Michelle Landry (Capricornia, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Queensland Labor government has shown complete ineptitude in its ability to deliver job-creating projects for Central Queensland. The Palaszczuk government has once again shown its inability to get an actual project off the ground. They took over a year to get the business case for Rookwood Weir started and now they seem incapable of deciding how to manage royalties to get Adani off the ground. Our local state members have become mere puppets to their Brisbane masters. The member for Keppel has been uncharacteristically quiet on this. I can only assume that she is toeing the line, just as she did with Great Keppel Island. Is she going to stand up for her electorate this time or stay in the pocket of the Deputy Premier, who relies on Greens preferences to retain her South Brisbane seat? The member for Rockhampton has said he will back the Premier with whatever decision she makes and has failed previously to back the $16 billion project. Despite ongoing and continuous attacks from lobby groups backed by Labor and the Greens, the LNP refuse to bow to pressure because we know our region needs jobs and investment.