Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

On the other hand, the minister in Queensland, in the state Labor government, knows that these circumstances in the EPBC Act have the potential to delay and prevent projects from proceeding right across the state. We are about creating jobs. We want these projects to proceed. This project will create something like $20 billion or more in royalties for the state and taxes to the government, but it will also create 10,000 jobs—10,000 jobs that will be critical to the people of Central Queensland.

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