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Queensland state election 2020: tourism funding and local business contracts in focus
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has promised to put an additional $74 million into the tourism industry should she be re-elected, while the LNP Opposition is pledging to mandate that government contracts go to Queensland businesses.
Key points:
- Labor commits $74 million to the Queensland tourism industry on top of support already delivered during COVID-19
- The LNP is promising to mandate that future government contracts go to Queensland businesses
- Tim Mander called Deputy Premier Steven Miles an “embarrassment” over jibes concerning the LNP’s economic plan
Ms Palaszczuk made the announcement at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast with Tourism Minister and outgoing MP Kate Jones, Caloundra candidate John Hunt and the Irwin family by her side.
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