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The LNP has outspent Labor in promises for the Far North as it focuses on shoring up ...30 Jan 2015 8:31 AMABC Far North, Cairns, 08:30 News, Newsreader

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The LNP has outspent Labor in promises for the Far North as it focuses on shoring up support in the seats of Cairns and Barron Riverwith Cook and Mulgrave getting little new infrastructure pledge. Its biggest commitments include $15m for improvements to theKuranda Range Road and $40m to hire 179 extra doctors, nurses, and health practitioners in the Cairns region. The party has alsopromised $15m for a special school in Cairns and $6m in upgrades to Cairns airport. The [Qld] Premier has campaigned in Cairnstwice and pledged to quarantine a casino license for the city, regardless of what happens with the Aquis project. It has also beenpromoting its $91m jobs and training package and $60m tourism fund for the state.

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Airport expansion?30 Jan 2015 12:45 PMNoosa News by noosanews.com.au editor

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GLEN ELMES MP, Member for Noosa: AS OWNER and operator of the Sunshine Coast Airport, Sunshine Coast Regional Council(SCRC) is the authority for this project and therefore has sole responsibility for all activities associated with it, including a...

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ELECTION WISHLIST31 Jan 2015Courier Mail, Brisbane, Business News, Glen Norris Anthony Gough Trenton Akers

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EVERY VOTE COUNTS31 Jan 2015Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News

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Bursting out of the blocks31 Jan 2015Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast, General News

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Our plan to create a sure future31 Jan 2015Weekend Post, Cairns, General News

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Cooly Rocks On CEO says it's time for him to go31 Jan 2015Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast, General News, Ben Case

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YOUR VIEWS31 Jan 2015Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast, General News

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Scoot begins new chapter as Singapore Airlines long-haul LCC subsidiary takes first 78731 Jan 2015 10:00 AMCentre for Asia Pacific Aviation

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Singapore Airlines long-haul low-cost subsidiary Scoot has begun the long anticipated transition from 777s to more efficient 787s.Scoot took delivery of its first of 20 787s on 30-Jan-2015 and plans to place the aircraft into service on...

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Time to rewrite script with our Games, developments in leading roles02 Feb 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Kathleen Skene

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SkyTeam to launch more China flights02 Feb 2015The Australian, Australia , Business News, Steve Creedy

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Business keen for Cairns treasurer02 Feb 2015Cairns Post, Cairns QLD, General News, Scott Forbes

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JOBS ON THE LINE, FUTURE IN LIMBO02 Feb 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Paul Weston

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LNP bikie war was worth it02 Feb 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News

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Stuckey cemented jobs of sports bosses to prevent midstream political sackings02 Feb 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Lucy Ardern

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Railyards, mining top wish lists02 Feb 2015Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News, Victoria Nugent

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AirAsia X replaces its CEO, seeks $140m02 Feb 2015 4:34 AMAustralian Financial Review by Jamie Freed

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Jamie FreedLow-cost long-haul carrier AirAsia X has replaced chief executive Asran Osman-Rani and will raise 395 million ringgit ($140 million) toshore up its balance sheet as a result of deep financial losses, including on flights between Kuala...

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GLEN NORRISANTHONY GOUGHTRENTON AKERSREDUCING debt, cuttingred tape and boosting sup-port for emerging techno-logies have emerged as keyissues businesses want ad-dressed by the incomingState Government.

Most business leaders ap-proached by The Courier-Mail have thrown theirsupport behind the LNP asthe most business friendly ofthe major parties.

However, not everyone ishappy with the NewmanGovernment. The state’s pri-vate bus operators say a planto open up bus routes to com-petitive tenders could sendthem to the wall.

Bribie Island Coaches’Ron Moss said the industryhad been in limbo since themove to contestable con-tracts was first mooted in2012. Mr Moss said his com-pany had stopped investingin the business because ofconcern it would lose its con-tracts.

The Queensland Resour-ces Council, representing thestate’s biggest industry, wasyesterday not taking sides.

“What is clear from thecomments of the LNP andALP leaders is that the lastthing Queensland needs is ahung Parliament beholden topolitical horse trading,” QRCchief Michael Roche said.

The Chamber of Com-merce and Industry Queens-land said it was “extremely

disappointed” with the ALP’sdecision this week to aban-don lifting the payroll tax

exemption threshold.The Australian Industry

Group has called on the in-coming government to targetrising business costs that un-dermined the competitive-ness of Queensland industry.

“This includes rising en-ergy costs and the reducedbut still burgeoning red tapeburden,” Australian IndustryGroup state director JeminaDunn said.

Allan Dingle, deputychairman of QueenslandCanegrowers, said it was nosecret that most growerswere LNP oriented.

