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

As I said yesterday in this place, the people of Central Queensland want jobs. They want to see an economic future for their children. And we fully support and back them in that endeavour.

Today in the local Rockhampton paper, TheMorning Bulletin, we read about a local business owner, Simone Lawrie, who owns the Artisan Gluten Free Bakery in Rockhampton. It won business of the year this year. It is a great little business—a new business—in East Street, Rockhampton. Simone says: 'I currently employ 11 staff here at the bakery, but would love to put on more staff and provide more jobs, and I'm sure that will be the case once the Rookwood Weir is under construction.' She wants the weir. She wants to provide more jobs. She wants to sell more bread to more farmers who will be in town as a result of this weir. But the Labor Party don't want to support her. They not going to do anything to help. And, if we do get a Labor government after the next couple of weeks, there'll be more inaction—more doing nothing. The LNP want to build dams. And let's hope they get there, so we can create more jobs.