Ken O'Dowd (Flynn, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to talk about one of our great assets: the Port of Gladstone. The Gladstone port is Queensland's largest commodity port. It handles over 30 different products, including coal, pork, bauxite, aluminium, fuel, grain, cement and liquid natural gas—LNG. The port has eight main wharves and about 15 smaller wharves. Of the eight main wharves, three are situated on Curtis Island, one at the RG Tanner coal terminal, one at South Trees, one on Boyne Island, the Western Basin wharf and one on Williams Island.

Last year the port trading performance remained strong, despite the pandemic. In total, the port handled more than 122.5 million tonnes of commodities, led by coal, LNG and aluminium. Royalties alone from the export of coal to Japan, South Korea, Italy, India and France keep the lights on at home. The LNG companies—APLNG, QCLNG, Santos and their partners—have exported more than 500 cargoes each to all parts of the world. This is truly a great commodity. It keeps more than the lights on; it helps our Australian economy.