Whitsundays OnlineThe QLD State Government has delivered a budget that they say is committed to protecting existing jobs and creating new ones in a difficult economical environment. It was delivered by Andrew Fraser, the QLD Treasurer. (Andrew was born in Proserpine on 15 September 1976).
The QLD State Government has slated the Abbot Point Terminal and $15 billion of state owned infratructure (including the coal rail services) to pay back debt and get the state's finances back in to the black in 3 years.
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The regular power blackouts in the Jubilee Pocket - Airlie Beach - Cannonvale area will hopefully be behind us as $15 million has been allocated to fix up the electricity supply in these villages. Other spending allocated in our immediate area include:
- Proserpine will get a new maternity service and family drop-in clinic.
- $304.9 million towards the $913 million expansion of Abbot Point Coal Terminal.
- $55.9 million for a new electricity substation at Bowen North and a transmission line to Strathmore.
- $15 million to reinforce the electricity supply in Airlie Beach.
- $4 million towards upgrading the Whitsunday Airport.
- $410,000 to complete the Whitsunday Islands Great Walk in the Whitsunday National Park.
- $36 million over three years for Tourism campaigns (statewide).
- $468,000 to Whitsunday Council for a Historical Foreshore Plaza, the Catalina Commemorative Area and Sinclair Soundshell.
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