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Report to Parliament

Trade Mission to Singapore, United Kingdom and India

8 – 19 March 2017

The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP

Premier of Queensland and Minister for the Arts

Table of Contents

Program............................................................................................................................................... 3

Official Party Members ..................................................................................................................... 13

Investor Breakfast hosted by the Australian High Commissioner to Singapore ............................... 14

Meeting with Olam International ..................................................................................................... 16

Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting ........................................................................................ 17

Sweep Through the Year: panel session as part of the Women of the World festival in London .... 18

Meeting with Technicolor London .................................................................................................... 19

Queens Baton Relay Launch Ceremony ............................................................................................ 20

Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey ........................................................................ 21

Commonwealth Day Reception ........................................................................................................ 22

Dinner hosted by the Hon Alexander Downer, AC ........................................................................... 23

Atlantic Partnership Breakfast .......................................................................................................... 23

Official Queensland Reception ......................................................................................................... 24

Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) High Commissioners’ Banquet ............................................... 27

Premier Presenting at International Press Briefing .......................................................................... 28

Meeting with Shyam Benegal, Sahyadri Films .................................................................................. 29

Meeting with The Search .................................................................................................................. 30

Meeting with Mahindra Group ......................................................................................................... 31

Tour of Adani Facilities at Mundra .................................................................................................... 32

Dinner hosted by Adani Chairman and Board .................................................................................. 34

Media ................................................................................................................................................ 35

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Program

Trade Mission to Singapore, United Kingdom and India

by the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland

8 - 19 March 2017

Time in bold indicates local time Time in normal font indicates Brisbane time

Time Differences:-

Singapore 2 hours behind Brisbane London 10 hours behind Brisbane India 4 hours 30 minutes behind Brisbane

Wednesday, 8 March 2017 – Brisbane / Singapore pm Check in at Brisbane International Airport

2:40pm Depart Brisbane for Singapore

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ236 – Airbus A330 Flight time: 8hrs

8:40pm 10:40pm

Arrive Singapore Met on arrival by Mr Bruce Gosper, Australian High Commissioner Met in Arrivals by Mr John Osborn, TIQ Director – International Business – Singapore

9:10pm 11:10pm

Transfer to hotel Travel time: 40mins (dependent on traffic)

9:50pm 11:50pm

Check in at The St Regis Singapore 29 Tanglin Road, Singapore, 247911 Tel: +65 6506 6888

overnight

The St Regis Singapore

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Thursday, 9 March 2017 - Singapore / London 6:30am 8:30am

Brisbane Liaison time (1hr)

7:30am 9:30am

Depart hotel for breakfast Travel time: 10mins (dependent on traffic)

8:00am – 9:45am 10:00am – 11:45am

Business breakfast meeting hosted by the Australian High Commissioner with potential investors Venue: Australian High Commissioner’s Residence

9:45am 11:45am

Meeting with Olam Executives - Mr Ashok Krishen, Managing Director & CEO, Global Edible Nuts Business and Mr Ashok Hegde, Managing Director & CEO, Global Cotton Business Venue: Australian High Commissioners Residence

10:20am 12:20am

Depart for Airport Travel time: 30mins (dependent on traffic)

10:50am 12:50pm

Check in at Singapore International Airport Terminal 3 Farewelled by Ms Yvette Smith, Manager – Visits, Events & Political Administration, Australian High Commission Farewelled by Mr John Osborn, TIQ Director - International Business – Singapore

12:50pm 2:50pm

Depart Singapore for London Singapore Airlines Flight SQ318 – Boeing 777 Flight time: 14hrs 10mins

7:00pm 5:00am (Fri)

Arrive London – Heathrow Terminal 2 Met in Arrivals by Mr Ken Smith TIQ Commissioner and Agent General

8:00pm 6:00am (Fri)

Transfer to hotel Travel time: 1hr 10mins (dependent on traffic)

9:10pm 7:10am (Fri)

Check in at Corinthia Hotel Whitehall Place, Westminster, London SW1A 2BD Tel: +44 (20) 7930 8181

pm pm

Dinner – own arrangements

overnight

Corinthia Hotel

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Friday, 10 March 2017 - London am am

Breakfast – own arrangements

am am


7:45am 5:45pm

Depart hotel for meeting Travel time: 15mins (dependent on traffic)

8:00am – 2:30pm 6:00pm – 12:30am (Sat)

Commonwealth Trade Ministers’ Roundtable: Agenda for Growth Venue: Main Conference Room, Marlborough House, Commonwealth Secretariat, Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5HX

2:30pm 12:30am (Sat)

Return to Hotel Travel time: 15mins (dependent on traffic)

2:45pm 12:45am (Sat)

Own arrangements

pm pm


overnight

Corinthia Hotel

Saturday, 11 March 2017 - London am Breakfast – own arrangements

8:45am 6:45pm


9:00am – 11:15am 7:00pm – 9:15pm

Sweep through the Year: panel session as part of the Women of the World Festival in London Venue: Clore Ballroom, Level 2 Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London SE1 8XX

11:15am 9:15pm


Own arrangements

pm Dinner – own arrangements

overnight

Corinthia Hotel

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Sunday, 12 March 2017 - London am am



11:00am 9:00pm

Meeting with one of Technicolor’s VFX specialists - MPC Film and tour of MPC Film facility Venue: 127 Wardour Street, Soho London W1F 0NL

pm pm

Photo Opportunity – Bundaberg Brewed Drinks

pm pm


overnight

Corinthia Hotel

Monday, 13 March 2017 - London am am


am am


am am

Depart hotel for Buckingham Palace Travel time: 15mins (dependent on traffic)

10:45am – 12:30pm 8:45pm – 10:30pm

Official launch of the Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) Venue: Buckingham Palace, London, SW1A 1AA

12:45pm 10:45pm

Return to Hotel for Lunch Travel time: 15mins (dependent on traffic)

1:00pm 11:00pm

Lunch – own arrangements

1:45pm 11:45pm

Travel to Westminster Abbey Travel time: 10mins (dependent on traffic)

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Monday, 13 March 2017 - London 2:00pm – 4:30pm 12:00am – 2:30am (Tues)

Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey Venue: Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, London, SW1P 3PA

4:30pm 2:130m (Tues)

Travel to Marlborough House Travel time: 15mins (dependent on traffic)

5:30pm – 7:30pm 3:30am – 5:30am (Tues)

Commonwealth Day Reception Venue: Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5HX

7:45pm 5:45am (Tues)

Travel to Stoke Lodge Travel time: 15mins (dependent on traffic)

8:00pm for 8:30pm start 6:00am for 6:30am start

Dinner hosted by the Australian High Commissioner Venue: AHC Residence, London

pm pm


overnight Corinthia Hotel

Tuesday, 14 March 2017 - London 7:30am 5:45pm

Depart hotel for The Ritz Travel time: 15mins (dependent on traffic)

7:45am for 8:00am – 9:15am 5:45pm for 6:00pm – 7:15pm

Atlantic Partnerships Breakfast – Dr Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta discussing: Holding the EU Presidency: challenges and opportunities Venue: The Music Room, The Ritz Hotel, 150 Piccadilly, London W1

9:15am 7:15pm

Depart The Ritz for The Corinthia Travel time: 15mins (dependent on traffic)

9:30am 7:30pm

Brisbane Liaison time (1hr) and Refresh

10:40am 8:40pm

Depart The Corinthia for Australia House Travel time: 25mins (dependent on traffic)

11:00am – 2:00pm 9:00pm – 12:00am (Wed)

Official Queensland Reception – hosted by the Queensland Government Venue: Exhibition Hall, Australia House, The Strand, London, WC2B 4LA

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Tuesday, 14 March 2017 – London 2:00pm – 3:00pm 12:00am – 1:00am (Wed)

Meeting with the Commonwealth Secretariat and Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) Venue: Bruce Rooms, Australia House, The Strand, London, WC2B 4LA

3:00pm 1:00am (Wed)


3:15pm 1:15am (Wed)

Refresh

5:45pm 3:45am (Wed)

Depart hotel for banquet Travel time: 30mins (dependent on traffic)

6:30pm – 10:30pm 4:30am – 8:30am (Wed)

Annual High Commissioners’ Banquet – hosted by the Royal Commonwealth Society and City of London Venue: Guildhall, Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HH

10:30pm 8:30am (Wed)


overnight

Corinthia Hotel

Wednesday, 15 March 2017 – London / Mumbai Breakfast – own arrangements

am am


8:15am 6:15pm


8:30am – 10:30am 6:30pm – 8:30pm

GC2018 International Press Briefing Venue: Australia House, The Strand, London, WC2B 4LA

10:30am 8:30pm

Depart for airport Travel time: 1hrs 15mins (dependent on traffic)

11:45am 9:45pm

Arrive London Heathrow International Airport Terminal 2

1:30pm 11:30pm

Depart London for Mumbai Air India Flight No AI130 – Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner Flight time: 9hrs

overnight

In Transit

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Thursday, 16 March 2017 – Mumbai 4:00am 8:30am

Arrive Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2 Met by the Australian Consul-General and another AHC staff Met by Ms Sandra Diethelm, Trade and Investment Commissioner, India

4:30am 9:00am

Transfer to hotel Travel time: 20mins (dependent on traffic)

5:00am approx. 9:30am

Check-in Grand Hyatt Mumbai Off Western Express Highway Santacruz East Mumbai 400 055 India Tel: +91 22 6676

am am


am am


12:00noon – 1:00pm 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Lunch – own arrangements

1:00pm – 1:30pm 5:30pm – 6:00pm

Meeting with Mr Shyam Benegal Venue: Level B, Boardroom 5, Grand Hyatt Mumbai

1:30pm – 2:00pm 6:00pm – 6:30pm

Refresh

2:00pm – 2:45pm 6:30pm - 7:15pm

Meeting with The Search Venue: Level B, Boardroom 5, Grand Hyatt Mumbai

2:45pm – 3:30pm 7:15pm – 8:00pm

Refresh

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Thursday, 16 March 2017 – Mumbai 3:30pm – 4:45pm 8:00pm – 9:15pm

Depart for next meeting Travel time: 1hr 15mins (dependent on traffic)

4:45pm – 6:00pm 9:15pm – 10:30pm

Meeting with Mahindra Group – Mr Anand Mahindra, Chairman Venue: Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Mumbai 400001

Travel to Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Travel time: 15mins (dependent on traffic)

6:15pm – 7:45pm 10:45pm – 12:15am (Fri)

Dinner with the regional Queensland Mayors Venue: Souk Restaurant, The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001

7:45pm – 9:15pm 12:15am – 1:45am (Fri)

Depart Taj for Grand Hyatt Travel time: 1hr 30mins (dependent on traffic)

Overnight Grand Hyatt Mumbai

Friday, 17 March 2017 – Mumbai / Bhuj / Mundra / Bhuj / Mumbai am am


4:30am 9:00am

Depart hotel for Mumbai airport Travel time: 20mins (dependent on traffic)

5:10am 9:40am

Arrive at Mumbai airport Australian Consul-General Tony Huber also travelling

6:10am 10:40am

Depart Mumbai for Bhuj Jet Airways India Flight No 9W2535 – Boeing 737-800 Flight time: 1hr 15mins

7:25am 11:55am

Arrive Bhuj airport

7:45am 12:15pm

Depart Bhuj Airport for Mundra Travel time: 2hrs (dependent on traffic)

9:30am 2:00pm

Arrive Mundra

am/pm Tour Mundra SEZ – visit ports; solar manufacturing plant; super critical power plant

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Friday, 17 March 2017 – Mumbai / Bhuj / Mundra / Bhuj / Mumbai 2:30pm 7:00pm

Depart Mundra for Bhuj Airport Travel time: 2hrs (dependent on traffic)

4:00pm 8:30pm

Arrive Bhuj airport

6:20pm 10:50pm

Depart Bhuj for Mumbai Jet Airways India Flight No 9W0309 – Boeing 737-800 Flight time: 1hr 20mins

7:40pm 12:10am (Sat)

Arrive Mumbai Airport - Chhatrapati Shivaji Intl. (BOM)

8:00pm 12:30am (Sat)

Depart Mumbai Airport for Grand Hyatt Hotel Travel time: 20mins (dependent on traffic)

8:20pm 12:50am (Sat)

Refresh

8:45pm 1:15am (Sat)

Travel from Grand Hyatt to Sofitel Hotel Travel time: 25mins (dependent on traffic)

9:00pm 1:30am (Sat)

Dinner with the Adani Board and Regional Mayors Venue: Level 2, Pompadour Room, Sofitel Hotel, C57 Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra East, Maharashtra Mumbai 400051

Return to Grand Hyatt Mumbai

Overnight Grand Hyatt Mumbai

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Saturday, 18 March 2017 – Mumbai / Brisbane am am


am am


9:10am 1:50pm

Depart hotel for Airport Travel time: 30mins (dependent on traffic)