He said farmers werestruggling with ever-increas-ing costs, something the in-

coming government wouldhave to address. “From a sug-arcane farmer’s perspective,electricity is certainly a bigissue for us,” he said. “Wehave been advocating strong-ly for a 33 per cent reduction”in power prices.

Grazier and farmer NoelCook, a stalwart of Queens-land agriculture worth an es-timated $65 million, saidwhile there was moredrought work to be done, theNewman Government hadworked well for the sector.

“Labor frightens us quite abit with their policy tochange the tree-clearinglaws,” he said.

Graham Burke, chiefexecutive of Gold Coasttheme park operator VillageRoadshow, said the Newman

Government had shown it-self to be a good economic

manager and had invested inthe tourism industry.

“They are business peopleand can-do people,” he said.

Caravanning Queenslandchief executive Ron Chap-man said the LNP had con-sulted well with the tourismindustry and he would wantthis to continue whicheverparty won.

Mario Pennisi, of industrygroup Life Sciences Queens-land, said the Newman Gov-ernment had releasedpolicies supporting entre-preneurs and grants thatcould help deliver results,such as commercialisingtechnology. This included a$500 million, six-year entre-preneurial and innovation

fund. “We’re hoping thatthey do stick to a firm policyon that,” Mr Pennisi said.

Leigh Kelson, Gold Coast-based chief executive of tech-nology company Enverro,said reducing debt had to be acontinued focus of the StateGovernment.

“Campbell Newman hasbeen handed a poisonedchalice on this but somethinghad to be done,” Mr Kelsonsaid. “We just could not keepracking up debt.”

Pacific Marine Groupmanaging director TerryDodd said the LNP had donea good job of rebuilding thestate’s finances after theLabor era.

“They are better for thewellbeing of Queensland,”Mr Dodd said.

ELECTION WISHLISTDebt, red tape and tech incentives are sector’s top concerns

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Courier Mail, Brisbane31 Jan 2015, by Glen Norris Anthony Gough Trenton Akers

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TRANSPORTWe are prepared to work

with (an LNP) government but we don’t know what they want.

— Ron Moss of Bribie lsland Coaches

The major parties are on the same page in recognising that a healthy resources sector is essential for Queensland’s economy, jobs and the funding of state government services. — QRC chief Michael Roche

MINING

An incoming government will need to work hard to balance fiscal discipline in managing the state’s budget whilst stimulating much needed confidence and growth.

— Jemina Dunn, AIG state director

MANUFACTURING

Our preference would definitely be with the LNP because we have a better working relationship with them.

— Allan Dingle of Canegrowers

AGRICULTURE

If (the LNP) have policy stability, that will help us attract investment.

— Mario Pennisi, of industry group Life Sciences Queensland

TECHNOLOGY

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Courier Mail, Brisbane31 Jan 2015, by Glen Norris Anthony Gough Trenton Akers

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Key NQ seats on knife-edge

EVERYVOTE

COUNTSANTHONY GALLOWAY

TODAY’S election will godown to the wire in severalnorthern seats as candidatesmake their final pitch to voters.

Polling yesterday had theLNP and Labor neck-and-neckin Queensland, with PremierCampbell Newman in realdanger of losing his seat.

Three years after beingswept into government, theLNP’s three Townsville mem-bers face a tight contest, withbetting agencies suggestingonly Mundingburra MP David

Crisafulli will survive. The Labor candidates hit

the campaign hustings for thefinal time yesterday, sayingthey were confident Towns-ville residents would reject theLNP’s plan to sell assetsincluding Ergon Energy andthe Port of Townsville.

The LNP’s candidates werejoined by Deputy Premier JeffSeeney who took aim atLabor’s costings, which re-vealed only $65 million was al-located over three years forTownsville’s stadium.

“We have developed a planto deal with the financial crisis

in Queensland,” he said.Continued page 4

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Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD31 Jan 2015

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Every vote counts with several North Queensland seats on a knife-edgeF 1

“Labor’s costings are ridiculously inadequate and thepeople of Queensland need to understand thesignificance of the decision they’re making,” Mr Seeney said.“We can’t afford to lose the one opportunity we have toinvest in regional Queensland and grow the economy in regional Queensland.”

Labor’s Townsville candidate Scott Stewart said hewas confident voters would reject the LNP’s asset leases.

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“We stand to lose the Port of Townsville and we stand to lose the railway between Townsville and Mount Isa, and Ergon Energy,” he said.

“If these assets are leased, the money will headsouth and Townsville will miss out. We will see an increase in prices in electricity.”

According to betting agency Sportsbet, Mr Stewartis heavily favoured to win Townsville for Labor, paying $1.05 compared with sitting member John Hathaway on $9. Labor’s Thuringowa candidate Aaron Harper waspaying $1.08 while the LNP’s Sam Cox was on $7.

