Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Yesterday, not only did we have good news in terms of prices that are flowing through to investment decisions in the sector as well but Glencore announced that it would reopen the Collinsville mine in Central Queensland. That will create 200 jobs in Collinsville. It is a shot in the arm for Central Queensland. It is exactly the news that the region needs. It has done it tough in recent times, given declining prices, given the putting back of investment projects, but this decision yesterday shows that there is life in our coal industry, that there are more jobs being created and that it is a thriving industry and a very important one for Central Queensland. Over the last decade, thanks to the boom in the mining sector, employment in the mining industry has more than doubled and it now sits at around 220,000 people, and those people and their families rely on this industry for their livelihoods.