9:50am 2:20pm

Arrive Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2 Australian Consul-General to farewell official party Farewelled by Ms Sandra Diethelm, Trade and Investment Commissioner, India

11:50am 4:20pm

Depart Mumbai for Brisbane (via Singapore) Singapore Airlines Flight SQ0421 – Boeing 777-200 Flight time: 5hr 30mins

7:50pm 9:50pm

Arrive Singapore Layover: 1hr

9:15pm 11:15pm

Depart Singapore for Brisbane Singapore Airlines Flight SQ2035 - Airbus A330-300 Flight time: 7hrs 55mins

Overnight In transit

Sunday, 19 March 2017 – Brisbane 7:15am

Arrive Brisbane International

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Official Party Members

The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP

Premier of Queensland and Minister for the Arts

Ms Angela MacDonagh Chief of Staff Office of the Premier

Mr David Stewart Director-General, Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Mr Geoffrey Breusch Senior Media Advisor, Government Media Unit Office of the Premier

Mr David Russo A/Director, Protocol Queensland, Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Senior Constable Kimberly Bevis (Premier’s Personal Protection)

Queensland Police Service

Senior Sergeant John Hodge (Advance officer London)


A/Sergeant David Richmond (Advance Officer India)


Senior Constable Andrew MacPherson (Advance Officer India)


Trade and Investment Queensland

Mr John Osborn Director – Singapore, Trade and Investment Queensland (Singapore Only)

Mr Ken Smith Agent-General and Trade & Investment Commissioner for Europe and Africa, Trade and Investment Queensland (United Kingdom Only)

Ms Sandra Diethelm Trade & Investment Commissioner for India, Trade and Investment Queensland (India Only)

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Investor Breakfast hosted by the Australian High Commissioner to Singapore

Date: Thursday, 9 March 2017

Venue: Australian High Commissioner’s Residence, Singapore

Attendees:

Mr Ashok Krishen MD & CEO Edible Nuts, Olam

Mr Philip Forrest Honorary Fellow (and former head of ANZ Asia), University of Queensland

Mr Vishal Vijay Executive Director, Agrocorp

Mr Vijay Iyenger Managing Director, Agrocorp

Mr Peter Wilding Managing Director, Royal Group Holdings

Mr Andy Lim Executive Director, Straits Real Estate Pte Ltd

Mr Wong Kim Yin CEO, Singapore Power

Mr Ashok Hegde MD & CEO Cotton, Olam

Dr Dale Anderson Deputy Vice Chancellor, James Cook University Singapore

Mr John Dick Partner, Dentons Rodyk

Mr Anand Nadathur Chairman and CEO, SilverNeedle® Hospitality

Mr Bruce Gosper High Commissioner, Australian High Commission

Mr David Campbell Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian High Commission

Mr Michael Feller Second Secretary, Economic, Australian High Commission

Event Summary:

• The purpose of the event was to promote Queensland as a desirable location and collaboration partner for Singaporean investors in trade and investment, in particular North Queensland and areas of energy, investment and food and agriculture exports.

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• The Premier officially launched the Trade and Investment Queensland Singapore office to demonstrate the Queensland Government’s commitment on the importance of Singapore and the greater ASEAN region. ASEAN is a strategic region for Queensland and ASEAN as a group is Australia’s third largest trading partner.

• The event also provided the Premier the opportunity to introduce and connect Mr John Osborn, Director International Business, TIQ Singapore with key investors. The TIQ office will provide a platform for Singaporean investors to access significant investment opportunities in Queensland’s key industry sectors.

• The Premier delivered a speech outlining Queensland’s economy, her Government’s plans for the future and highlighted opportunities for business collaboration across a number of broader industries to an exclusive audience of investors and strategic allies.

• Discussions were held with the attendees on their specific interest and relevant opportunities in Queensland. In particular, the upcoming investment opportunities in the next 6-12 months that align with Queensland’s infrastructure plan, agribusiness opportunities, tourism and land developments, international education and resources and energy (including renewable energy).

• The Premier acknowledged the Commonwealth Government’s Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Singapore, signed in June 2015, which provides a platform to enable further and deeper engagement with Singapore, and consequently the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) region.

• The Queensland Government actively encourages and welcomes foreign investment, as it provides opportunities for economic growth and employment in the state. Singapore is already a significant investor in Queensland, particularly in the state’s tourism infrastructure.

• The Premier also encouraged attendees to visit Queensland in the lead up to and during the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The State will welcome international delegates to showcase commercial offerings. The Queen’s Baton Relay will visit Singapore from 25-31 October 2017. As part of Trade 2018, TIQ will be hosting an event in Singapore during the Baton’s visit to encourage businesses to visit the Gold Coast.

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Meeting with Olam International


Attendees: Mr Ashok Hegde

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for Global Cotton Business

Mr Ashok Krishen Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for Global

Edible Nuts Business

Meeting Summary:

• This meeting was to encourage Olam in its efforts to secure investment in new agribusiness opportunities in Queensland and to assure Olam that the Queensland Government will continue to assist it with the identification and facilitation of these investment opportunities.

• The Premier also sought to assure Olam that it will continue to be a willing partner in identifying and facilitating opportunities for Olam to further invest in Queensland.

• Olam is being provided with assistance from Queensland Treasury and the Department of State Development in identifying opportunities in Queensland for agribusiness investment. Olam is interested in expanding its business interests in Queensland and is looking for an opportunity compatible with its business strategy. Olam’s objectives are consistent with the Queensland Government’s objectives of creating job opportunities and economic development through innovation, investment and infrastructure development.

• Olam may seek continued assistance with investment facilitation related to agribusiness opportunities in Queensland. Olam is looking to invest in agribusiness opportunities.

• The Queensland Government recognises the significant investment Olam has made in Queensland and welcomes the prospect of further investment. The Premier assured Olam that Queensland has the resources to expand production in all the commodities of interest to them and the Queensland Government stands ready to work with Olam to realise our mutual goals of agribusiness development and jobs.

• Queensland offers a range of opportunities compatible with Olam’s business strategy of attaining agribusiness expertise and building their business in the production of ingredients for the production of foods.

• Queensland has a significant production of cotton with an annual crop worth up to $600M. Sugar and peanuts have long been established in Queensland and worth over $1B annually. Queensland’s beef industry is worth over $3B per year. We also have an expanding base in rice and coffee. Cocoa is a small but growing industry for our state.

• Established in 1989, Olam International is a leading agribusiness company operating from seed to shelf in 70 countries, supplying food and industrial raw materials to over 16,200 customers worldwide. Olam is present in 70 countries with 62,500 staff. Olam had a sales turnover of US$19.1B in 2015.

• Olam is a leader in cocoa, coffee, cashew, rice and cotton businesses. Olam also has interests in palm oil, rubber, peanuts, fertiliser, sugar and tomato paste.

• Olam is based in Singapore and is 52.3% owned by Temasek Holdings and 20.3% by Mitsubishi Corporation. Temasek Holdings is the investment arm of the Singapore Government.

• Olam acquired Queensland Cotton in 2008 and has a significant market share and is one of the largest ginners and exporters in Australia.

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Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting

Date: Friday, 10 March 2017

Meeting Summary:

• The purpose of Queensland participating in the Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting (the meeting) was to informally promote Queensland as an ideal trade and investment partner, and in particular promote interest in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and its Trade 2018 program.

• One-on-one discussions focussed on Trade 2018, with an offer for Queensland to host any inbound visits by Ministers teamed with a series of meetings over several days in areas of common interest.

• Queensland’s trade relationship with Commonwealth countries is important. Commonwealth countries make up 20% of our total merchandise export market and nearly 40% of international student onshore enrolments.

• This forum was an important opportunity for the Premier to highlight its comparative advantages, and expand and build relations with Commonwealth nations. The following opportunities are worth noting:

- There are significant global opportunities emerging in industries like climate change adaptation, renewable energy technologies, biofutures, mining equipment and technology services (METS), defence, food and agribusiness, medical and advanced health-care products and services, and international education and training.

- The Queensland Government is actively pursuing a number of initiatives to diversify and grow Queensland’s economy in these key emerging industries and to build our reputation as a world-class producer.

- Developed economies like the United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, and New Zealand present opportunities for Queensland to attract foreign direct investment, and to expand its trade and sub-national collaboration in areas of advanced manufacturing, METS, and biofutures.

- Emerging economies like Malaysia and India present opportunities for increased trade in tourism, international education, food and agribusiness, medical and health services, and urbanisation.

- Frontier economies such as the Pacific Islands and southern and west Africa will present opportunities for Queensland businesses in areas such as international education and training, mining and related services, food and agribusiness, and support for development of tourism industries.

- Queensland’s strengths in ‘tropical industries’ – research and medicine, architecture and agribusiness can be areas of focus.

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Sweep Through the Year: panel session as part of the Women of the World festival in London

Date: Saturday, 11 March 2017

Event Summary:

• The Premier was invited to participate in the WOW – Women of the World festival at a session entitled Sweep through the Year: the good, the bad and the ugly hosted by renowned UK performer and presenter Sandi Toksvig.

• The session commenced with a short keynote by WOW founder Ms Jude Kelly CBE, followed by Ms Toksvig giving the audience an overview of key world news over the past 12 months: stories they may have missed and some new angles on the more familiar stories.

• This was followed by the “key news of the year” from the Premier who spoke about the October 2016 announcement that GC2018 will be the first in the history of major multi-sports events to have an equal medal tally for men and women. The Premier also spoke on the Queensland Government’s efforts towards gender equality.

• The Premier announced the Queensland Government’s support for the inaugural WOW Celebrating the Women of the Commonwealth event to be staged in Brisbane the weekend before the Games as part of the GC2018 arts and cultural program.

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• The Premier’s panel address complemented the announcement by WOW President, HRH the Duchess of Cornwall, as part of an International Women’s Day reception she hosted at Buckingham Palace on 8 March. The Duchess referred to the intention to stage WOW Celebrating the Women of the Commonwealth to coincide with the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games as part of the broader GC2018 arts and cultural program.

• WOW Commonwealth, to be held at the Brisbane Powerhouse from 31 March – 2 April 2018, will be a three-day festival of critical conversations, music, film and performance, celebrating the achievements of women and girls and taking an in-depth look at the remaining challenges to gender equality.

• The other panel members on the day were Jineth Bedoya Lima – Colombian journalist; Iona Lawrence, Director of the Jo Cox Foundation; Muzna Al-Naib of Syria Solidarity UK and Sughra Ahmed, Chair – Islamic Society of Britain.

• The Queensland Government is providing $600,000 to Brisbane company Of One Mind (Australian licensee for WOW) to deliver WOW Celebrating the Women of the Commonwealth as part of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games arts and cultural program.

• WOW is represented in Australia by a local Queensland business, Of One Mind, which has delivered a number of WOW Festivals in Australia, including in Brisbane, Katherine, Melbourne and Sydney.

Meeting with Technicolor London

Date: Sunday, 12 March 2017

Attendees:

Christian Roberton Global MD, MPC Film

Meeting Summary:

• The Premier met with Mr Christian Roberton of MPC Film and was given a tour of their AFX facilities. Mr Roberton spoke about the activities of MPC Film and showed some reels produced by MPC Film for key productions.

• Mr Roberton provided an overview of the international market, current projects and provided an overview of the specialised software the company had developed.

• MPC is one of the largest and highly regarded post-production providers to the international film industry. The company has won several Academy and BAFTA special effects awards.

• Mr Roberton indicated a strong interest in entering the Australian market.

• The Premier invited Mr Roberton to visit Queensland to look at various film and television facilities, visit universities that offer creative industry studies, meet with local production houses and other industry and government stakeholders.

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Queens Baton Relay Launch Ceremony

Date: Monday, 13 March 2017

Venue: Buckingham Palace, London, SW1A 1AA

Event Summary:

• The Premier represented the Queensland Government at the launch ceremony for the Queen’s Baton Relay for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).

• The Queen’s Baton handover ceremony follows a traditional format and is planned by the Royal Household together with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). The formal ceremony saw on the podium Her Majesty The Queen, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, the CGF President Louise Martin CBE, the Chairman of GOLDOC Peter Beattie AC and Yugambeh Elders Ted Williams and Patricia O’Connor.

• The formal ceremony involved the handover of the Baton to Her Majesty and the placement of her message into the Baton. The Baton was then handed to Queensland athlete Anna Meares, the first baton-bearer before it commenced its journey around the Commonwealth with the message then to be read aloud at the Opening Ceremony in April 2018.

• Following the launch, The Queen’s Baton will travel through 70 Commonwealth Nations and Territories before commencement of the GC2018 Games on 4 April 2018, providing numerous opportunities to promote GC2018 and the key themes of the Games such as reconciliation.

