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

We have companies that are willing to invest in Queensland. Our whole northern Australian agenda is about attracting investment to our country, in agriculture, in tropical health and in resources too. We have investors that are ready to go, that want to start projects, that are starting to employ people, such as in the Galilee Basin with the Adani Carmichael mine project, but we have people in this country who are opposing that project tooth and nail, against the wishes of the local people, against the wishes of the local communities. Earlier in the week I mentioned that Glencore are reopening a coalmine at Collinsville. Today in the paper Jim Nugent, who works there at the local Collinsville food store, is happy that that is happening. They are going to put more business in his town. It is going to create more jobs in his community. The people at Collinsville Workers Club are happy with that. We support workers in regional Queensland, and that is why we support these projects.