Mines Minister --- Wilson dodged answering Stuart Copeland, Shadow Attorney-General and LNP Member for Cunningham. seeking confirmation that the Premier’s scrapping of the Hinchinbrooke shale oil project willautomatically apply to the controversial Felton Coal Project.
“The Leader of the Opposition who normally has an opinion on everything … is afraid to speak,” Minister Wilson swerved. “His silence is deafening on whether he supports a moratorium at Proserpine. The people of Proserpine are entitled to know where he stands. Because if they know where he stands they can hold him accountable.
Premier Anna Bligh has referred this newsletter’s report on the Felton project’s probably adverse infrastructure consequences to the Minister for Infrastructure.
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About Hugh Bingham
Bingham is a career journalist with experience in State and Federal politics. He has been Editor of the Sunday Truth, the Sydney Sunday Mirror, Associate Editor of the Sydney Daily Mirror, and has reported overseas for The Australian.
In retirement he turned farmer in the Felton Valley, near Toowoomba, breeding Appaloosas and winning best foal and filly at the 1992 State championships.
Now 80, Bingham takes a keen interest in current affairs, especially politics and social issues. Bingham has tutored U3A groups as diverse as poetry, memoir writing, and classical music.
In retirement he turned farmer in the Felton Valley, near Toowoomba, breeding Appaloosas and winning best foal and filly at the 1992 State championships.
Now 80, Bingham takes a keen interest in current affairs, especially politics and social issues. Bingham has tutored U3A groups as diverse as poetry, memoir writing, and classical music.
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