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Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey


Venue: Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, London SW1P 3PA

Event Summary:

• Commonwealth Day, held on the second Monday in March each year, is an opportunity for individuals, communities and organisations to promote the Commonwealth’s shared values of peace, democracy and equality, and to celebrate the Commonwealth’s rich diversity.

• An invitation only event, the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey is the biggest multi-faith celebration in the United Kingdom and featured a mixture of testimonies, readings, hymns and musical performances. The Service is coordinated by the Dean of Westminster Abbey and senior representatives of all faiths represented in the Commonwealth.

• The Service was attended by Her Majesty The Queen, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex and Prince Harry.

• Other senior attendees included the Head of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Representatives of the UK Government, Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, High Commissioners and dignitaries from around the Commonwealth representing government, business and civil society.

• The Service provided the opportunity to prominently display The Queen’s Baton following the earlier launch of The Queen’s Baton Relay in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.

• At the end of the Service, the Premier was introduced to members of the Royal Family.

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Commonwealth Day Reception


Venue: Commonwealth Secretariat's Headquarters, Marlborough House, The Mall Westminster

Event Summary:

• The Commonwealth Secretary-General hosted the annual invitation only reception following the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey, attended by representatives of the main Commonwealth family organisations (The Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Games Federation, The Royal Commonwealth Society and the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council), senior representatives of the 52 member countries of the Commonwealth, and other guests of the Secretary-General.

• The evening commemorated the Commonwealth theme of 'A peace-building Commonwealth'.

• The Premier was presented to Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall

• The event provided an important opportunity for the Queensland delegation to discuss progress with the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and its legacy.

• The event also allowed discussion of trade and investment opportunities between Queensland and other jurisdictions represented by the Secretariat.

• Attendees included the Secretary-General, the Heads or Presidents/Chairman of each of the Commonwealth ‘family’ organisations, Senior UK Government Ministers, High Commissioners and senior diplomats from other non-Commonwealth jurisdictions, senior business representatives and representatives from the International and UK Not for Profit sector/civil society.

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Dinner hosted by the Hon Alexander Downer, AC


Venue: Australian High Commissioner’s Residence, London

Event Summary:

• The Premier attended a dinner hosted by the Australian High Commissioner which also included a number of other Queensland guests.

Atlantic Partnership Breakfast

Date: Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Venue: The Music Room, The Ritz Hotel, 150 Piccadilly, London

Event Summary:

• At the invitation of Lord Marland of Odstock, Chairman of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, the Premier attended the Atlantic Partnership Breakfast where the guest speaker was Dr Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta who spoke on - Holding the European Union Presidency: challenges and opportunities.

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Official Queensland Reception


Venue: Exhibition Hall, Australia House, Strand, London WC2B 4LA

Event Summary:

• With a focus on Queensland, the objective of the reception was to:

- Raise awareness of Queensland as the location for the 2018 Commonwealth Games;

- Highlight Queensland as a premier trade, investment and tourism destination; and

- Encourage visitation to Queensland with a focus on the City of Gold Coast and other target destinations, to participate in trade, investment and tourism activities.

• The guest list comprised high-level representatives from Commonwealth organisations, London-based High Commissioners and Ambassadors, senior Government representatives from Commonwealth countries, senior Federal, State and Local Government representatives from Australia, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), Commonwealth Games Associations and key Community, Business and Government stakeholders (approx. 300 guests).

• The reception included speeches from the Premier and other select dignitaries, Queensland themed performances and produce. Proceedings included a multimedia component promoting Queensland trade, investment, tourism and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

• Other senior attendees officiating included:

- The Honourable Alexander Downer AC, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

- Councillor Tom Tate, Mayor of the City of the Gold Coast

• Also present at the reception was the Queen’s Baton which departed Buckingham Palace on Monday, 13 March for its 230,000km journey across the Commonwealth which will culminate on the Gold Coast on 4 April 2018 at the official Opening Ceremony.

• The reception also featured a One Million Stars exhibit. The One Million Stars to End Violence campaign is a peaceful global weaving project that engages communities in a conversation about ending all forms of violence and is part of the GC2018 arts and cultural program.

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Meeting with Commonwealth Secretariat and Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council

Date: Tuesday 14 March 2017

Attendees:

Right Honourable Patricia Scotland QC Commonwealth Secretary-General, Commonwealth Secretariat

Ms Lolita Applewhaite Chief of Staff to the Secretary-General

Mr Neil Ford Director, Strategic Communications and Commonwealth Brand

Mr David Banks Public Affairs Advisor to the Secretary-General

Mayor Tom Tate Mayor, Gold Coast City Council

Mrs Teresa Moore Executive Director, Office for the Commonwealth Games

Meeting Summary:

• The Queensland Government has entered into individual partnerships with the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) and the Commonwealth Secretariat (with the City of Gold Coast) for the delivery of the Trade 2018 program, which includes attraction of delegates to and hosting of events at Commonwealth House.

• This meeting built on the conversations from the Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting (9-10 March 2017) regarding the potential of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) to support the new Commonwealth trade agenda.

• Following the Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting, further discussion is required to identify how these partnerships will be operationalised in the lead up to and during the Games.

• The Queensland Government has entered into a financial partnership with the CWEIC to support Queensland’s trade and investment interests, including the delivery of the Trade 2018 program.

• The City of the Gold Coast, Queensland Government and Commonwealth Secretariat have also separately agreed to partner on the delivery of the Trade 2018 program.

• The partnerships are considered beneficial and complementary, with further clarification required to identify how these partnerships will work together in practice.

• The Premier extended an invitation to Commonwealth Trade Ministers’ delegates to a Ministerial-level trade and investment event on the Gold Coast at Games-time.

• To hold this meeting on an official basis, it would require the support of the CWEIC and Commonwealth Secretariat (and noting CHOGM is scheduled for the day after the GC2018 closing ceremony).

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• The Premier spoke about Commonwealth House will be a purpose-built temporary venue to inspire business and trade media partners to do business in Queensland with a uniquely Queensland and Gold Coast ‘toes in the sand’ experience during the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

• It will be a hub for key decision makers, welcoming leaders from across the world to both experience the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and have the opportunity to forge new relationships and partnerships to benefit Queensland.

• Commonwealth House will feature events targeted to specific business sectors with internationally renowned global speakers and opportunities for business development. Industry round tables and site visits to highly qualified local businesses will also occur, providing opportunities for trade deals.

• The Queensland Government is committed to make the most of the state’s significant investment in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games by driving economic opportunities for the state and Commonwealth House will play a key role.

• Commonwealth House will be a temporary venue built on the beach at Kurrawa Terrace, Broadbeach, on the Gold Coast.

• Commonwealth House will be an exclusive business space for business leaders and decision makers from across the world, showcasing Queensland’s trade and investment opportunities.

• It will open its doors during the Games so that they can see first-hand the kinds of outstanding business, trade and investment opportunities available in Queensland.

• Commonwealth House will be an invitation only opportunity to establish strong partnerships and develop new global value chains across the Commonwealth.

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Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) High Commissioners’ Banquet


Venue: Guildhall, Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HH

Event Summary:

• The RCS event is jointly hosted by the City of London Corporation and the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS).

• The invitation only event attracted circa 350 influential guests. Commissioners from the 52 Commonwealth nations and Ambassadors, senior figures from the Commonwealth family and key individuals from the worlds of politics, civil society, business and sport, in addition to global leaders of industry from the City of London.

• The event provided an opportunity for those who attended to discuss trade and investment opportunities in Queensland and also to promote GC2018.

• First held in 1874, the annual High Commissioners’ Banquet, organised by the RCS, is an integral part of Commonwealth Week celebrations. The Banquet aims to celebrate the unity, diversity and linkages of the modern Commonwealth.

• The Banquet was a rare opportunity for the Premier to address and engage a select and influential audience at a time when the UK considers its future outside of the EU.

• The launch of the GC2018 Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) the day before the Banquet provided an opportunity to leverage the Commonwealth’s sporting and cultural ties and the promotion of trade and investment.

• The Premier was able to make reference to:

- The Queensland Government and City of Gold Coast will host a games-time business program during GC2018 which is aimed at developing trade and investment between Commonwealth nations; and

- Commonwealth nations and states will be encouraged to bring business delegations to attend and host events at Commonwealth House, a purpose built temporary venue located on the Gold Coast.

• Other senior attendees include:

- The Governor of Queensland The Hon Paul de Jersey AC and Mrs de Jersey

- GOLDOC Chairman – The Honourable Mr Peter Beattie AC; and

- Member for Surfers Paradise – Mr John-Paul Langbroek MP.

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Premier Presenting at International Press Briefing

Date: Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Venue: Australia House, The Strand, London, WC2B 4LA

Event Summary:

• Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation organised the International Press Briefing to promote the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) and to encourage international media attendance on the Gold Coast at Games time (4-15 April 2018).

• During the International Press Briefing, the 300-350 international press attending were informed of GC2018 planning, operations, Games time information, and were given a promotional overview of the destination on the Gold Coast.

• The Premier spoke about the State Government’s role in delivering GC2018, the support and confidence of the State Government in the games delivery partners planning and progress to date. The Premier promoted the Gold Coast and Queensland as a destination for business or holiday travel.

• The Premier also spoke about trade opportunities and Trade 2018.

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Meeting with Shyam Benegal, Sahyadri Films


Attendees:

Mr Shyam Benegal Filmmaker (Director & Screenwriter) Shyam Benegal Sahyadri Films (SBSF)

Mr Kulmeet Makker CEO, The Film & Television Producers Guild of India Ltd

Meeting Summary:

• This meeting provided an opportunity for the Premier to promote Queensland’s capabilities as a world class destination when it comes to making feature films for the international market. The Premier indicated that Queensland is an ideal location to film Indian feature films and do post production including visual effects.

• During the meeting the Premier discussed Mr Benegal’s possible interest in filming in Queensland and encouraged co-productions between India and Queensland.

• Mr Benegal heads Sahyadri Films, a film production company producing documentaries, corporate films, television serials and fiction features.

• India has a production agreement with many countries but no current agreement with Australia.

• The Premier indicated that she would progress the Film Co-Production Treaty between Australia and India with the Commonwealth Minister.

• Mr Makker offered his assistance to restart the industry collaboration between India and Queensland. One of the actions that was discussed was the promotion of specific locations in Queensland to Indian producers. The Premier suggested that opportunities around the Commonwealth Games should also be explored.

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Meeting with The Search


Attendees:

Wes Tatters The Search Executive Producer

Nick Wyles The Search Executive Producer

Nat Dunning The Search Producer

Vinod Naidu Nustart – The Search Co-Producer (India)

Rohan Rao Nustart – The Search Co-Produced (India)

Kunal Kochhar Endemol Shine India – Creative Consultant

Mrinalini Khanna Endemol Shine India – VP Business Development

Meeting Summary:

• The meeting involved a reality television series currently being developed by Global Search Pty Ltd (Queensland) and Nustart (India), with distribution and licencing of the series in association with Endemol Shine India.

• This provided an opportunity for the Premier to meet with the principal project partners for the series and to develop an understanding of the potential benefits for Queensland.

• If the project goes ahead it will provide employment opportunities for broadcast television professionals from Queensland in key roles across all facets of production working both in Queensland and also overseeing the Indian components of the production.

• Global Search Pty Ltd represents an amalgamation of television production, sporting, marketing and technology expertise. Nustart is a product innovation and business incubation firm, focused on sports, nutrition and new technology ventures. Endemol Shine India represents the most popular programming on TV channels – shows such as MasterChef, Bigg Boss, and Khatron Ke Khiladi.

• The Premier’s Department is arranging a meeting with relevant stakeholders to look at the possibilities associated with this production.

• The project will provide air time opportunities to promote Queensland as a tourist destination and business hub.

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Meeting with Mahindra Group


Attendees:

Mr Anand Mahindra Chairman, Mahindra Group

Mr Arvind Mathew Chief of International Operations, Mahindra Group

Mr Atul Kunwar President Technology Officer, Tech Mahindra

Professor Arun Sharma Deputy Vice Chancellor, Division of Research and Commercialisation, Queensland University of Technology

Meeting Summary:

• The Mahindra Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, India, with operations in over 100 countries. The group has a presence across many sectors, including aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket automotive components, construction equipment, defence, energy, farm equipment, finance and insurance, information technology, leisure and hospitality, logistics, real estate and retail.

• The meeting provided an opportunity to explore synergies for joint collaboration in the areas of agribusiness, aviation and defence, and technology and innovation.

• The Premier promoted Queensland capabilities in agri-technology and the R&D space, and also discussed potential opportunities for collaboration.

• General discussions were held around Brexit, the Commonwealth Games, world politics, energy needs and how the industry is changing.

