I met another amazing person today.

[catsnknots]

Campbell Newman...... 

He has come to Bundaberg many times since the floods along with Tony Abbott... KRudd is yet to visit once... and since Rudd did not sign off on a lot of relief  money he probably won't be well received if he does visit. 

Anyway.. back to Mr Newman.... he has made some fantastic changes for our region and today he made a big announcement today that will create 500 jobs for the area... 

I was very impressed with Mr Newman and feel very happy that my vote went to such an amazing man. 

And for those that want to cry about the cuts I suggest you all look at the latest stats and see how much QLD has grown in the last 12 or so months. Jobs and growth are above and beyond what the rest of the countries growth has been. 

[i-need-a-martini]

You should have asked him about TAFE funding for Qld.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

And for those that want to cry about the cuts I suggest you all look at the latest stats and see how much QLD has grown in the last 12 or so months. Jobs and growth are above and beyond what the rest of the countries growth has been. 

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Aren't you always posting about unemployment and the loss of jobs in your region??

[cherry*135]

Queensland doing relatively better than Southern States, but growth still subpar

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Gene Tunny

It’s good that Premier Newman is upbeat about the economy, but I’m less excited about yesterday’s ABS National Accounts figures than he appears to be, based on this morning’s Courier-Mail report:

Campbell Newman seizes on ABS data showing Queensland growing over twice as fast as southern states

While Queensland is performing relatively better than NSW and Victoria, in particular, growth is only around half of what it really needs to be, and the data simply confirm the economy was sluggish over the June quarter, as consumers have been reluctant to spend and non-mining businesses reluctant to invest.

To a very small extent, State Government cutbacks have had an impact, but appear to have shaved no more than 0.2 percentage points off the growth rate.

The Courier-Mail has focussed on the through-the-year growth numbers (i.e. between June quarter 2012 and June quarter 2013) which show Queensland leading Australia (first chart below), but the quarterly numbers comparing June quarter with March quarter, show that our relative performance is a bit less impressive and similar to that of NSW’s performance. While WA had negative through-the-year growth, as investment has come off significantly from extraordinarily high levels in the previous year, it has nonetheless recorded reasonable growth in the June quarter.

Charts in link.

http://queenslandeconomywatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/queensland-doing-relatively-better-than-south...

[silverfaun]

Good on him cat. Hes done an amazing job in a short time.

[catsnknots]

am3... QLD has a very long way to go to get back on top of things.... just because we upbeat does not say that it is perfect... it means that we are finaly heading in the right direction. I think it will take several more years to get to where we need to be. 

Martini.... yes, there are hard times in my town and that is why I was so pleased with the expansion of the Port plan as that is 500 jobs that we need. 

Campbell Newman has made many visits to our region since the floods and so has Tony Abbott. Gillard never visited after the flood and Kevin Rudd has not been near the place. I think that speaks volumes that the PM Gillard not only says the floods were not that bad after over 2000 homes were flooded but Rudd cut the aid money to help us recover. 

[azureline**]

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

am3... QLD has a very long way to go to get back on top of things.... just because we upbeat does not say that it is perfect... it means that we are finaly heading in the right direction. I think it will take several more years to get to where we need to be. 

Martini.... yes, there are hard times in my town and that is why I was so pleased with the expansion of the Port plan as that is 500 jobs that we need. 

Campbell Newman has made many visits to our region since the floods and so has Tony Abbott. Gillard never visited after the flood and Kevin Rudd has not been near the place. I think that speaks volumes that the PM Gillard not only says the floods were not that bad after over 2000 homes were flooded but Rudd cut the aid money to help us recover. 

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I think Gillard was up there in January?

[polksaladallie]

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@azureline** wrote:

I think Gillard was up there in January?

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Thank you, Az.   A few porkies in this thread.

[*crikey*mate*]

Prime Minister Julia Gillard visits Bundaberg, January 31, 2013

[*crikey*mate*]

Gillard at Swan visit Bundaberg

Updated Thu 31 Jan 2013, 2:29pm AEDT

Prime Minister Julia Gillard, centre, and Treasurer Wayne Swan, 2nd left, visit the evacuation centre in the flood-affected central Queensland city of Bundaberg, January 31, 2013.