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LNP Senate Team Central Queensland road trip – day three

Day Three of the LNP Senate Team’s Central Queensland road show tomorrow will see the Team in Clermont, Middlemount, Clarkes Creek and Rockhampton.

Team leader Senator Ian Macdonald, who is the Opposition spokesman for Northern and Remote Australia and three… Continue reading

Day Two on the road with the LNP Senate Team’s Central Queensland visit

Moura, Bauhinia, Emerald and Clermont are the focus of Day Two of the LNP Senate Team road trip to Central Queensland tomorrow. 

Senator Ian Macdonald, along with candidates James McGrath, Matthew Canavan and Dr Theresa Craig, Member for Flynn, Ken… Continue reading

LNP Senate Team on the road again … in Central Queensland

Tomorrow, the LNP Senate Team will visit Gladstone and Biloela as part of their meet and greet campaign across the State.

Travelling with Member for Flynn, Ken O’Dowd, and Senator Sue Boyce, the team will meet with the Mayor of… Continue reading

Regional universities hit hardest

While all Australian universities will be damaged by the Gillard government’s raid on their already stretched resources, it will be regional universities who suffer most from the ill-planned cash grab.

Senator Ian Macdonald, Opposition spokesman for Northern and Remote Australia… Continue reading

Where’s Macca in April 2013?

Where’s Macca?

(As then Labor Senator Sue Mackay, who shadowed me as Minister for Regional Services Territories and Local Government, once famously asked back in 1999*)

A journal of the whereabouts of Senator Ian Macdonald  in April 2013… Continue reading

New ministry already tainted

Only a day after being sworn in to Cabinet as Minister for Regional Development, Anthony Albanese has been named in the Independent Commission against Corruption proceedings as a protector of disgraced NSW Labor politician, Ian Macdonald.

Senator Ian Macdonald, the… Continue reading

Queensland’s bravest recognised

The office of the Governor-General has this morning announced the 2013 recipients in the Bravery Council (meeting 78) Honours List. Of the 151 Australian named on the list this year, 93 are from Queensland.

 Queensland Senator Ian Macdonald, has extended… Continue reading

Northern Opinion Online – March 2013

Welcome to my occasional online newsletter,

 

Where was Bob Katter when he was needed?

In one of the most chaotic days ever seen in Federal Parliament last week, the spill which didn’t spill a drop, Bob Katter, member for… Continue reading

Katter dumps principles

North Queenslanders will find it difficult to believe that Bob Katter has changed his views on the package of bills to muzzle the press and is planning to throw his hand in with the Labor party to get them passed.… Continue reading

Macdonald slams massive “no-go” areas

Australia’s fisheries, the best managed in the world, face decimation under the Government’s unscientific and political gesture today massively expanding marine “no-go” zones.

Senator Ian Macdonald, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia, said that today’s declaration was a… Continue reading

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