Where’s the commitment from Labor?

JUNE 9, 2016: A lack of commitment from Labor could lead to a net gain of zero for the region if the unthinkable happens and a Shorten Labor Government is elected.This region will miss out unless Labor stumps up and puts some commitments on the table for the people of this region.Labor needs to commit to at least the same funding that the Liberal National Government has committed to.The Coalition has a number of election commitments on the table already.There’s a $3 million commitment for pre-construction planning work for the Urannah Dam project.There’s $10 million for the Mackay Region Sports Precinct athletics track and aquatic centre at CQUniversity.There’s $350,000 for the Mackay Football Park to turf and irrigate soccer fields.And there’s a share of $60 million for new base stations to address the mobile black spots at Mt Ossa and Yalboroo.Frank Gilbert claims that he can deliver, and he has had plenty of the Labor shadow ministry trooping through the electorate, yet they’ve committed to nothing apart from education funding which every Federal Government commits to as a matter of course.The net result, after five weeks of the election campaign, is zero commitment, and that’s a bad outcome for the people of Dawson.If the unthinkable should happen and a Shorten Labor Government was elected, this region would miss out completely.