David Crisafulli is tipped to hold on to his seat,paying $1.33 compared with his Labor opponent Coralee O’Rourke on $3.

Mr Hathaway said he was happy to campaign on hisparty’s asset leases plan, having secured a $150 million commitment for the stadium in the CBD.

“The odds don’t worry me. The only poll I’m worriedabout is the one (today).”

Townsville Enterprise chairman Kevin Gill said hedoubted whether Labor’s commitment could deliver astadium. “Labor’s costings are vague,” he said.

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Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD31 Jan 2015

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Bursting out of the blocksQUEENSLANDERS h ti d t t t ill i t d t ith b dQUEENSLANDERS who want the unique opportunity of working at the 2018 Commonwealth Games are urged to prepare now to take advantage of 30,000 new positions the games will create.

The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) says comprehensive workforce planning is about to get underway but already a range of roles, including marketing, project management, security and administration have been advertised.

Positions will continue to be sought throughout the coming months and years, with most jobs expected to start this year, GOLDOC says.

The games, starting on April 4, 2018, are expected to create 30,000 jobs and inject $2 billion into the local economy.

Those wanting to get in on the

action are encouraged to start upskilling early to ensure they are ready for a games-related job explosion.

TAFE Queensland Gold Coast has created a year-long triple diploma in events, hospitality and tourism and is encouraging Commonwealth Games jobseekers to enrol now to allow time after graduation to gain industry experience before the games start.

General manager Jenny Dodd says the triple diploma is

Commonwealth Games.She says the program teaches

students to become “all-rounders” b i

by covering management operations and activities that could lead to jobs including event assistant or co-ordinator, travel agent, restaurant and cafe manager.

“The combination of studying events, tourism and hospitality

will equip students with a broad range of industry relevant skills to begin or change to a rewarding job in this industry … (and) give them a head start for potential jobs,” Dodd says.

Georgia Fahey, 18, graduated from the triple diploma and is now hoping to complete a degree in international tourism and hotel management in 2016, giving her time to get work experience before the games.

Fahey says securing tourism-related work at the games would be a major coup.

“Any (job at the games) would be awesome, even if it was volunteering,” she says.

“It would open up a lot of different pathways in the tourism side of things.

“Travelling would be my number one (goal). Anything to do with being a tour guide and going all around the world just really interests me.”

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Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast31 Jan 2015

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TAFE graduate Georgia Fahey hopes to complete a tourism degree and dreams of working at the Commonwealth Games.

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Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast31 Jan 2015

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Our plan to create a sure futureOnly LNP can deal with legacy of debt, writes Tim NichollsTHE Newman LNP Governmenthas worked hard to turn around thestate’s finances after inheriting an$80 billion debt from the previousLabor Government.

Now that we’ve set the right fi-nancial foundations, Queensland isheaded for the first fiscal surplus ina decade, meaning we won’t need toborrow money to pay teachers orput fuel in ambulances.

This state election will decideQueensland’s future and central tothat future is how we pay for theroads, schools and hospitals ourgrowing state needs.

Our fully costed plan details howthe LNP will fund Far NorthQueensland’s future and createjobs, revitalise frontline services, de-liver better infrastructure and growour four-pillar economy.

The biggest risk to jobs, econ-omic growth and certainty is a re-turn to Labor’s debt and highertaxes.

The best resourced Oppositionin Australia had over 1000 days tocome up with a plan for Cairns, andthey have failed.

Their only plan, designed to pac-ify green extremists, is to kill off thetourism industry through blockingport development to get cruise lin-ers into Cairns.

Labor’s plan to merge electricityproviders and strip the profits ig-nores the fact that those dividendsare already being used to fund theinterest bill on Labor’s $80 billiondebt.

The LNP’s plan would lease lessthan 12 per cent of the state’s assetsto reduce debt by about $25 billion –a level that independent experts ad-vise is manageable.

Our plan provides for $8.6 billionto be invested in much-needed in-frastructure like schools, hospitals,roads and public transport while an-other $3.4 billion would be used toprovide cost of living relief throughlower electricity prices.

In Cairns our team has a plan forlaw and order with a new PoliceRapid Action Hub.

We’ve committed $15 million toa special school in Cairns.

We’ll provide $1 million worth ofsupport to CQU so they can estab-lish mechanical and electrical en-gineering courses in Cairns.

There are also commitments todeal with congestion at the airportand for critical road works at Red-lynch.

With more demand for schools,roads, hospitals and police in agrowing state, doing nothing is notan option.

Queensland is a growing stateand will need new infrastructureand more frontline services.

The LNP’s fully funded, fullycosted long-term economic planwill create up to 209,000 new jobsover the next six years.

And it will ensure youngQueenslanders can access the besteducation and training opportunit-ies for the jobs of tomorrow.