• Professor Sharma shared the Queensland University of Technology’s Agri Robotics successes, in particular the work with drones and collaboration efforts with the USA (trials). Drones are used to identify weeds and then spray targeted weed areas.

• Professor Sharma also welcomed Mahindra to look at Amberley as a great place to invest in aerospace opportunities.

• Mahindra shared their work data centre capacity and welcomed further opportunities to assist Queensland with the management of digital data.

• Mahindra has plans to heavily invest in medical / healthcare digitization. Mahindra is currently exploring opportunities in Australia.

• They are also looking at Blockchains in collaboration with IBM and QUT (traceability of food). Mahindra is interested to further explore opportunities with Australia in this field.

• Club Mahindra is a holiday timeshare concept with 200,000 members and includes members from outside of India, such as members from Europe. Club Mahindra is changing its focus to wellness and Ayurvera and is interested in properties in Australia which could be added to the suite of member properties as well as help to promote tourism to Queensland. Also happy to look at building new properties in hotspots where accommodation is needed. The Premier’s Department will progress this discussion further.

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Tour of Adani Facilities at Mundra


Attendees:

Mr Karan Adani Chief Executive Officer, Adani Ports and SEZ Limited

Mr Samir Vora Chief Executive Officer, Mundra Solar PV Ltd

Mr Jeyakumar Janakaraj Chief Executive Officer, Adani Australia

Mr Muthuraj (Raj) Guruswamy Corporate Affairs General Manager, Adani Australia

Mr Ron Watson Media Adviser, Adani Australia

Mr Cameron Milner Next Level, Lobbyist

Mr Jim Murphy Under Treasurer, Queensland Treasury

Cr Matthew Burnett Mayor, Gladstone Regional Council

Cr Jenny Hill Mayor, Townsville City Council

Mr Richard Holiday Executive Officer to the CEO, Townsville City Council

Ms Maria (Meg) Frisby Head of Office to the Mayor, Townsville City Council

Cr Andrew Wilcox Mayor, Whitsunday Regional Council

Cr Greg Williamson Mayor, Mackay Regional Council

Cr Anne Baker Mayor, Isaac Regional Council

Cr Margaret Strelow Mayor, Rockhampton Regional Council

Mr Scott Waters Office of the Mayor, Rockhampton Regional Council

Cr Elizabeth Schmidt Mayor, Charters Towers Regional Council

Cr Kerry Hayes Mayor, Central Highlands Regional Council

Ms Sandra Hobbs General Manager, Central Highlands Regional Council

Mr Kieran Rooney Journalist, Townsville Bulletin

Mr James Bennett South Asia Correspondent, ABC

Mr Som Patidar South Asia Correspondent, ABC

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Premier with regional Queensland mayors touring the edible oil packaging and distribution centre at Mundra.

Event Summary:

• The group were given a tour of a number of the facilities at Mundra. These included the Mundra Port and Mundra Special Economic Zone Mundra Solar PV Ltd – solar panel manufacturing plant, and Adani Wilmar – the edible oil packaging and distribution centre.

• The group was also given an overview of the Adani Group. The Premier also planted a tree.

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Dinner hosted by Adani Chairman and Board


Attendees:

Mr Gautam Adani Chairman, Adani Group

Mr Anil Ahuja Director, Adani Enterprises Limited

Mr Hemant Neruekar Director, Adani Enterprises Limited

Mr Ameet Desai Executive Director and CFO

Mr Jeyakumar Janakaraj CEO and Country Head, Adani Australia

Mr Arun Sharma Director, APP

Mr Samir Vora CEO, Mundra Solar PV Ltd

Mr Cameron Milner Next Level - Lobbyist

Mr Muthuraj (Raj) Guruswamy Corporate Affairs General Manager, Adani Australia

Mr Jim Murphy Under Treasurer, Queensland Treasury

Cr Matthew Burnett Mayor, Gladstone Regional Council

Cr Jenny Hill Mayor, Townsville City Council

Cr Andrew Wilcox Mayor, Whitsunday Regional Council

Cr Greg Williamson Mayor, Mackay Regional Council

Cr Anne Baker Mayor, Isaac Regional Council

Cr Margaret Strelow Mayor, Rockhampton Regional Council

Cr Elizabeth Schmidt Mayor, Charters Towers Regional Council

Cr Kerry Hayes Mayor, Central Highlands Regional Council

Event Summary:

• The dinner provided the opportunity to discuss the Carmichael Mine, which will create 5,000 direct jobs at peak of construction and more than 4,500 direct jobs at peak of operations. At the dinner, each of the regional mayors had the opportunity to raise issues with the members of the Adani Board.

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25/02/2017 (5 items)

Mayor takes case to India25 Feb 2017Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News, Christie Anderson

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Hill to push city's FIFO hub claim MAYOR Jenny Hill will travel to India to meet Adani leaders and put forward the city's case tosecure the FIFO hub for the $21 billion Carmichael Coal Project.View original - Full text: 364 word(s), ~1 min

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MACKAY Mayor Greg Williamson is one of five mayors who have been invited to India to meet with Adani representatives.Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has invited Cr Williamson, Jenny Hill (Townsville), Andrew Willcox (Whitsunday),Greg Williamson (Mackay), Anne Baker (Isaac) and Margaret Strelow (Rockhampton).View original - Full text: 143 word(s), <1 min

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Hill to push city's FIFO hub claim MAYOR Jenny Hill will travel to India to meet Adani leaders and put forward the city's case tosecure the FIFO hub for the $21 billion Carmichael Coal Project.View original - Full text: 364 word(s), ~1 min

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PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk will fly to London next month to officially kick off the Gold Coast Commonwealth Gamesbaton relay at Buckingham Palace in the presence of the Queen - in a move that will see a parliamentary sitting week pushedback. The trip will be bookended by trade missions in Singapore and India, where Ms Palaszczuk and five regional mayors willmeet with the leaders of Adani, the company behind the Galilee Basin mega mine.View original - Full text: 191 word(s), <1 min

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Premier's London trip to delay Parliament25 Feb 2017Courier Mail, Brisbane, General News, Sarah Vogler

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PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk will fly to London next month to officially kick off the Gold Coast Commonwealth Gamesbaton relay at Buckingham Palace in the presence of the Queen - in a move that will see a parliamentary sitting week pushedback. The trip will be bookended by trade missions in Singapore and India, where Ms Palaszczuk (below) and five regionalmayors will meet with the leaders of Adani, the company behind the Galilee Basin mega mine.View original - Full text: 218 word(s), <1 min

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Langbroek waves baton27 Feb 2017Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Ryan Keen

Page 5 • 429 words • ASR AUD 1,894 • Photo: Yes • Type: News ItemClassification: • Size: 300.00 cm² • QLD • Australia •Queensland Opposition - Press • ID: 733731248

MP: Bipartisan backing for trip shows it's no junket MP John-Paul Langbroek is hitting back at insinuations his snout is in thetrough over taxpayer-funded hotel stays and a UK trip for the Queen's Baton Relay.View original - Full text: 429 word(s), ~1 min

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Griffiths says that this year marks the 63rd anniversary of the Queen's visit to ...28 Feb 2017 4:17 PMABC Radio Brisbane, Brisbane, Drive, Emma Griffiths

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Griffiths says that this year marks the 63rd anniversary of the Queen's visit to Queensland in 1954. She adds that AnnastaciaPalaszczuk, Queensland Premier, will head to Buckingham Palace next month for the launch of the Commonwealth Games'Baton Relay. She says that Palaszczuk is keen for people to share their memories of the royal tour so she can present a boundcopy of those stories to the Queen. She plays the ABC's coverage of the Queen arriving in Toowoomba in 1954. She says thatthose who are interested can send their stories to the website, [email protected].

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, is asking locals to share their memories of the visit of Queen Elizabeth to Cairns.The Premier will visit the Buckingham Palace next month for the launch of the Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay.

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Announcements galore for Whitsundays02 Mar 2017Whitsunday Times, Airlie Beach QLD, General News

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THE Whitsunday region has caught the Queensland Government's attention for all the right reasons. First Cr Willcox receiveda call from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk asking him to join her and four other regional mayors on a trade mission to Indiaregarding the Carmichael Mine project.View original - Full text: 215 word(s), <1 min

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Call for our Queen trip memories02 Mar 2017Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton QLD, General News

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PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk is inviting Queenslanders to share their memories of Queen Elizabeth II's visit toQueensland in 1954. "The Queen's visit to our state in 1954 was historic and it uplifted spirits with a number of regional cities,like Rockhampton, recovering from floods," the Premier said.View original - Full text: 295 word(s), ~1 min

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Central Highlands Mayor Kerry Hayes is seeking an explanation from the State ...02 Mar 2017 7:32 AMABC Capricornia, Rockhampton, 07:30 News, Paul Robinson

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Central Highlands Mayor Kerry Hayes is seeking an explanation from the State Government about why his council wasn'tinvited on a trade mission to India after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk invited the Whitsunday, Rockhampton, Isaac, Mackayand Townsville mayors to join her for talks with Adani about the Carmichael coal project and Gladstone was later invited afterMayor Matt Burnett called Palaszczuk about its mission. Hayes says his community is confused.

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04/03/2017 (1 item)

Mayor Tom's royal Tate with destiny04 Mar 2017Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast, General News, Andrew Potts


TOM Tate will next week become the first Gold Coast Mayor to meet Queen Elizabeth II in more than 50 years. The mayor willlead a high-powered Commonwealth Games delegation to London to mark the start of the Queen's Baton relay, which willbegin at Buckingham Palace.View original - Full text: 457 word(s), ~1 min

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Renault talks about an announcement regarding Queen's Baton and the Western Qld's ...06 Mar 2017 8:47 AMABC North West Qld, Mt Isa, Breakfast, Hailey Renault

Duration: 4 mins 6 secs • ASR AUD 505 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: X00069587738

Renault talks about an announcement regarding Queen's Baton and the Western Qld's opportunity to get their hands on thebaton as it travels through Qld, ahead of the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. She mentions Tom Tate, Gold CoastMayor, will leave for London tomorrow for the start of the 2018 Commonwealth Games Queens Baton relay. She says theBaton will leave Buckingham Palace next Monday travelling through Mt Isa, Cloncurry, Birdsville, Charleville, Mitchell, Morgan,Augathella, Longreach, Winton, Hughenden until it reaches to Gold Coast. Kate Jones, Queensland Commonwealth GamesMinister, says that Baton relay will run through 40,000 Australian communities and arrive on the Gold Coast in April next year.She says this will be the longest Queen's Baton Relay in the history of the Commonwealth Games as the baton will be inAustralian for more than 100 days in Qld and over a month in Qld. In terms of tourism perspective, She also states the batonwill offer more than 288 days of exposure.The deadline for nominations for the Queen's Baton Relay, according to Jones, willbe until May 13. Meanwhile, Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, wants to see Qld's community heroes running withthe baton. She says no politicians allowed in Queen's Baton Relay around regional Qld.

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Mayor gets last minute call up07 Mar 2017Northern Miner, Charters Towers QLD, General News, Morgan Oss

Page 1 • 633 words • ASR AUD 1,770 • Photo: Yes • Type: News ItemClassification: • Size: 810.00 cm² • QLD • Australia •Premier and Cabinet - Press • ID: 737693433

MAYOR Liz Schmidt has been issued a last minute invite to join Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's trade mission to meet withAdani in India this month. Initially only the mayors of Townsville, Whitsunday, Mackay, Isaac and Rockhampton were to join MsPalaszczuk.View original - Full text: 633 word(s), ~2 mins

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Regular Segment: State Politics with Chris O'Brien. ...07 Mar 2017 4:06 PMABC Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Drive, Loretta Ryan

Duration: 6 mins 41 secs • ASR AUD 4,938 • QLD • Australia • Treasury Radio & TV • ID: X00069608589

Regular Segment: State Politics with Chris O'Brien.Ryan says Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls has today outlined a plan he says will build a better Qld. She says Nicholls gave anaddress to the Qld Media Club. Ryan mentions Nicholls says he is now a changed man. O'Brien says it is an interesting tacticand a dress rehearsal for the election campaign. He says Nicholls has declared he is a changed man, and he wasn't the leaderthen when Campbell Newman was the Premier and he was the Treasurer. O'Brien notes that it was only two years ago. Anaudio clip of Nicholls' speech is played. O'Brien says the LNP Government have five priorities in their policies. He saysTreasurer Curtis Pitt has reacted to the plan, saying that they are going to fight that particular strategy. An audio clip of Pitt'sspeech is played. O'Brien gives an update on the sugar bill. He notes that in 2015, at the end of Palaszczuk Government's firstyear in office, they suffered a loss from the floor of the House where the LNP and the Katter's combined to get through a SugarMarketing Bill, which Labor disagreed with. He mentions that recently, there has been another attempt by the LNP to putforward a different sugar bill. O'Brien says the Premier will travel to India tomorrow for a trade mission, as well as to London forthe Commonwealth Games. Ryan wonders whether the Premier has got the memories that she was trying to get from thelocals from the Royal visit in 1954. Ryan mentions Shane Knuth, the member for the seat of Dalrymple, is looking into anotherseat after Dalrymple disappeared from the redistribution. O'Brien says Knuth will make a similar decision to what Minister forEnvironment Steven Miles had to do. Miles' Mount Coot-tha seat in Brisbane basically disappeared, and he has now decided tocontest a seat north of Brisbane.

