The Leader of The Nationals in the Senate, Ron Boswell, has welcomed the recent announcement by the Australian Government of funding for community initiatives in the Kennedy electorate that will help better manage water resources.
Successful projects in the electorate received a total of more than $800,000 through the Community Water Grants component of the $2 billion Australian Government Water Fund.
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“Biofuel contracts and a MOU for over 200 million litres of biodiesel and ethanol, announced today by BP, are a significant step forward in the development of clean green fuels in Australia,” Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, Senator Ron Boswell said today.
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One of Queensland’s most remote roads – the Donohue Highway stretching 250 km west of Boulia to the Northern Territory border – is to receive a $3 million upgrade as part of a plan to bring the worst parts of the transcontinental ‘Outback Highway’ to all-weather standard.
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“The federal Environment Minister’s offer of $200,000 to the Queensland Seafood Industry Organisation (QSIA) will save the voice of Queensland’s fishing industry,” said The Nationals’ Leader in the Senate, Senator Ron Boswell today.
“I welcome Senator Ian Campbell’s timely announcement that the Australian government will support QSIA by providing an immediate grant of $50,000 with a further conditional $150,000.”
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Leader of The Nationals in the Senate, Senator Ron Boswell, and federal Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran will head to cyclone devastated communities tomorrow to meet with representatives of industry groups affected by Cyclone Larry.
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Leader of the Nationals in the Senate and Senator for Queensland, Ron Boswell today said he had raised the issue of toxic Pimelea with the Environment Minister and had sought a continuation of talks with the Minister during the next few weeks.
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“A proposal to change the excise law on distilled spirits which could have led to a flood of imports of non-matured alcoholic spirits and jeopardise local products like Bundy Rum will not proceed,” said The Nationals’ Leader in the Senate, Senator Ron Boswell, and Member for Hinkler, Paul Neville, today.
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Leader of The Nationals in the Senate, Ron Boswell, today assured Australian livestock industries that the extreme National Animal Welfare Bill currently being considered by a Senate committee would not come to a vote under a Coalition government.
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“Forward contracts need to be signed between biofuel suppliers and Australia’s major petrol distributors as soon as possible for the first set of biofuels targets to be met in June 2006,” Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, Senator Ron Boswell, said.
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A team of young volunteers is working to improve the environmental health of the Herbert River Catchment Wetlands by removing weeds and undertaking revegetation work, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate, Ron Boswell, said today.
Senator Boswell congratulated the young members of the Ingham Green Corps project for their commitment to enhancing the local environment in the Catchment and the Tyto Wetlands.
Green Corps is a youth initiative of the Australian Government that provides young people with the opportunity to conserve, preserve and restore Australia’s natural environment and cultural heritage.
“In partnership with the Hinchinbrook Shire Council, the Herbert River Catchment Group and Greening Australia, this team in Ingham will work to cut and spray the African Tulip weed in the Wetlands (with the assistance of the Mungulla Aboriginal Business Corporation), revegetate various sites, monitor water quality, complete flora and fauna surveys, and research tourism in the area for the benefit for the community.
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