Seven CQ mayors band together in call for $400m to seal missing links

Sally Gall
Updated May 12 2021 - 9:50am, first published May 11 2021 - 6:00pm
Queensland Agriculture Minister Mark Furner and federal Assistant Minister for Road Safety and Freight Transport Scott Buchholz, centre with seven regional mayors including Sean Dillon (Barcaldine), Andrew Martin (Blackall-Tambo), Josh Weazel (Woorabinda), Anne Baker (Isaac), Nev Ferrier (Banana), Matt Burnett (Gladstone), and Kerry Hayes (Central Queensland).
Queensland Agriculture Minister Mark Furner and federal Assistant Minister for Road Safety and Freight Transport Scott Buchholz, centre with seven regional mayors including Sean Dillon (Barcaldine), Andrew Martin (Blackall-Tambo), Josh Weazel (Woorabinda), Anne Baker (Isaac), Nev Ferrier (Banana), Matt Burnett (Gladstone), and Kerry Hayes (Central Queensland).

The seven shires that claim to underpin the foundations of Queensland's beef industry have banded together for the first time to call for sufficient federal and state funds to upgrade 2000km of strategic supply chain roads.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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