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Chris O'Brien, State Political reporter|Curtis Pitt, Queensland Treasurer [excerpt]|Tim Nicholls, QueenslandOpposition Leader [excerpt]

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Memories of Queen's visit08 Mar 2017Bowen Independent, Bowen QLD, General News

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PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk is inviting Queenslanders to share their memories of Queen Elizabeth II's visit toQueensland in March 1954, where she stopped in at Brisbane, Bundaberg, Toowoomba, Townsville, Cairns, Mackay andRockhampton. Ms Palaszczuk will join the Queen for the official launch of the Queen's Baton Relay for the 2018 Gold CoastCommonwealth Games at Buckingham Palace - and would like to present her with a bound copy of Queenslanders' memories.View original - Full text: 82 word(s), <1 min

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Premier to lead mission to UK for Gold Coast Commonwealth Games to London Queen's BatonRelay

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A QUEST to bring big business to the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge precinct will see 15 government officials travel toLondon for the launch of the Queen's Baton Relay this week.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will join other trade officials at a...Read on source website

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Premier to lead mission to UK for Gold Coast Commonwealth Games to London Queen's BatonRelay

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A QUEST to bring big business to the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge precinct will see 15 government officials travel toLondon for the launch of the Queen's Baton Relay this week.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will join other trade officials at a...Read on source website

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, is off on a week-long trade mission with ...08 Mar 2017 6:12 PMChannel 9, Brisbane, National Nine News, Andrew Lofthouse and Melissa Downes

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, is off on a week-long trade mission with stops in Singapore and India andBuckingham Palace. She has a special date with the Queen, who will launch the Commonwealth Games for the Gold Coast,just as she did when it was Brisbane's turn in 1982.

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Regular Segment: Rewind with Peter Byrne....08 Mar 2017 6:12 PMSeven Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Seven Local News, Newsreader

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Regular Segment: Rewind with Peter Byrne.Byrne says that on February 1954. a young Queen Elizabeth was greeted by Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies. He says thatit is the first time Australians have seen the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, though Queenslanders had to waituntil March 9, 1954 for the couple to visit the state. They were guests of honour for the Toowoomba show. He adds that theitinerary includes Rockhampton, Bundaberg and the Cane Fields in Mackay. He says that the visit of the Queen was one of themost memorable world visits in the history of Australia. The Queen returned to Queensland several times in the 1970s, 1980sand 2002. He mentions that the memories of the Queenslanders have been collated in a book to be submitted by the Premier,Annastacia Palaszczuk to give to the Queen at the Buckingham Palace coinciding with the launch of the 2018 CommonwealthGames Queen's Baton Relay.

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June Upton, Royal Watcher

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is on her way to attend a trade mission in Singapore and ...08 Mar 2017 7:06 PMABC, Brisbane, ABC News, Karina Carvalho

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is on her way to attend a trade mission in Singapore and India where she will speak withAdani. She will stop over in London to take part in Commonwealth Games festivities. Campbell Newman has slammedOpposition Leader Tim Nicholls through Twitter after Nicholls has distanced himself from the former premier in a speech.Palaszczuk says the stoush between them has not tempted her to call for an early election but she soon revealed thatQueensland will hold its next State Election by Christmas next year.

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Tim Nicholls, Queensland Opposition Leader

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09/03/2017 (3 items)

Relay race for business09 Mar 2017Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Kathleen Skene

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Government picks up baton to attract trade to Coast A QUEST to bring big business to the Gold Coast Health and Knowledgeprecinct will see 15 government officials travel to London for the launch of the Queen's Baton Relay this week.View original - Full text: 350 word(s), ~1 min

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Queensland export value increases09 Mar 2017Lloyds List DCN, Australia, General News

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QUEENSLAND's exports grew precipitously in value over the past year to $53bn, a figure Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk saidwas a record. "The result for the January 2017 quarter (November 2016 through January 2017) is so strong that we are ontrack for breaking that record," she said.View original - Full text: 157 word(s), <1 min

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Regular Segment: State Politics with Leonie Mellor, State Political Reporter....09 Mar 2017 4:34 PMABC Radio Brisbane, Brisbane, Drive, Emma Griffiths

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Regular Segment: State Politics with Leonie Mellor, State Political Reporter.Griffiths wonders if Pauline Hanson, Leader, One Nation Party, believes that QLD should lose some of its share of the GSTrevenue to Western Australia. She plays a recording of contradicting statements from Hanson. Mellor says that Hanson hashad to clarify her position today. She says that WA State Leader was reiterating what Hanson said in January about giving upsome of QLD's GST revenue to Western Australia. She says that Hanson has today clarified that the GST should be examined.Griffiths notes that Jackie Trad, Acting Premier, has commented about this. Mellor says that both the Government and theOpposition have lashed at Hanson. Griffiths says that Trad is currently the Acting Premier while Annastacia Palaszczuk,Queensland Premier, is in Singapore on a trade mission. [cont]

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Jackie Trad, Acting Premier [Excerpt]|Leonie Mellor, State Political Reporter|Pauline Hanson, Leader, One NationParty [Excerpt]


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Premier praises record trade result ahead of Singapore trip10 Mar 2017Rural Weekly - Southern QLD, Toowoomba QLD, General News


QUEENSLAND is on track to post another record trade result, with a massive boost in export sales for the January 2017quarter, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said. Speaking ahead of a trade mission to Singapore, India and a meeting of tradeministers from across the Commonwealth in London this week, the Premier said Queensland's strong export growth wassupporting more jobs at home.View original - Full text: 247 word(s), <1 min

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Mayor's India trip approved10 Mar 2017Bowen Independent, Bowen QLD, General News, Eve Reitmajer


WHITSUNDAY Mayor Andrew Willcox is off to India next Wednesday to meet with Adani officials after the council this weekapproved the trip. Meeting on Hamilton Island, the council accepted the invitation sent to Cr Willcox from Queensland PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk to participate in the international trade mission delegation to India from March 15 to 18, at an estimatedcost of $10,000.View original - Full text: 271 word(s), ~1 min

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11/03/2017 (1 item)

New era in train, as Queen has seen her last Aussie Games11 Mar 2017Weekend Australian, Australia, General News, Jamie Walker

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EXCLUSIVE Queen to miss Gold Coast Games The Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast will be held next year with onefixture of the $2 billion event missing: the Queen. Royal aides said the 90year-old was unlikely to undertake long-haul travel,making her 2011 tour her last to Australia. FULL REPORT P3View original - Full text: 724 word(s), ~2 mins

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12/03/2017 (2 items)

24-hour party not on cards12 Mar 2017Sunday Mail Brisbane, Brisbane, General News, Daryl Passmore

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Attorney-General cool on Games liquor free for all A BID by Gold Coast bar and nightclub owners to turn next year'sCommonwealth Games into an around-the-clock party is set to be shot down by the State Government A new push, supportedby Mayor Tom Tate, is under way to trial 24-hour licensing for the international sporting event.View original - Full text: 431 word(s), ~1 min

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The traditional curtain-raiser to the Commonwealth Games will begin tomorrow with the ...12 Mar 2017 6:09 PMChannel 7, Brisbane, Seven News (Sunday), Kay McGrath

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The traditional curtain-raiser to the Commonwealth Games will begin tomorrow with the Queen's Baton Relay. The batonarrived in London last night, which was carried by Paralympian Kurt Fearnley. As the countdown continues, the Qld Premierhas arrived in the Queen's land with a special gift from the Games' host state for Her Majesty.

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Qld Premier|Kurt Fearnley, Australian Paralympian


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13/03/2017 (4 items)

Let the Games fever begin13 Mar 2017Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Ellen Whinnett


THE Queen's Baton Relay will be officially launched today in London by Queen Elizabeth as the countdown to next year'sCommonwealth Games on the Gold Coast begins. The relay will begin with a grand ceremony on the forecourt of BuckinghamPalace before the baton, carrying a special message from the Queen, heads off on a 388-day, 230,000km journey to the GoldCoast in time for the start of the event on April 4, 2018.View original - Full text: 383 word(s), ~1 min

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The Queen is launching the Baton Relay in London today for the Commonwealth Games. ...13 Mar 2017 6:01 AMhit90.9 Gold Coast, Gold Coast, 06:00 News, Newsreader


The Queen is launching the Baton Relay in London today for the Commonwealth Games. Tom Tate, mayor, Gold Coast, andAnnastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, are among the Australian delegates in the UK for the ceremony.

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The official countdown from the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast begins today. ...13 Mar 2017 8:05 AMMIX 92.7, Sunshine Coast, 08:00 News, Newsreader


The official countdown from the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast begins today. The Queen is launching the batonrelay in London. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, is among the delegates from Australia over in the UK for theceremony.

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Rockhampton residents who witnessed the Queen's historic visit to the area in 1954 will ...13 Mar 2017 6:07 PMSeven Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Seven Local News, Rob Brough and Joanne Desmond

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Rockhampton residents who witnessed the Queen's historic visit to the area in 1954 will have their local stories collected to becompiled into a book and handed to Her Majesty. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will be at Buckingham Palace for the launchof the Queen's Baton Relay.

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14/03/2017 (9 items)

Beattie spruiks trade benefit14 Mar 2017Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Jack Houghton


TRADING ties between the United Kingdom and Australia will be strengthened by the 2018 Commonwealth Games, accordingto former Queensland premier Peter Beattie. Speaking outside Buckingham Palace in London, the former Labor leader saidAustralia's post-Brexit partnership with the UK would be bolstered by traditional links with the Crown.View original - Full text: 352 word(s), ~1 min

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Premier gives a Bundy local the thumbs up while in London14 Mar 2017News Mail, Bundaberg QLD, General News


ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk has come across a Bundy local during her trip to see the Queen. But rather than Phillip fromPortugal, the Premier was referring to the refreshing Bundaberg Ginger Beer he sold her in London during the weekend.View original - Full text: 261 word(s), ~1 min

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Spectacular start to Queen's Baton Relay14 Mar 2017Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Ellen Whinnett

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THE Queen's Baton is heading for the Gold Coast, waved off by Queen Elizabeth in an up-beat ceremony outside BuckinghamPalace in London. Australian Paralympian and marathon champion Kurt Fearnley got the baton moving in spectacular styleovernight, wheeling it down Pall Mall while the Band of the Scots Guards marched behind him.View original - Full text: 651 word(s), ~2 mins

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BOLD STEPS TO GLORY14 Mar 2017Courier Mail, Brisbane, General News, Ellen Whinnett

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A CROWD was gathering outside Buckingham Palace in London last night as Queen Elizabeth prepared to send off theQueen's Baton on its 388-day journey to the XXI Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Inspirational Paralympian KurtFearnley was due to bring the baton down The Mall, accompanied by the Band of the Scots Guard as he delivered the baton tothe Queen on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.View original - Full text: 675 word(s), ~2 mins

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Queen's Baton in for epic journey14 Mar 2017Cairns Post, Cairns, General News, Ellen Whinnett

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A CROWD was gathering outside Buckingham Palace in London last night as Queen Elizabeth prepared to send off theQueen's Baton on its 388day journey to the XXI Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Paralympian Kurt Fearnley wasdue to bring the baton down The Mall, accompanied by the Band of the Scots Guard as he delivers the baton to the Queen onthe forecourt of Buckingham Palace.View original - Full text: 376 word(s), ~1 min

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Yesterday, Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, was in London and met with ...14 Mar 2017 6:30 AM4WK, Toowoomba, 06:30 News, Newsreader


Yesterday, Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, was in London and met with the Queen of Buckingham Palace forthe launch of the Queen's Baton Relay for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

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Yesterday, Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, was in London and met with ...14 Mar 2017 7:30 AM4WK, Toowoomba, 07:30 News, Newsreader


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Lisa Millar reports on the Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games. The reality is ...14 Mar 2017 8:26 AMABC Radio Canberra, Canberra, AM, Sabra Lane

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Lisa Millar reports on the Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games. The reality is starting to sink in for the organisers of theGold Coast Commonwealth Games who watched the Queen launch the Baton Relay overnight. The baton itself will travelacross all Commonwealth countries and territories before arriving in Australia on Christmas Eve. The event coincided withCommonwealth Day, celebrating the union of nations and the message from the Queen that encourages consensus andcooperation among those countries. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Qld Premier, says they will see better ties between the UK andAustralia with Brexit.