Queenslanders need the confi-dence that their government cantruly pay for things without ramp-ing up debt and taxes.

We know where the money iscoming from.

And we can clearly showQueenslanders where it will bespent.Tim Nicholls is the Treasurer of Queens-land and the Minister for Trade.

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Weekend Post, Cairns31 Jan 2015

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THIS ELECTION WILL DECIDE QUEENSLAND’S FUTURE AND … HOW WE PAY FOR STATE NEEDS

MANAGEABLE DEBT: State Treasurer Tim Nicholls. Picture: JACK TRAN

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Weekend Post, Cairns31 Jan 2015

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Cooly RocksOn CEO saysit’s time forhim to goBEN CASE

COOLY Rocks On boss BobNewman is to resign from hisrole as chief executive officernext month after five years ashead of the festival.

Mr Newman said it wastime for a fresh set of eyes tooversee the popular nostalgiafestival which has grown to at-tract 100,000 people annually.

“It’s been a great experienceand I’ve really enjoyed it,” hesaid. “I just feel it needs a newset of eyes to take it up andonwards – it’s just time tomove on.”

Cooly Rocks On chair-woman Gail O’Neill releaseda statement yesterday

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thanking Mr Newman forhis contribution.

“Bob Newman hasplayed an integral role inthe evolution of CoolyRocks On during the lastfour festivals, increasingattendance, strengthen-ing its profile and ensur-ing each festival wasbigger and more suc-cessful than the pre-vious year’s,” she said.

“Cooly Rocks On’ssuccess at the 2014Queensland Tourism

Awards, where the Fes-tival took out the Bronze

Award in the MajorEvents and Festivals catego-

ry, is testament to Bob’s dedi-cation and tireless efforts indelivering a first-class festival

that brought hundreds ofthousands of people and tensof millions of dollars in econ-omic benefit to our region.

“Regretfully, we have ac-cepted his resignation as hehas decided to pursue a newchallenge and the executiveand all the team at CoolyRocks On wish him every suc-cess in the future.”

Aria Events and Entertain-ment co-ordinator JayneHenry will be appointed actingoperations manager to overseeand deliver the 2015 festival.

Former Destination TweedCEO Phil Villiers will becomeacting commercial manager.

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Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast31 Jan 2015, by Ben Case

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YOURVIEWSWRITE TO P0 BOX 1 SOUTHPWRITE TO: P0 BOX 1, SOUTHPORT 4215EMAIL: editorial@goldcoast.com.auFACEBOOK: facebook.com/goldcoastbulletinWITH regret I must get the fiascoof the Gold Coast Airport off mychest.

On December 27 we got backfrom Sydney and, as we landed,there was a torrential downpourand by the time we got into the ter-minal we were soaking wet.

No umbrellas were offered andas we finally got our luggage after30 minutes it was soaking wet,clothes inside as well.

As bags were unloaded theycould not even throw a tarp overthe already loaded trolley.

This is unacceptable, and I sure

hope someone will do somethingabout this!!!GEORGE ADAM, CARRARA

AN alleged Mongols bikie is com-plaining to the courts of harshtreatment behind bars. Whatabout criminal bikie gangs harshtreatment of the public in the past,including shootings at a crowdedshopping centre and wild brawls infull view of the innocent public?

Where is your appreciation forCampbell Newman who finally puta stop to criminal bikie activity?

A vote for Labor is a vote for thereturn of bikie crime.KEN WADE TWEED HEADS

FOR the attention of the Greens’(who else, would want her?) Chris-tine Milne and Natasha Stott-Despoja (now, Australian“something or other” for women’sand girls’ rights and protection),here the following was penned sev-eral years ago:

Our brave Aussie Diggers werein Afghanistan fighting very, greatevil; as shown by the heinous, Tali-ban’s attempt to slaughter the sovery brave, and selfless, youngPakistani girl, Malala Yousafzai,for her simply wanting to go toschool to get an education; as, all,young Australian girls are free todo so!

So I say to all Australians:never, forget – especially, not too

many years after the first Balibombing – Australian renegadequisling David Hicks, served withthe Taliban (in Kashmir; firing,high powered weaponry intoIndia) before, and then again after911, when, 10 Australians weremurdered in the Twin Towers byHicks’ Islamic terrorist allies!

Australians should also never,forget that great advocate forwomen’s rights/progress, former,Australian Senator Natasha StottDespoja’s feasting of her specialguest: David Hicks a self-confessedIslamic terrorist, at Despoja’s topshelf fine wine retirement frompolitics party.

All this when that brave youngMalala has not yet even started tolive; that’s if, despite the dastardlyTaliban, the wee brau lassie, doeslive!HOWARD HUTCHINS,CHIRNSIDE PARK

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Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast31 Jan 2015

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Time to rewrite script with our Games, developments in leading rolesKATHLEENSKENECOMMENT

AGAIN, Queenslanders haveshown how unforgiving theycan be when they believethey’re being tricked or takenfor granted.

