Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Canavan, the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia. I'd ask him, as resources minister, to follow up on the answer that Senator Cormann gave earlier in question time about the exciting new announcements in Queensland in the resources sector, and I ask the minister: will these announcements mean jobs for my state of Queensland and support for the Queensland economy, which desperately needs the money from coal to keep operational? I ask the minister: how does this stronger economy that flows through to the whole of Australia help Australia provide the essential services that a modern country needs?