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Qld Premier


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Report by Kate Miller into the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games being launched. ...14 Mar 2017 8:46 AMABC NewsRadio, Sydney, Breakfast, Sandy Aloisi

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Report by Kate Miller into the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games being launched. Last night, The Queen launched thebaton relay. Tom Tate, Gold Coast Mayor, says those that do not attend the games will 'miss out'. Australian athletes AnnaMeares, Victoria Pendleton, and Kurt Fearnley have helped the Queen launched the baton relay for the Gold CoastCommonwealth Games. Gold Coast singer, Cody Simpson also participated in the relay. Many people did not realise that theywere watching the Commonwealth Games baton relay. Many people hope that the Commonwealth will become a louder voiceas the United Kingdom severs ties with the European Union, including Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, who islooking forward to improved trade relations with the United Kingdom. The Queen gave a message of unity, calling onCommonwealth Countries to overcome division and find reconciliation.

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier [excerpt]|Tom Tate, Gold Coast Mayor [excerpt]|vox pops


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15/03/2017 (1 item)

We're still waiting Rocky15 Mar 2017Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News, Kieran Rooney


NEARLY a month after the Townsville Bulletin raised concerns about Rockhampton's capabilities as a fly-in, fly-out hub forAdani, Mayor Margaret Strelow is yet to respond to questions. Multiple attempts to contact Rockhampton Regional Council byjournalists have been either ignored or palmed off because Cr Strelow was not available.View original - Full text: 481 word(s), ~1 min

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Scrap Adani plan16 Mar 2017Gladstone Observer, Gladstone QLD, General News, Geoff Egan

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TWO Australian cricket captains, a former deputy premier, a former coal lobbyist and one of John Howard's chief advisors areamong at least 80 prominent Australians to have signed a letter calling for Adani to abandon the Carmichael mine. As theAustralian cricket team tours India, former cricket captains Greg Chappell and Ian Chappell have signed the letter urging Indianbillionaire Gautam Adani to make sure the mine "never goes ahead".View original - Full text: 393 word(s), ~1 min

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17/03/2017 (4 items)

Adani told: sow future17 Mar 2017Courier Mail, Brisbane, General News

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BILLIONAIRE Gautam Adani will be urged to plunge more money into Queensland in a face-to-face meeting with PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk tonight. The Premier will urge Mr Adani to look beyond his planned $21 billion investment in the centralQueensland Carmichael coal mine and into agricultural investments.View original - Full text: 69 word(s), <1 min

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Chappells urge Adani to reconsider its coal mine17 Mar 2017Daily Mercury, Mackay QLD, General News, Geoff Egan


TWO Australian cricket captains, a former deputy premier, a former coal lobbyist and one of John Howard's chief advisors areamong at least 80 prominent Australians to have signed a letter calling for Adani to abandon the Carmichael mine. As theAustralian cricket team tours India, former cricket captains Greg Chappell and Ian Chappell have signed the letter urging Indianbillionaire Gautam Adani to make sure the mine "never goes ahead".View original - Full text: 403 word(s), ~1 min

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Call to stop Carmichael mine17 Mar 2017Central Queensland News, Emerald QLD, General News


Prominent Australians pen letter to halt Adani project TWO Australian cricket captains, a former deputy premier, a former coallobbyist and one of John Howard's chief advisors are among at least 80 prominent Australians to have signed a letter calling forAdani to abandon the Carmichael mine. As the Australian cricket team tours India, former cricket captains Greg Chappell andIan Chappell have signed the letter urging Indian billionaire Gautam Adani to make sure the mine "never goes ahead".View original - Full text: 437 word(s), ~1 min

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NO COAL IS THE END OF CIVILISATION17 Mar 2017Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton QLD, General News, Geoff Egan And Michelle Gately

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Rockhampton mayor slams 80 prominent Australians - including Howard advisor and two cricketing legends - for trying to stopthe 10,000 job Adani mine by peddling 'fake news': Story, page 3 Letter urges Adani to reconsiderView original - Full text: 843 word(s), ~3 mins

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20/03/2017 (4 items)

ADANI HEAD'S 2020 VISION20 Mar 2017Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News, Kieran Rooney

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THE fa EXCLUSIVE Billionaire chairman says Carmichael 'well on track'View original - Full text: 712 word(s), ~2 mins

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Produce exports next for CQ20 Mar 2017Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton QLD, General News

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Premier says Adani has its sights set on our agriculture IT'S not just Queensland's mining sector India is set to benefit from.Agriculture exports may be next on the list. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has just wrapped up her 11 day, three nation trademission with a visit to India's biggest port, Mundra, joined by eight regional Queensland mayors including Rockhampton RegionMayor Margaret Strelow.View original - Full text: 499 word(s), ~1 min

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Billions in investment projects to be unlocked for North Queensland20 Mar 2017 9:26 PMTownsville Bulletin

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BILLIONS of dollars in additional investment projects are set to be unlocked for North Queensland and other regions by Adanifollowing an Indian trade delegation led by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.Ms Palaszczuk said her visit to India's largest port...Read on source website

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is returning from an 11 day trade mission ...20 Mar 2017 11:33 AMChannel 9, Brisbane, Nine Morning News, Eva Milic

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is returning from an 11 day trade mission overseas that included a stop in Indiaand a briefing with Adani along with a bunch of Qld mayors.

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21/03/2017 (3 items)

Adani offers jobs, hope21 Mar 2017Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News, Annastacia Palaszczuk

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LAST week eight regional mayors including Townsville's Jenny Hill accompanied me to India on a trade mission tosupercharge Queensland exports to the world's most populous democracy, and to encourage return investment in Queensland.Key to that trade mission was our visit to the Mundra Special Economic Zone, a 135 sq km port operated by the Adani Group.View original - Full text: 337 word(s), ~1 min

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Adani coal mine to trigger billions in development for North21 Mar 2017Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News, Kieran Rooney

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BILLIONS of dollars in additional investment projects are set to be unlocked for North Queensland and other regions by Adanifollowing an Indian trade delegation led by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. Ms Palaszczuk said her visit to India's largest port,owned and operated by Adani, had highlighted the importance of the project in the Galilee Basin.View original - Full text: 367 word(s), ~1 min

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Qld Premier, says Adani is set to bring enormous opportunities to regional Qld. She has led eightCentral and North Qld mayors on a trade mission to India where they spoke to executives behind the coal project. Palaszczuksays the benefits will be more than just coal.

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Trip to India opens doors22 Mar 2017Bowen Independent, Bowen QLD, General News, Eve Reitmajer


AGRICULTURE and solar technology are two areas where Whitsunday Mayor Andrew Willcox believes Adani could invest inthe region. Cr Willcox, who has just returned from an Indian trade delegation led by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, said hesaw great potential for Adani and the region.View original - Full text: 622 word(s), ~2 mins

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Mine confidence soars22 Mar 2017Burdekin Advocate, QLD, General News, Eve Reitmajer


AS Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk led a trade mission of regional mayors to meet Adani executives in India, thecompany's Australian project director said he was confident construction of its Carmichael mega mine would start this year."Certainly there are reasons to be very hopeful and confident we will start construction this year," Adani Mining Australia projectdirector Peter Thomas told Bowen Chamber of Commerce last Wednesday.View original - Full text: 459 word(s), ~1 min

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QLD trade delegation visits Indian port23 Mar 2017Lloyds List DCN, Australia, General News

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AN?11-DAY trade mission headed up by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ended with a tour of one of India'slargest ports. The 135 square kilometre Mundra Special Economic Zone in Gujarat state exports Suzuki cars to Japan, has 19container cranes, and is home to a commercial solar panel factory.View original - Full text: 233 word(s), <1 min

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Chance to get Premier's ear: Willcox WHITSUNDAY Mayor Andrew Willcox has assured ratepayers his trip to India was goodvalue for money.View original - Full text: 410 word(s), ~1 min

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ADVERTISEMENT Message from the Mayor Hi all, I'm just back from India and it was a planes trains and automobileswhirlwind trip of long days with 4am starts and post 11pm finishes. I only spent 2 of 4 nights in a hotel with the other twotravelling overnight. The Premier's delegation to meet with Mr Adani and the full board was a great opportunity to advocate forthe Whitsunday Region.View original - Full text: 1033 word(s), ~4 mins

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Premier's Indian port tour comes to a close24 Mar 2017Rural Weekly - Southern QLD, Toowoomba QLD, General News


PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk has wrapped up her 11-day, three-nation trade mission with a visit to India's biggest port.The 135 square kilometre Mundra Special Economic Zone in Gujarat state exports Suzuki cars to Japan, has 19 containercranes, and is home to a state-of-the-art commercial solar panel factory.View original - Full text: 120 word(s), <1 min

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Adani project excites mayor24 Mar 2017Northern Miner, Charters Towers QLD, General News, Andrew Gurr


MAYOR Liz Schmidt has returned from an Adani trade mission to India and said the path ahead will be a positive one for thelocal region. Cr Schmidt travelled to Mumbai last week with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and seven mayors from otherstakeholder councils across the state to discuss Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine project and view some of thecompany's facilities first-hand.View original - Full text: 410 word(s), ~1 min

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According to Mayor, Whitsunday, the region needs the Carmichael Coal project to ...24 Mar 2017 6:34 AMZinc 101.9, Mackay, 06:30 News, Newsreader

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According to Mayor, Whitsunday, the region needs the Carmichael Coal project to happen. Andrew Willcox has returned fromtrade mission with Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, to India in order to continue urging Adani to proceed with themine, port and rail development.

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Premier convinced that Adani offers big future SPREAD over 13,500ha, the Adani Group's Mundra Special Economic Zone onIndia's western coast is large enough to encompass multiple suburbs and even entire Australian towns.View original - Full text: 618 word(s), ~2 mins

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Exploring new markets31 Mar 2017Central Queensland News, Emerald QLD, General News, Kerry Hayes

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Mayor talks about trade trip to India ON MARCH 15, Central Highlands Mayor Kerry Hayes accompanied Queensland PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk and other regional mayors on a three-day visit to India for meetings with Adani leadership. Here are histhoughts from the trip: Who attended from the Central Highlands region?View original - Full text: 491 word(s), ~1 min

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Mayor takescase to IndiaHill to push city’s FIFO hub claimCHRISTIE ANDERSON

MAYOR Jenny Hill will travelto India to meet Adani leadersand put forward the city’s caseto secure the FIFO hub for the$21 billion Carmichael CoalProject.

Cr Hill was one of five re-gional Queensland mayorschosen to join Premier Annas-tacia Palaszczuk in meetingswith the leadership of Adani inIndia next month.

Townsville’s rival to secur-ing the FIFO hub, Rockhamp-ton, has also been invited alongwith mayors from Whitsun-day, Mackay and Isaac.

Cr Hill said she would en-sure the benefits of Townsvillebeing the FIFO hub were putto Adani.

“I will be taking up thePremier’s offer,” she said.

“I think it’s importantTownsville puts its case for-ward directly to the chairman(Adani founder GautamAdani),” she said.

“We will be making sure weput the best case forward.

“Of course competition isgoing to be tough and we needto be there to put our case for-ward to ensure our voice isheard. “We’ve got the capacityto do this work and we’ll showthe chairman we can do it.”

Adani has already con-firmed with the Premier thatthe regional headquarters andremote operations centre willbe in Townsville and rail andport operations headquarterswill be in Bowen.

Townsville and Rockhamp-ton have been shortlisted for

the FIFO hub with a decisionexpected later this year to co-incide with the start of earlyworks.

The Premier said the visit toIndia would be part of hertrade mission, which wouldalso include Singapore fortrade meetings and London for2018 Gold Coast Common-wealth Games activities.

“The Carmichael Coalmine-rail-port project offersthe potential for thousands ofnew jobs across regionalQueensland,” she said.

“I met with Mr Adani inTownsville late last year andsecured commitments on re-gional employment and theuse of local labour rather thanworkers on 457 visas.

“We have delivered ourcommitments and now welook forward to the thousandsof new jobs – direct and in-direct – to be delivered fromthe Carmichael Coal project.”

The Premier said she woulduse the visit to assess strongertrade and investment for theQueensland Government.

Mayor Jenny Hill.

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Mayor takescase to IndiaHill to push city’s FIFO hub claimCHRISTIE ANDERSON

MAYOR Jenny Hill will travelto India to meet Adani leadersand put forward the city’s caseto secure the FIFO hub for the$21 billion Carmichael CoalProject.

Cr Hill was one of five re-gional Queensland mayorschosen to join Premier Annas-tacia Palaszczuk in meetingswith the leadership of Adani inIndia next month.