They saw Labor’s arrogancein 2012 – borne of two decadesin power – and they savagedthem. The LNP’s arrogance –

borne of that same 2012 land-slide – has seen them swiftlysuffer the same fate.

Except on the Gold Coast.But it is our city that has the

most at stake as 2018 ap-proaches.

As counting continues, ei-ther overall result raises sev-eral billion-dollar questions forthe region, which could soonbe dominated by oppositionmembers.

If ASF Consortium meets

all the criteria set by the lastgovernment, how can Laborlegally honour their pledge notto develop the Broadwater?

Will Labor stop the M1’sExit 54 upgrade, and the $1 bil-lion in developments and jobsattached to it? What will Labordo to ensure the Common-wealth Games is a catalyst forprosperity and not a multibil-lion-dollar, internationally-tel-evised embarrassment?

The impact of the 2018 Gold

Coast Games should not beunderestimated. Falling in thesame year as the deadline forthe next election, the Gameswill likely force us back to thebooths long before Christmas2017. Another campaign.

It was clear from January 7that elected members of theNewman Government wereon the receiving end of someterrible advice.

When the Premier couldhave been forthright here

about his stance on the Broad-water development, he insteadhit the breakfast radio circuit,talking about fake eyelashesand sad space movies.

When he could have beencommitting to a pre-2018 con-nection of trams to trains, he

was sandbagging shaky seatswith dubious promises of am-bulances, playgrounds andschool driveway upgrades.

While he was strong-plan-ning, his members here on the

Gold Coast were avoiding seri-ous questions about their con-duct. The only strong thingwas the smell.

The Premier tensed visiblyunder questioning beyond hisscript and struggled to fit theknockabout nice guy mouldinto which his advisers tried toshoehorn him.

Now he’s gone. We can onlyhope the next Premier’s advis-ors give him or her – and voters– less script and more credit.

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Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD02 Feb 2015, by Kathleen Skene

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SkyTeam to launch more China flightsSTEVE CREEDYAVIATION WRITER

GLOBAL airline alliance Sky-Team is continuing to raise itsprofile in Australia, with mem-bers China Southern Airlines andXiamenAir looking at new Boe-ing 787 services later this year, andChina Eastern also consideringboosting flights.

China Southern has filed tolaunch a Boeing 787 service fromGuangzhou to Perth, whileXiamenAir is set to use the hi-tech composite aircraft on theXiamen-Sydney route.

The new services come after arecent agreement to immediatelyboost the available aviation cap-acity between Australia andChina by 18 per cent, with furtherincreases over the next two years.

SkyTeam has a substantialpresence in China, where itsroster of members includes ChinaAirlines. It is also strong in the USthrough mega-carrier Delta AirLines and in Europe through AirFrance-KLM.

The new Xiamen servicemeans all its Chinese memberswill fly to Australia along withDelta, Garuda Indonesia, KoreanAir and Vietnam Airlines.

It now offers 80 weekly depar-tures from Sydney and also servesBrisbane, Cairns, Melbourne andPerth to provide more than100,000 seats nationwide to morethan 1050 global destinations.

SkyTeam chief executiveMichael Wisburn told guests atthe opening of the alliance’s newlounge at Sydney Airport that

Australia was a key market in anetwork that offered the biggestalliance platform in China.

He said the 20-airline alliancewas helping its Chinese membersto develop hubs focusing onAustralia and using members’ ex-perience to improve passengertransfers in hubs such as Guang-zhou, Shanghai and Beijing.

“We bring seamlessness to anew and next level,’’ Mr Wisburnsaid, noting the smooth transfershe experienced travelling fromAmsterdam through Guangzhouto Sydney had not been possiblefive years ago.

“We are innovating in terms oftechnology to improve the pro-cess and make it comfortable forthe customers.

“So the Chinese members —China Southern, China Eastern— are doing an extremely goodjob, with our input, to improve theexperience for the customer andlearn from what we have ex-perienced and … our mistakes inthe US and Europe,’’ Mr Wisburnsaid.

China Eastern general man-ager Oceania Kathy Zhang saidthe good relationship betweenAustralia and China after lastNovember’ state visit by presi-dent Xi Jinping presented a goodopportunity for tourism growthfrom the country and promptedincreased interest in Tasmania.

Ms Zhang said the airline,which flies to Sydney and Mel-bourne year-round as well as toCairns in the peak summer sea-son, was considering more desti-nations in Australia and morefrequencies “in the near future’’.

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Business keen forCairns treasurerSCOTT FORBES

THE prospect of having Mul-grave’s Curtis Pitt as Queens-land’s treasurer has excitedCairns business leaders.

