Rebuke for insurance spin
Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, has slammed the Insurance Council for asking members of parliament to spread misinformation in an attempt to justify price-gouging. Mr Christensen said...
View ArticleMining tax in doubt
Billions of dollars in revenue supposed to fund Labor promises are in doubt following revelations big mining companies will not be contributing to the mining tax as much as the Federal Treasurer...
View ArticleUNESCO invited to kill NQ economy
It was to be North Queensland’s biggest opportunity for growth and employment. But the Abbot Point Multi-Cargo Facility is in limbo and likely to drown in a sea of red tape and green degeneration....
View ArticleTownsville groups denied funding opportunity
Most of Townsville’s community groups were locked out of the Regional Development Australia Fund process on November 3, a week before the Minister’s office was encouraging them, through the Townsville...
View ArticleNuclear could power the north: George
While the Federal and Queensland Labor governments are ripping themselves apart about whether or not to send uranium to India, Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, voiced strong support for...
View ArticlePublic expects crims to be jailed
Mackay residents are sick of seeing criminals going unpunished, Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, told Federal Parliament in Canberra this morning. In addressing a motion calling for...
View ArticleMiddle of the Bruce ignored
The middle section of the Bruce Highway, including Yellow Gin Creek and the Haughton River Bridge, is off the radar of both State and Federal Labor governments, according to Federal Member for Dawson,...
View ArticleGeorge joins NQ insurance inquiry
Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen has been appointed to the parliamentary inquiry established this week to investigate claims of price gouging in the North Queensland insurance market. Mr...
View ArticleGrand vision for Northern Australia
Grand vision for Northern Australia A visionary plan to turn Northern Australia into a booming economic powerhouse was touted by Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, in a speech to...
View ArticleLivermore rejects tradition
Member for Capricornia, Kirsten Livermore, rejected the Westminster Traditions of the Australian Parliament in declining her nomination to act as Speaker of the House of Representatives this afternoon...
View ArticleCoal job support ‘expendable’
\Support for the coal industry under the carbon tax has been culled for next year in a desperate bid to create a surplus in the budget, according to Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen. The...
View ArticleAlarm bells should be ringing over resort closure
THE announced closure of the iconic Club Med Lindeman Island resort should be ringing alarm bells within both State and Federal government that all is not well within the tourism industry, according to...
View ArticleEssential tool banned by stealth
Burdekin cane farmers will have to leave one of their most valuable tools locked in the shed this summer because of what Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, claims is a "Greens-inspired act...
View ArticleTraining program axed after 100% success rate
A GREEN Jobs Corps graduation ceremony was held for the last time in Mackay today with the federally-funded conservation training program being scrapped by the Gillard Labor government. The programme...
View ArticleInsurance hike stories wanted
Bodies corporate in Mackay facing huge insurance premium hikes are urged to lodge a submission with a federal parliamentary inquiry into the industry. Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen,...
View ArticleDigital NOT ready in NQ
North Queensland got ready for digital TV but it appears digital TV isn’t ready for North Queensland, according to Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen. Only days after the analogue...
View ArticleHands off our agriculture
North Queenslanders must retain control of agricultural land and food production by limiting foreign investment, according to Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen. The Federal Liberal...
View ArticleCall for Haughton support
The Haughton River Bridge has been a danger to traffic for too long. Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, has the narrow crossing in his sights and is calling on the government to act before...
View ArticleGoorganga flood-proofing vanishes in 18 days
The Whitsundays could have had Goorganga Plains flood-proofing work funded in just 18 days if the Gillard Labor government had not created the biggest government debt in Australian history, according...
View ArticleTax fiddling undermines resource jobs
The mining powerhouse in the Central Highlands is being undermined by a deeply divided and dysfunctional government, according to Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen. Mr Christensen said the...
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