Townsville’s rival to secur-ing the FIFO hub, Rockhamp-ton, has also been invited alongwith mayors from Whitsun-day, Mackay and Isaac.

Cr Hill said she would en-sure the benefits of Townsvillebeing the FIFO hub were putto Adani.

“I will be taking up thePremier’s offer,” she said.

“I think it’s importantTownsville puts its case for-ward directly to the chairman(Adani founder GautamAdani),” she said.

“We will be making sure weput the best case forward.

“Of course competition isgoing to be tough and we needto be there to put our case for-ward to ensure our voice isheard. “We’ve got the capacityto do this work and we’ll showthe chairman we can do it.”

Adani has already con-firmed with the Premier thatthe regional headquarters andremote operations centre willbe in Townsville and rail andport operations headquarterswill be in Bowen.

Townsville and Rockhamp-ton have been shortlisted for

the FIFO hub with a decisionexpected later this year to co-incide with the start of earlyworks.

The Premier said the visit toIndia would be part of hertrade mission, which wouldalso include Singapore fortrade meetings and London for2018 Gold Coast Common-wealth Games activities.

“The Carmichael Coalmine-rail-port project offersthe potential for thousands ofnew jobs across regionalQueensland,” she said.

“I met with Mr Adani inTownsville late last year andsecured commitments on re-gional employment and theuse of local labour rather thanworkers on 457 visas.

“We have delivered ourcommitments and now welook forward to the thousandsof new jobs – direct and in-direct – to be delivered fromthe Carmichael Coal project.”

The Premier said she woulduse the visit to assess strongertrade and investment for theQueensland Government.

Mayor Jenny Hill.

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Premier astarter forrelay eventPREMIER Annastacia Pal-aszczuk will fly to London nextmonth to officially kick off theGold Coast CommonwealthGames baton relay at Bucking-ham Palace in the presence ofthe Queen – in a move that willsee a parliamentary sittingweek pushed back.

The trip will be bookendedby trade missions in Singaporeand India, where Ms Pal-aszczuk and five regional may-ors will meet with the leadersof Adani, the company behindthe Galilee Basin mega mine.

Ms Palaszczuk said the de-cision to move Parliamentback a week would allow forthe Opposition’s domestic vi-olence legislation to be debat-ed two months earlier. She saidthe Government’s Victims ofCrime Assistance and OtherLegislation Amendment Bill2016, which also containschanges to protect domestic vi-olence victims, would be de-bated in the same sittings.

“Parliament will now sit onMarch 21 to 23 rather than aweek earlier and it will be ableto deal with both pieces oflegislation in that sitting,” shesaid.

A spokesman for Oppo-sition Leader Tim Nichollsslammed the Premier’s deci-sion, saying she “is runningaway from the state’s problemsbecause the self-declared re-publican wants a photo op”.

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Premier’s London tripto delayParliamentSARAH VOGLER

PREMIER Annastacia Pal-aszczuk will fly to London nextmonth to officially kick off theGold Coast CommonwealthGames baton relay at Bucking-ham Palace in the presence ofthe Queen – in a move that willsee a parliamentary sittingweek pushed back.

The trip will be bookendedby trade missions in Singaporeand India, where Ms Palaszczuk(below) and five regional may-ors will meet with the leaders ofAdani, the company behind theGalilee Basin mega mine.

Ms Palaszczuk said the de-cision to move Parliamentback a week would allow forthe Opposition’s domestic vi-olence legislation – which in-cludes GPS tracking ofdomestic violence offendersout on bail and the reversal ofthe onus of proof for seriousdomestic violence-related of-fences – to be debated twomonths earlier. She said theGovernment’s Victims ofCrime Assistance and OtherLegislation Amendment Bill2016, which also containschanges to protect domestic vi-olence victims, would be de-bated in the same sittings.

“Parliament will now sit onMarch 21 to 23 rather than aweek earlier and it will be ableto deal with both pieces of legis-lation in that sitting,” she said.

A spokesman for Oppo-sition Leader Tim Nichollsslammed the Premier’s deci-sion, saying she “is runningaway from the state’s problemsbecause the self-declared re-publican wants a photo op”.

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25 Feb 2017Courier Mail, Brisbane

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MP John-Paul Langbroek ishitting back at insinuations hissnout is in the trough over tax-payer-funded hotel stays and aUK trip for the Queen’s BatonRelay.

The under-fire senior Op-position member, who re-cently repaid money chargedto taxpayers for three hotelstays minutes from home,hopes to go to London for thelaunch of the CommonwealthGames Queen’s Baton Relay.

But Mr Langbroek (pic-tured) says it’s no junket – andhas support from former

premier Peter Beattie, nowchairman of the Gold CoastCommonwealth Games or-ganising commOC).

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Mr Langbroek, who sub-mitted a written request toCommonwealth Games Min-ister Kate Jones for inclusionin the trip, said it was “gra-cious” of Mr Beattie to publiclysupport him going.

“He is taking much more ofa world view and Queenslandeconomy view rather than asmall-minded ‘politiciansshouldn’t travel view’. For aformer Labor premier to say

Parliament, I really appreciatethat,” Mr Langbroek said.

Mr Langbroek said in theabsence of Mr Nicholls he wasthe “normal replacement” asshadow Games minister.

“(Mr Nicholls) asked me towrite the letter saying I was hisdelegate. I’m the servant whogets told this is what you aregoing to do.”

Mr Langbroek said hisplace in the official delegationwould not be confirmed untillater this week because certainprotocols needed clearing for a

Earlier this month MrLangbroek agreed to repaymoney he charged taxpayersfor staying in hotels minutesfrom his home.

penditure reports were high-lighted revealing he claimed$270 three times in the pastyear for Main Beach andBroadbeach hotel stays afterevents in his electorate.

Mr Langbroek’s claimswere within parliamentary ex-pense rules but he concededthey “obviously failed” thecommunity expectation test.

“I’m not the only one whodid it but the focus has been onme. All I ask for is consistency.”

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Mayor Tom’s royal Tate with destinyANDREW POTTS, LEA EMERY AND KATHLEEN SKENETOM Tate will next week be-come the first Gold CoastMayor to meet Queen Eliza-beth II in more than 50 years.

The mayor will lead ahigh-powered Common-wealth Games delegation toLondon to mark the start ofthe Queen’s Baton relay,which will begin at Bucking-ham Palace.

The trip, which will costratepayers around $50,000,will see a four-person councildelegation take part in atrade mission to promote theGold Coast to Common-wealth nations.

During the festivities CrTate will achieve his lifelongdream of a one-on-one meet-ing with Queen Elizabeth IIand her husband Prince Phil-lip. The mayor will also meetfuture king Prince Charlesand his wife Camilla, Duch-ess of Cornwall.

Cr Tate said the meetingwith the UK’s longest-serv-ing monarch, expected tooccur at Buckingham Palace,was a great honour and ad-mitted he did not know whathe would say.

“To be part of such a his-toric occasion and to spendtime with Her Majesty, theDuke of Edinburgh andPrince Charles is a true privi-lege,” he said.

Cr Tate will become thefirst incumbent Gold Coastmayor to meet the Queen

since the 1963 royal visit tothe city during which then-mayor Ern Harley led her ona tour.

Joining Cr Tate will be hiswife Ruth, chief executiveDale Dickson, economic de-

velopment director DarrenScott and another council of-ficer. The mayor will fly outon Monday afternoon andthe trip is expected to takeabout two weeks.

Also attending the festivi-ties in the UK are PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk, Gov-ernor Paul De Jersey, HighCommissioner to the UK Al-exander Downer and a del-egation from GOLDOCincluding chairman PeterBeattie and chief executiveMark Peters. Surfers Para-dise MP and OppositionCommonwealth Gamesspokesman John-Paul Lang-broek will also attend.

Gold Coast Tourism CEOMartin Winter and the tour-ism body’s chief marketingofficer Jan Hutton will bepart of the delegation as wellas Study Gold Coast CEOShannon Willoughby.

Among those the del-egation will meet are theLord Mayor of Cardiff, theLord Provosts of Glasgowand Edinburgh, the chiefexecutive of News UK andthe Commonwealth Sec-retary General.

Cr Tate said he would alsouse the trip to progress hishopes of attracting a majorinternational university to

open a satellite campus onthe Gold Coast.

He is scheduled to meetwith the Master of BalliolCollege at Oxford University.

“The world’s media arenow looking to the GoldCoast so I will use the oc-casion to promote the cityand open doors to the city toshow we are open for busi-ness,” Cr Tate said.

Several other GOLDOCstaff will accompany thebaton beyond London.

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Mayor gets last minute call upMAYOR Liz Schmidt has beenissued a last minute invite tojoin Premier Annastacia Pal-aszczuk’s trade mission tomeet with Adani in India thismonth.

Initially only the mayors ofTownsville, Whitsunday,Mackay, Isaac and Rockhamp-ton were to join Ms Pal-aszczuk.

It understood that CrSchmidt was added to the listat the request of Adani offi-cials. This could be becauseCharters Towers has pre-viously been named as one ofthe project sourcing centres forthe company’s Carmichaelcoal mine project.

Cr Schmidt said it was im-portant that the Charters Tow-

ers region was represented onsuch an important trade mis-sion.

“The Adani Carmichaelcoal mine project offers the po-

tential for a significant jobsboost for our region,” CrSchmidt said.

“I will be asking for an as-surance that the jobs will beavailable to locals.

“It’s all very well to tell us itwill happen but I need to get anassurance and an indication ofhow it will happen.

“Charters Towers’ import-ance has been reinforced bythe fact that Adani realised wewere missing from the del-egation.

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“IT’S for that very reason thatas mayor I am on the ground inIndia as part of this trade mis-sion, especially during meet-ings with Mr Gautam Adani,chairman and founder of theAdani Group.”

Cr Schmidt said it was im-portant the message thatCharters Towers was open for

business was sent clearly toAdani. “We need to be at thetable with the other mayorsfrom the region in order to en-sure that we get our fair share,”she said.

“Non-attendance wouldsend the wrong message andassumptions might be madethat we, as a community, aren’tinterested.

“This meeting in India willbe critical ahead of Adani mak-ing its final investment deci-sions which are expected in

April.”Ms Palaszczuk said Adani’s

massive coal project wouldbring thousands of jobs toQueensland.

“My government hasworked with Adani to ensurethe project went through a rig-orous and comprehensive as-sessment process for the mine,rail and port development,”she said.

“We have delivered ourcommitments and now welook forward to the thousands

of new jobs — direct and in-direct — to be delivered fromthe Carmichael coal project.”

The mission will arrive inMumbai on March 16 and be inIndia for two days.

ADANI HAS CONFIRMED THE FOLLOWING FOR THE MINE:� the regional headquarterswill be based in Townsville� the remote operations centrewill be in Townsville� the rail and port operations

headquarters will be in Bowen� mining services will based inMackay� a rail maintenance and pro-visioning yard will be in theMackay-Bowen region� project sourcing centres willbe at Townsville, ChartersTowers, Rockhampton, Emer-ald, Clermont and Moranbah� the shortlist for a fly in, flyOut hub is Townsville andRockhampton, with a decisiondue this year coinciding withthe start of early works.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will be accompanied by Charters Towers Mayor Liz Schmidt to India.

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Memories of Queen’s visitPREMIER Annastacia Pal-aszczuk is inviting Queens-landers to share their memoriesof Queen Elizabeth II’s visit toQueensland in March 1954,where she stopped in at Bris-bane, Bundaberg, Toowoomba,Townsville, Cairns, Mackayand Rockhampton.

Ms Palaszczuk will join theQueen for the official launch ofthe Queen’s Baton Relay forthe 2018 Gold Coast Common-wealth Games at BuckinghamPalace — and would like topresent her with a bound copyof Queenslanders’ memories.

Memories of her visit can besent to [email protected]

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Relay race for businessGovernment picks up baton to attract trade to Coast

KATHLEEN SKENE

A QUEST to bring big busi-ness to the Gold Coast Healthand Knowledge precinct willsee 15 government officialstravel to London for the launchof the Queen’s Baton Relaythis week.

Premier Annastacia Pala-szczuk will join other tradeofficials at a CommonwealthTrade Ministers meetingtomorrow, as the Governmentlooks to start making the most

of the 2018 Games. Goldocchairman Peter Beattie, legacycommittee chair Rob Bor-bidge, Opposition Common-wealth Games spokesmanJohn-Paul Langbroek andQueensland Governor PaulDe Jersey will join the Premierat Buckingham Palace whenthe baton begins its 288-dayjourney through the Common-wealth.

Three Goldoc staff will ac-

company the relay through 70nations and territories.

Ms Palaszczuk will alsospeak on trade and investmentat a Queensland reception inLondon.

