenstown, hitthe shops of Singapore forabout $400 return, or if youfancy some sun in Fiji, youcan get there and back forunder $550.
Gold Coast Airport bossDavid Collins said the ter-minal had seen big numbersof travellers lately.
“The Gold Coast Airporttargets low-cost carriers thatBrisbane doesn’t get, so we’revery consistent with interna-
tional flights,” he said.“That’s been our competi-
tive edge. Going into the qui-eter months after Christmasoften the low-cost carriersstimulate demand with greatprices and it’s certainly hadmasses of people comingthrough the airport.”
Mr Collins said priceswere set to plummet evenfurther. “I know there’s greatdeals to Fiji coming up with$149 return tickets comingout next month with Jetstar,”he said.
Jetstar is ruling the skieswith holiday-makers alsoscoring great deals to Well-ington, Auckland, Christ-church, Tokyo, Newcastle,Sydney and Adelaide.
Eager snowboarder Wil-lum McVeigh, 11, was itchingwith excitement at GoldCoast Airport yesterday be-fore hopping aboard hisflight to Tokyo. But no onewas more thrilled than his
mum, Rebecca, who cameacross $1400 fares and endedup bagging a Jetstar ticket for$1000 return.
“He’s travelling with afamily friend to go see hisdad and it was a nice time tobuy, so I thought ‘Whynot?’,” she said.
Webjet is offering under$300 return tickets to Singa-pore, while Hawaii deals willonly set you back about$1000 if you travel nextmonth. Virgin also has sweetsales coming up toward theend of April through to theend of June.
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Willum McVeigh (left), 11, is headed to Tokyo to visit his father. His mother Rebecca McVeigh and his Brother Archie McVeigh, 4, drop him off at Gold Coast Airport. Picture: MIKE BATTERHAM
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FIJI $550 RETURN
QUEENSTOWN $300 RETURN
TOKYO $1000 RETURN
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Jetstarflight hitsenginetroubleA JETSTAR jet made anemergency landing at Bris-bane Airport yesterdayafter reported engine fail-ure shortly after takeofffrom the Gold Coast.
JQ189 was en route toChristchurch in New Zea-land when the captainrequested a prioritylanding.
The FlightRadar playbackshows the A320circled severaltimes off theGold Coast todump fuel beforeheading to Bris-bane.
The planelanded at Bris-bane Airport,where emer-gency services
had been placed onstandby, without inci-dent.
A Jetstar spokesmansaid engineers were exam-ining the aircraft and a“fault with the engine” hadbeen identified as the prob-lem.
“These next-generationaircraft are designed to op-erate with one engine andin this case operated withone engine on full powerand the other on reducedpower,” he said.
“Our engineers arelooking into the cause ofthe fault and are workingclosely with the enginemanufacturer.”
He said passengers hadbeen flown to Christchurchon another service out ofBrisbane at 1pm.
The aircraft is the samemodel as the AirAsia Indo-nesia plane that crashedinto the Java Sea on De-cember 28, killing all 162people on board.
The cause of that crashis unknown, although it ap-pears severe weather mayhave played a role.
Airbus aircraft are gen-erally considered very safe,and almost crash-proofdue to the number of earlywarning systems.
Like its parent Qantas,Jetstar has a flawless safetyrecord, having never had aserious crash or loss of life.
Jetstar said the passen-gers were not in any dan-ger and there was no risk ofa similar incident on otherplanes in the fleet.
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YOUR STATEQUEENSLAND
Labor’s return a threat to $100m cableway THE controversial $100 million cableway project on the Gold Coast will be buried if Labor forms government. Gold Coast Skyride chairman Terry Jackman said the Springbrook project was dead without government support. Labor MPs were virulently opposed to the cableway project and the LNP government failed to approve it before the election. “I always believed the cableway would be a terrific addition to Gold Coast tourism — but it does require government approval,” Mr Jackman said. “If the government doesn’t want it, we will not proceed but we need to wait to see who forms government.” Area councillor Glenn Tozer said several high-profile projects were unlikely to go ahead if Labor formed government.
