Shayne Neumann (Blair, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's been a huge week in my electorate of Blair, with a number of exciting announcements. First up, last Tuesday I announced that a new 24-unit social housing project is under construction in North Ipswich thanks to $14.2 million in funding from the Albanese Labor government. The complex is being delivered by the Queensland government and is due to be finished later this year, delivering much-needed social housing for fast-growing Ipswich. On the same day I was honoured to help open the new Independent Liquor Group Swanbank distribution centre. This $35 million investment will create over 400 new local jobs in Ipswich and support around 500 family owned independent liquor and hospitality businesses across Queensland who are ILG members.

Then on Wednesday I was thrilled to speak at and help with the sod turning and launch of the Future Forgeworks Swanbank Steel Mill, in Ipswich. This will be Queensland's first-ever steel manufacturing facility and the first steel mill in Australia in over 30 years, producing recycled, low-emission green steel reinforced bar, or rebar, for the construction industry and, very likely, for the 2032 Olympic bid. Future Forgeworks are working with the federally funded National Reconstruction Fund for funding. I congratulate them. It's a game changer. It will inject $100 million into the Ipswich and South-East Queensland economies and deliver hundreds of local jobs.

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