Long-time Cairns MP,Keith De Lacy, was state trea-surer from 1989 to 1996 andlocal businesspeople remem-ber his reign as a time when“rivers” of state money floodedthe region.

“It would be wonderful tohave a Cairns-based treasurer,Curtis understands the region,he lives up here, he gets it. Ithink that’ll be favourable forour region and funding,” saidCairns Chamber CEO DebHancock.

Mayor Bob Manning wasexcited and anxious about thenew political state of play.

“Wouldn’t it be nice if Cur-tis was treasurer? The last timewe had a treasurer in this townwe did very, very well,” he said.

“But it looks like it will be avery finely balanced Parlia-ment so I hope someone cangovern absolutely. I don’t wanta minority government.”

Advance Cairns chiefexecutive Mark Matthewsagreed.

“Curtis is a fantastic fellow,he has good experience at theministerial level and took on anumber of portfolios in oppo-sition, so I look forward toworking with him if he’s trea-surer,” he said.

“But right around Queens-land the outcome is still un-clear, so irrespective of whowins government, they knowour six priorities are still oursix priorities.”

Tourism Tropical NorthQueensland CEO Alex deWaal said his apolitical organ-isation would work with who-

ever took government. “We’vehad a very good response fromthe Labor Party during theelection campaign through thecommitment to substantiallyincrease tourism and eventsfunding to $111 million perannum for the next four years,”he said.

“That augurs very well forthe local tourism industry, inparticular the commitment toconsider the mono-destina-tional campaign to positionCairns as a stand-alone desti-nation for the Chinese.

“I know Curtis Pitt is verymuch across the details of thatprogram and very supportiveof it.”

Ms Hancock has written tothe new state members con-gratulating them.

“Our job is the same, justworking with different peopleto ask what a Labor govern-ment has planned for takingthe economy forward, what aretheir time frames and how isthat going to be achieved,” shesaid.

“We’ll be working collabo-ratively with them.”

ANXIOUS AND EXCITED: CairnsMayor Bob Manning.

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JOBS ON THE LINE,The Gold Coast could be left in thepolitical wilderness with big plans for infrastructure now in serious doubtPAUL WESTON, LUCY ARDERN AND ANDREW POTTSTHE Gold Coast is in shockwith political and communityleaders speculating that thou-sands of jobs under key infra-structure projects promised bythe LNP Government will belost to the city if Labor formsgovernment.

Only Michael Riordan, in aknife-edge battle in Gaven,looks to be any chance of giv-ing the ALP representation onthe Coast – with the nine localLNP MPs set to be returned toParliament.

But those LNP members in-cluding former education min-ister John-Paul Langbroek andCommonwealth Games minis-ter Jann Stuckey could be sit-ting on the Oppositionbenches with no politicalfavours expected from Laborfor the city.

Mr Langbroek yesterdaywelcomed support from hiscolleagues for backing him asthe new LNP leader, whichcould give the Gold Coast astronger voice in Brisbane if itbecomes a reality.

As the final outcome of theelection remained in the bal-ance, Labor leader AnnastaciaPalaszczuk yesterday re-mained confident the ALPwould win government butgave few clues about the futurefor the Coast as she spent theafternoon at a Burpengary bar-becue.

An ALP spokesman said Ms

Palaszczuk had already out-lined a position on key issuesfor the Gold Coast and was un-willing to discuss them further.

“It’s putting the horse be-fore the cart. Right now

we are just waiting for more re-sults to come in, and no one issure what will happen,” thespokesman said.

The Bulletin staged aGimme Five campaignduring the election cam-paign which sought aclear position from thepolitical parties on the

cruise ship terminal,plus funding for the

light rail extensionand work on con-gested Exit 54. Italso called forthe continu-ation of toughbikie laws and

changes to Com-monwealth Games

planning.

Labor on key issues said:� It opposed the develop-

ment of a cruise ship terminalon the Broadwater and cat-egorically ruled out Wave-break Island as an alternativelocation for any future devel-opment.�Could not make any fund-

ing promises on Exit 54.� Promised a more central

role for the Coast in planning

the Commonwealth Games.� Would leave bikie laws in-

tact until the end of the yearwhen a special taskforce couldkickstart a review.� Refused to speculate on

the best route for stage two oflight rail because it had notseen the studies commissionedby the Newman Government.

� Vowed to continue topressure Mermaid Beach MPRay Stevens to release detailsof discussions with the Integ-rity Commission about his ca-bleway project and toughen uplaws about commercial pro-jects in national parks.

Senior LNP figures told theBulletin that a Labor govern-ment would spell “the end of

FUTURE IN LIMBO

the Wavebreak Island cruiseship terminal and jobs” alongwith the promise of delivery oflight rail stage two before the2018 Commonwealth Games.