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Delegation to plead case for jobs
WITH the prospect of a change ofgovernment in Queensland, FederalMember for Dawson George Christ-ensen is organising a delegation ofNorth Queensland business andcommunity leaders to meet with thestate’s incoming premier AnnastaciaPalaszczuk regarding the AbbotPoint expansion.
“It is vital for our region that theAdani mine, rail and port projectgoes ahead, and this delegation willoutline how important this is,” MrChristensen said.
“Thousands of jobs are at stake,and we must find a way to work co-operatively with the incoming stategovernment on this.”
Mr Christensen said the benefitsof the project for the region and thestate as a whole were enormous.
“Adani’s mine, rail and port pro-ject will create tens of thousands ofessential jobs, and flow-on econ-omic benefits,” he said.
“It will lift Bowen and the sur-rounding community out of theeconomic doldrums they are in.
“It will provide jobs for miningand construction workers through-out the Mackay region, at a timewhen we continue to feel the effectsof a mining downturn.
“And it will shore up the state’seconomic future.
“I would hope that the incomingPremier will give the communityand business leaders from Bowenand Mackay an opportunity to sharetheir first-hand accounts, as they arebest placed to explain the import-ance of the decisions being made.”
Mr Christensen’s offer to organ-ise a delegation comes amid ques-tions as to what a Labor StateGovernment would mean for AbbotPoint.
Townsville Enterprise came outfighting early, pleading with a Laborgovernment to reverse its decisionto pull funding for Adani’s Carmich-ael coal mine.
Townsville Enterprise chairmanKevin Gill said during the campaignthey had been disappointed by theALP’s decision to cancel the LNPcommitment to help fund infra-structure for the Adani CarmichaelCoal Project and they were encour-aging the party to reverse that deci-sion.
“We do, however, acknowledgethe ALP’s support of the Adani pro-ject and we will look to work posi-tively with the elected governmentand Adani to help secure its many
benefits,” he said.Meanwhile, Adani has said its
mine will go ahead no matter which
party wins government.The Liberal National Party has
been supportive of the miner’s Car-
michael project in the GalileeBasin, even pledging to investin a railway connecting the
mine to the sea.But Labor says the project
must be self-sustaining and it
will not commit any taxpayersmoney towards it.
“The result of the Queens-land election does not influ-ence the company’s financialdecision-making,” Adani CEOJeyakumar Janakaraj said.
“The company will workwith every partner and everygovernment in ensuring theseimportant projects proceed.”
Mr Janakaraj said Adani’sdecision to proceed with theinvestment had been deter-mined on the cost basis of theproject.
“Importantly, the mine atCarmichael ... will be within thefirst quartile of the cost curve,”he said.
A spokesman from Adanisaid it welcomed the oppor-tunity to work with the newpremier “to meet and discuss aproject that will deliver 10,000jobs and $22 billion in taxesand royalties that the Queens-land Government needs to in-vest right back into frontlineservices in the state”.
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ALP campaign volunteer Doug Robins and Neville Greatorex were at the Bowen PCYCvoting booth on state electionvoting day.
Picture: Louise Jorgensen
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Bleach’s best lineupA GIANT 10m mullet and theInaugural Dance Affair are setto headline one of the “bestever” line-ups at this year’sBleach Festival.
The 2015 festival line-upand program was released atlast night’s launch party with arange of artistic activitiesscheduled to be held over the17-day event.
From March 6-22 livemusic, theatre, dance and cir-cus fun will take over southernGold Coast beaches with cre-ative work spread over 60 indi-vidual events.
Among the new exhibits is agiant mullet named Fish-out-
of-Water which festival direc-tor Louise Bezzina said notonly was fun for everyone butit demonstrated spirit and im-agination.
“It has an articulated head,fins, mouth and tail and takes10 skilled puppeteers to oper-ate it,” she said.
The Inaugural Dance Affairperformance is scheduled forMarch 19-22 and will followthe opening weekend eveningentertainment of aerial artistryin Sequins & Sinew.
The Bleach at Burleighbeach concert will also make areturn on March 21 with surf-ing performances included.
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