$266,000 in the hoop for Burdekin basketball
I am pleased to announce that I have fulfilled an election commitment to the Burdekin Amateur Basketball Association made during the final days of the recent election campaign.I spoke to Burdekin Amateur Basketball Club president Steve Plaza at the time, and gave an undertaking that I would do my utmost to secure the funding they were seeking to make their outdoor stadium a reality.They now have more than $266,000 on the way.
Burdekin group secures funding for machinery display centre
A group of enthusiasts who are keen to preserve the mechanical history of the Burdekin region and beyond have received a boost of nearly $10,000 under the Liberal National Government’s popular Stronger Communities Programme.The Burdekin Machinery Preservationists have been hard at work preserving machinery which dates back to the 1920s and it was a pleasure to recommend them for funding of $9,576.I met up with members of this group such as Alf Shand, Keith Battley and Tony Little to name just a few, on the weekend to see what they would achieve through this funding boost.These enthusiasts are preserving some of our sugar milling history and have diesel engines, alternators and switch gear which played a major role in the operation of the Kalamia and Inkerman mills in the Burdekin District.
Burdekin group receives arts boost
INDIGENOUS artists in the Burdekin will start work on brightening up the region with a series of art installations after receiving Liberal National Government funding of more than $71,000.The Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation will undertake the Culture Transcends Time through Art project, which is about connecting Indigenous people in the Burdekin region with their culture in a changing environment through the creation of four art installations.Those involved in the project will be mentored by local artist Dr Farvardin Daliri, and they will design and develop four sculptures: a sea turtle, an Aboriginal man, a South Sea Islander cane cutter and an Australian swagman.