Boost to benefit Mackay businesses
SMALL businesses in the Mackay region will soon have access to specialist advice thanks to a Liberal National Government funding boost of $770,000.A dedicated small business advisor will be appointed within weeks, to provide businesses with assistance to help them navigate changing economic conditions.What this means for small businesses in Mackay is that they will have a dedicated adviser in the city who can help them with everything from their finances through to staff team building and engaging customers in our digital world.
Sugar industry issued with marketing ultimatum
SUGAR industry representatives were given an ultimatum on marketing in Canberra today by the Minister for Industry and Science Ian Macfarlane.About 40 people from various sectors of the industry attended the meeting at Parliament House this morning organised by the Industry Minister.There was a very robust discussion with questioning and rebuttals, and all points of view were heard.However due to the impasse, the Minister has announced he will appoint an independent mediator to work with the industry on resolving this, and the industry now has 30 to 45 days to achieve that resolution.
Funding security for Men’s Shed groups
MEN’S sheds in the region can apply to secure funding for their organisations until 2019.They play an very important role in our community to keep men active, contributing to their mental health and physical wellbeing.To provide certainty, the Abbott Government has guaranteed funding for Men’s Sheds for a further three years to 2019.
Labor’s take on refugee crisis is hypocritical
LABOR’S plan to bring in tens of thousands of refugees smacks of hypocrisy.Labor opposes the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement on the totally fictional basis that it’s a threat to Australian jobs but they propose to take in more than 20,000 extra refugees who will be able to take Australian jobs without labour market testing.
Lone Labor MP recognises importance of mine
AUGUST 20, 2015: STRONG support for the $16.5 billion Carmichael mine project in Central Queensland from Labor’s key resources spokesperson has been hailed as a win for the workers of Central and North Queensland.
MP’s call to stop court action against jobs heeded by AG & PM
MY call for a legal counter-offensive to stop extreme green groups from taking job-creating projects to court has been heeded with both the Attorney General and the Prime Minister agreeing that action needed to be taken.I spoke to the Attorney General George Brandis shortly after the Carmichael mine approval was overturned in the courts at the instigation of an extreme green group.I told him that it was unacceptable that groups that had nothing to do with this project were able to hold up and try to kill off jobs by waging warfare through the legal system.In an interview on Sunday the Attorney General said he wanted to stop such ‘vigilante litigation’.