“The Exit 54 upgrade atCoomera needed the NewmanGovernment to get in. Annas-tacia Palaszczuk only camedown here once during theelection campaign. We are in

the wilderness,” one LNPsource said.

Surfers Paradise MP John-Paul Langbroek said there wasno doubt the ALP would stopthe cruise ship terminal plan ifit was elected into government– despite the fact many people

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What Annastacia said before the poll� Broadwater resort andcasino development:In her only visit to the Gold Coast Ms Palaszczukslammed the proposed $7.5billion development and went to Wavebreak Island to join a rally to reclaim theBroadwater. “There will be no development here, pureand simple,” she said.“We need to keep this asset in our own hands.”

� Commonwealth Games legacy and organisation:Promised to give the GoldCoast a more “central role” in planning and work moreclosely with Gold Coast City Council. “A newly elected Labor government wouldlisten to locals about their concerns, and do everythingwe can to ensure they play an important role in the planning of the event,” shesaid.

�VLAD laws/bikiecrackdown to be reviewed:“We are keeping the existing laws until we listen to the expert advice,” said MsPalaszczuk when

announcing she would nolonger repeal the laws butinstead set up a taskforce to run a 12-month review of the legislation earlier than planned under the LNP.

�M1 Exit 54 upgrade at Coomera:No commitment. After theLNP’s election promise of $75 million toward theproject a spokesman for MsPalaszczuk said it could not commit to funding as theLNP announcement wascontingent on asset sales.

� Light railExtension/connection to heavy rail by 2018.No commitment. MsPalaszczuk said she wouldneed to “look at the books”first and would devise aninfrastructure plan after the election.

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here supported the develop-ment.

“They have been quite clear

on their position,” he said.Mr Stevens told the Bulletin:

“Unfortunately I am sure the

projects mooted for the GoldCoast will evaporate under aLabor government and thoseresponsible should hang theirheads in shame.

“There were a lot of posi-tives promised by the LNP forthe Gold Coast and should anLNP government have beenreturned the Gold Coast wouldhave been a great beneficiary

“We are a close-knit group… and it is important we worktogether to protect the GoldCoast’s interests as best wecan.”

A community leader pre-dicted the Coast would lose itsRapid Action Patrol Groupwhich had led to the crack-down on bikies. “The bikielaws will be reviewed. There

will be no funding. We will be-come the Tasmania ofQueensland.”

A Gold Coast City council-

lor, also in shock, said: “We ex-pected the state would give theGovernment a touch-up, butnothing like this.

“We now need clarity fromLabor on the Broadwater Mar-ine Project.”

We will become theTasmania of Queensland

C O M M U N I T Y L E A D E R

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LNP bikie war was worth it

EDITORIALWHILE commentators and politiciansponder what went wrong for the LiberalNational Party, it is worth rememberingthe things it got right.

Campbell Newman inherited a budgetbasket case from Labor in 2012.

In less than three years the LNP madepainful but necessary changes that are pay-ing down the $80 billion in state debtracked up during the profligate Beattie-Bligh era.

With almost every major economy inthe world apart from the US faltering, theytweaked budgetary levers to prepareQueensland for uncertain times ahead.

The LNP also drove criminal motorcy-cle gangs from the Gold Coast with uncom-promising police powers.

This came at some electoral cost tothem in cities untouched by bikie shootingsand riots and for this the Gold Coast owesMr Newman a debt of gratitude.

We note Labor has softened its stanceon immediately rescinding anti-bikie laws,instead opting to review them before theend of the year.

As it has done for a decade, this news-paper will continue to campaign to havethe criminal gangs permanently excisedfrom society.

Although the LNP was indifferent to theproposal for a Broadwater mega-resort, itat least allowed it to be considered.

That project, and the thousands of localjobs that would have gone with it, will bedead in the water if Labor manages to formgovernment.

Health was another area that improvedunder LNP stewardship.

Gold Coast public hospitals lurchedfrom crisis to crisis under Labor and state-wide more than a billion dollars were wast-

ed in a payroll debacle.Now Labor is on the cusp of regaining

power. It appears the Gold Coast has elec-ted none of its candidates and there areconcerns the city will receive little lovefrom a future Palaszczuk government – shevisited the state’s second-largest city onceduring the election campaign.

We prefer to be optimistic.Both the light rail system and the 2018

Gold Coast Commonwealth Games areLabor legacies and Ms Palaszczuk shouldbe eager to build on them.

The margins of Gold Coast LNP MPshave been trimmed, giving re-energisedtrue believers hope of greater gains at thenext state election. This is a good thing.

Only when the major parties are fight-ing for Gold Coast votes will the region re-ceive the attention it deserves.

