George Christensen (Dawson, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Industry. I refer the minister to the comments of Michael Roche from the Queensland Resources Council at the Australian Steel Convention, where he said that 8,000 jobs have recently been lost in the Queensland coal sector. That has added to 37 jobs that it was announced yesterday had been lost because of the closure of the local Thiess office in Mackay. Minister, what impact will axing the carbon and mining taxes have on job opportunities in North Queensland?

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