We wish Mr Newman well as he con-templates a life outside politics and hopeMs Palaszczuk learns from his missteps.

As for the LNP, it must be wondering ifthe election outcome would have been dif-ferent under another leader.

Its arrogant, no-compromising stylemust change – and the person to make thatchange in opposition is the Member forSurfers Paradise, John-Paul Langbroek.

We commend him to the party as itsnext leader.

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Stuckey cemented jobs of sports bosses to prevent midstream political sackingsLUCY ARDERN

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FORMER minister JannStuckey has admitted that shemoved to protect the jobs ofCommonwealth Games chair-man Nigel Chamier and CEOMark Peters before the stateelection – in case the LNP lostgovernment.

In the wake of the party’sdisappointing election result,

an exhausted Ms Stuckey re-vealed that she had extendedMr Chamier and Mr Peter’scontracts while she was GamesMinister to ensure they kepttheir jobs until the event rolledout in three years.

“I acted to make sure myboard’s term was extendeduntil 2018,” she said yesterday.

“I have every confidence inthat board and Mark Peters’team. It would be very difficult(for the ALP) to terminate

them now. They would have tohave a very good reason.”

Mr Chamier is close to

Campbell Newman and mighthave lost his job after a changeof government without beingreappointed.

After the last Queenslandelection, the LNP took advan-tage of the fact that the con-tract of former Gameschairman Mark Stockwell hadexpired and terminated him.

Ms Stuckey also in Decem-

ber signed off on BurleighBrewing director Peta Fieldingtaking a position on the Gamesboard.

Yesterday the CurrumbinMP said that decision wasaimed at ensuring the GoldCoast was well represented.

Ms Stuckey expressed herdisappointment about losingthe games and tourism portfo-lios, saying the Gold Coastwould be worse off without alocal MP in the job.

“I am disappointed to losethe responsibilities,” she said.

“I am really proud of what Ihave been able to achieve.

“I think it is important tohave a Minister for the Games

based on the Gold Coast.“I think we will get less

without it.”Concerns were expressed

during the election campaignthat the Gold Coast had beencut out of the planning processinvolved in delivering a Games

legacy while Ms Stuckey wasminister.

Annastacia Palaszczuk, wholooks set to be Queensland’snext Premier, promised towork hand-in-hand with thecity if she was elected.

“A newly elected LaborGovernment would listen tolocals about their concerns,and do everything we can toensure that they play an im-portant role in the planning ofthe event,” she said.

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Railyards, mining topwish listsVICTORIA NUGENT

THE pressure is on for Labor’sthree new Townsville MPs tomatch some of the LNP’selection promises.

Townsville Enterprise hascome out fighting for a Laborgovernment to consider relo-cating the railyards out of thecity, change legislation to ex-tend the life of the Glencoresmelting and refining opera-tion and reverse its decision topull funding for Adani’s Car-michael coal mine.

Townsville Enterprisechairman Kevin Gill said dur-ing the campaign they hadbeen disappointed by theALP’s decision to cancel theLNP commitment to help fundinfrastructure for the AdaniCarmichael Coal Project andthey were encouraging theparty to reverse that decision.

“We do, however, acknowl-edge the ALP’s support of theAdani project and we will lookto work positively with theelected government and Adanito help secure its many bene-fits,” he said.

Mr Gill said there were alsoLabor policies which Towns-ville Enterprise supported.

“We acknowledge theALP’s commitment of$100 million to a new stadiumand while the amount fallsshort of the $210 million ask,we will work closely with ournew local state representativesto ensure this project goesahead in a timely manner.

“Townsville Enterprise sup-ports the ALP’s commitmentto ensure that a new mergedorganisation including ErgonEnergy will include a head of-fice in Townsville.’’

Mr Gill said TEL welcomedthe creation of the role of as-sistant minister to NorthQueensland.

Labor Mayor Jenny Hillsaid the result had shown agovernment couldn’t afford toignore the regions.

“I have no doubt the privat-isation of assets was a big part(in the LNP’s loss),” she said.

“You can’t talk about sellingoff poles and wires withoutpeople thinking power priceswill go up.”

Federal LNP MP for Her-bert Ewen Jones said he wasdevastated by the result of theelection.

“We have lost three guyswho were dead set fighting forthe city and fighting for newjobs and we’re being replacedby people who don’t have aplan, so that throws more pres-sure on to the Federal Govern-ment,’’ he said.

North Queensland Conser-vation Council co-ordinatorWendy Tubman said thechange of government wouldbe good, particularly in termsof the Great Barrier Reef andthe climate.

Chamber of Commercepresident Stephen Motti saidthe election highlighted thestrong role of the North.

“What we saw was all sides

of politics understanding theimportance of Townsville tothe state,” he said.

Ewen Jones talks to LNP faithfulat the post-election gathering.

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