“We are committed to driv-ing economic opportunities forthe state and our significant in-vestment in the Common-wealth Games is an investmentin the future,” she said.

“The Commonwealth’s two

billion people make up 30 percent of the world’s populationand constitutes about a fifth ofthe gross domestic product sothe opportunities for trade andbusiness are significant.”

Games Minister Kate Jonessaid the baton was a major op-portunity to promote the state

on the 230,000km journey.“This will provide the back-

bone to our international ac-tivities with a roadshow of

business receptions and brief-ings in key markets, designedto target priority internationalbuyers and investors,” she said.

An “investor roundtablediscussion” will also be held toattract key tenants for theGold Coast Health and Know-ledge Precinct.

The Gold Coast contingentincludes Mayor Tom Tate andwife, Ruth, CEO Dale Dickson,Study Gold Coast CEO Shan-

non Willoughby and an un-named fourth officer.

Mr Beattie told a Bond Uni-versity business leaders lunchthe relay would be the biggestpromotion the Gold Coast hadever had.

“Everywhere that baton willgo, around the 70 nations andterritories … imagine the long-term benefit that will comefrom tourism,” he said.

“When people of the Com-monwealth think about havinga holiday, they’ll be thinking ofthe Gold Coast.”

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Queensland exportvalue increasesQUEENSLAND’s exportsgrew precipitously in valueover the past year to $53bn, afigure Premier AnnastaciaPalaszczuk said was a record.

“The result for the January2017 quarter (November2016 through January 2017)is so strong that we are ontrack for breaking thatrecord,” she said.

The value of goods export-ed from Queensland this Jan-uary alone was 45% higherthan exports in the same monthlast year.

Main drivers of this leapwere increases in the value of

coking coal, LNG, and cropsincluding chickpeas.

Not resting on these laurels,the premier is off on a trademission to Singapore, Indiaand a meeting of trade ministersfrom across the Commonwealthin London this week.

In Singapore, Ms Palaszczukis to officially open a dedicatedTrade and Investment Queens-land office and meet with im-portant companies.

In India, the premier plansto meet with the leadership ofAdani to discuss its $21bnCarmichael Coal mine-rail-port project.

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10 Mar 2017Rural Weekly - Southern QLD, Toowoomba QLD



Mayor’s India trip approvedCOUNCIL Eve Reitmajer

WHITSUNDAY Mayor An-drew Willcox is off to Indianext Wednesday to meet withAdani officials after the coun-cil this week approved the trip.

Meeting on Hamilton Is-land, the council accepted theinvitation sent to Cr Willcoxfrom Queensland Premier An-nastacia Palaszczuk to partici-pate in the international trademission delegation to Indiafrom March 15 to 18, at an esti-mated cost of $10,000.

Invitations have also beenextended to mayors fromTownsville, Charters Towers,Mackay, Isaac and Rockhamp-ton.

The trade mission will in-clude a meeting with AdaniGroup chairman GautamAdani.

Speaking after the meeting,Cr Willcox said with a largecomponent of the Adani’s Car-michael mine, rail and portproject based in the region hewas keen to ensure the regiongot its fair share in terms of

ture and that Adani met its so-cial obligations.

Cr Willcox said the meetingwith Adani however was notthe only focus of the trip.

“I will be taking the oppor-tunity to meet with the Prem-ier and her senior officials todiscuss other projects in ourregion,” Cr Willcox said.

“These will include theGreening and Growing Bowenproject.”

The first stage of Greeningand Growing Bowen is a $4.2million project with councilapplying for $2.1 million co-funding from the next round ofthe state’s Building Our Re-gions program.

Cr Willcox said council’s vi-sion for the overall $40 millionGreening and Growing Bowenproject included an upgradedsewerage treatment plant tocater for future growth and re-moving from Great BarrierReef waters more than 5 ton-nes of nitrogen and 2.2 tonnesof phosphorus annually for re-purposing in parklands.

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EXCLUSIVE

Queen to missGold Coast GamesThe Commonwealth Games onthe Gold Coast will be held nextyear with one fixture of the$2 billion event missing: theQueen. Royal aides said the 90-year-old was unlikely to under-take long-haul travel, makingher 2011 tour her last to Australia.

FULL REPORT P3

New era in train, as Queen has seen her last Aussie GamesEXCLUSIVE

JAMIE WALKERASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Commonwealth Games onthe Gold Coast will be held nextyear with one fixture of the $2 bil-lion event missing: the Queen.

While Queensland PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk is due tosee the 90-year-old monarch inLondon on Monday, before thekick-off of a globe-spanningbaton relay carrying her messageto the athletes, the Queen is set tomiss her first games in Australiasince 1982.

Royal aides have said she wasunlikely to undertake long-haultravel, making the Queen’s 16thtour of Australia in 2011 her lastone here. Accompanied by hus-band Prince Philip, now 95, theQueen visited Canberra, Bris-bane, Melbourne and Perth thatyear, and attended a Common-wealth Heads of GovernmentMeeting in the West Australiancapital.

Her absence at the Gold Coastgames will herald a new era, with

the Queen’s international dutiesincreasingly shouldered by theheir to the throne, Prince Charles,68, and next in line Prince Wil-liam, who at 34 is a golden prop-

erty for the royals, the father oftwo young and photogenic child-ren with the glamorous Duchessof Cambridge.

With the exception of the 1962Commonwealth Games in Perth,

the Queen has been at everygames held in Australia since heraccession 64 years ago. For com-petitors, the chance to meet herwas a highlight that capped theintensity of the chase for medals.

A memorable moment of theGlasgow games in 2014 was whenAustralian hockey players BrookePeris and Jayde Taylor unwit-tingly snapped the Queen while

taking a selfie. Smiling mischiev-ously, she looked like she had“photobombed” them after theHockeyroos downed arch rivalGreat Britain in a cliffhanger.

Training with the nationalsquad in Canberra, Peris saidpeople didn’t necessarily knowthat the Australian women wenton to take the gold in the hockeyin Glasgow. But they remembered

the royal “photobomb” all right.“It was just crazy, everyone knowsabout that selfie,” she said.

Prince Harry, an irasciblephoto crasher, laughed about itwith Peris when they were intro-duced after the Hockeyroos’showdown with the British. She

also met the Queen, who congrat-ulated the Aussies for winning. “Itwas pretty cool,” Peris said.

For swim champion TraceyWickham, the Queen’s presenceat the 1982 Brisbane Common-wealth Games added magic to herfarewell in the green and gold.

Her final competitive swimwas the 400m freestyle, which shewon, with British swimmersfinishing second and third. Wick-ham, now 54, said she had thoughtabout making a break from theblocks to curtsy to the Queenbefore the race. Instead, she set-tled for grasping her gloved handafterwards, when the Queen pre-sented her with the gold medal.

“It was a real buzz,” sheremembered. “It was such a privil-ege to have the Queen give methat medal, my last medal beforeretiring. If you’ve got to go out, goout with a bang.”

Shooter Phillip Adams, 70,won more medals than any otherAustralian at the CommonwealthGames, including seven golds be-tween 1982 and 2002. But he stilllikes to tell the story of how he haddinner with the Queen at the2006 Melbourne Games.

The Queen missed her firstCommonwealth Games in 40years when she sent PrinceCharles as her stand-in to Delhi in

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2010, reflecting a need to ease upon international travel.

When the Prince of Wales wasagain named to represent theQueen at CHOGM in Sri Lankain 2013, royal aides revealed thatshe was unlikely to undertake fur-ther long-distance travel.

That is apparently still the case.In a statement, Buckingham Pal-ace said: “At this stage, it’s still tooearly to confirm Her Majesty’sprogram of engagements for2018.” The Weekend Australianunderstands there are no immedi-ate plans for official internationaltravel by the Queen or the Dukeof Edinburgh.

Prince Charles would be theobvious choice to represent theQueen at the Gold Coast Games.

KYM SMITH

Hockeyroo Brooke Peris in Canberra yesterday; and with teammate Jayde Taylor, right, as the Queen photobombed her selfie at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014

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24-hour party not on cardsAttorney-General cool on Games liquor free for all

DARYL PASSMORE

A BID by Gold Coast bar andnightclub owners to turn nextyear’s Commonwealth Gamesinto an around-the-clock partyis set to be shot down by theState Government

A new push, supported byMayor Tom Tate, is under wayto trial 24-hour licensing for theinternational sporting event.

But Attorney-General Yv-ette D’Ath is understood to bevery cool on the idea, fearing itcould undermine the family-friendly image of the touristdestination that the Govern-

ment wants the event to por-tray to a global audience.

“The Palaszczuk Govern-ment is committed to ensuringthe Gold Coast Common-wealth Games are an eventeveryone can enjoy,” a Gov-ernment spokeswoman said.

No formal discussions hadtaken place about liquorlicensing during the Games.

“We have just passed newlaws that address alcohol-fu-elled violence in our commun-ity,’’ the spokeswoman said.

Queensland Tourism In-dustry Council chief executiveDaniel Gschwind said: “Wewant people to have a goodtime and too many restrictionsis never a good thing.

“But we really don’t knowwhat the upshot would be.Would it support a happierparty atmosphere? There is al-ways the risk of a downside.”

Cr Tate has backed the ideaof 24-7 trading for bars andclubs for a three-month trialperiod around the Common-

wealth Games in April nextyear at precincts including

Surfers Paradise, Main Beach,Broadbeach, Mermaid Beachand Coolangatta.

Meanwhile, the Queen islikely to miss the Games. Itwould be only the second timein nearly half a century thatthe Queen has not been at aCommonwealth Games, withreports yesterday saying it isdoubtful the 90-year-old willmake the long journey.

A formal invitation has

been issued and Premier An-nastacia Palaszczuk and Com-monwealth Games organisingcommittee chairman PeterBeattie will meet the monarchat Buckingham Palace to-morrow for the start of theQueen’s Baton Relay.

Prince Charles, who repre-sented his mother at the 2010games in Delhi, is the mostlikely royal to come toQueensland in her place al-though it is possible that theDuke and Duchess of Cam-

bridge, William and Kate,could repeat their highly suc-cessful 2014 visit here.

Ms Palaszczuk said fromLondon last night: “WhetherHer Majesty opens the GoldCoast Commonwealth Gamesis a decision for the Queen. Wewill have the Queen’s messagefor the opening ceremony onthe Gold Coast and that will be ahighlight as it was at Brisbane.”

Ms Palaszczuk and Cr Tateyesterday invited Common-wealth trade ministers to theGames at the launch in Lon-don of Trade 2018, a businessand investment program.

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Let theGamesfeverbeginELLEN WHINNETT LONDONTHE Queen’s Baton Relay willbe officially launched today inLondon by Queen Elizabeth asthe countdown to next year’sCommonwealth Games on theGold Coast begins.

The relay will begin with agrand ceremony on the fore-court of Buckingham Palacebefore the baton, carrying aspecial message from theQueen, heads off on a 388-day,230,000km journey to theGold Coast in time for the startof the event on April 4, 2018.

The Queen, her husbandPrince Philip the Duke of Ed-inburgh, and their son PrinceEdward, the Earl of Wessex,will send the baton on its wayfor a grand tour of all 52 Com-monwealth nations and terri-tories in Africa, the Americas,the Caribbean, Oceania, Asiaand Europe before it arrives to

spend the final 100 days onAustralian soil.

Former Queensland prem-ier Peter Beattie, in his ca-pacity as chairman of the GoldCoast Games, elders from theYugambeh people, and thepresident of the Common-wealth Games Federation,Louise Martin, will be present-ed to the Queen.

Paralympic gold medallistKurt Fearnley will deliver thebaton to Buckingham Palace,travelling down The Mall ac-companied by the Band of the

Scots Guards. The Gold Coastathlete said it was testament tothe new-found prominence ofpara-sport that he was chosen.

“It’s a little bit surreal beinghere,” he said last night.

“I’ve got a lot of memoriesfinishing every year there inthe London Marathon.

“To see para-sport hasgrown so much over the last

couple of decades where Iwould be able to… take thebaton… it’s really humbling.”

Children and young peoplebearing flags from 70 nationswill line the forecourt, whileGold Coast singer Cody Simp-son will perform.

Simpson will also performlater at Westminster Abbey.

The Band of the ScotsGuards will perform the na-tional anthems of Australiaand the UK, then the Queenwill place her message into thebaton, which will be sealed be-fore starting its roundaboutjourney to Australia.

Its first stop after Londonwill be Sierra Leone in Africa.

Australian cyclist AnnaMeares will be the first torch-bearer, and will hand the batonto her former rival, Englishcyclist Victoria Pendleton.

Queensland Premier An-nastacia Palaszczuk is leadinga delegation in London thisweek preparing for the Games.

goldcoastbulletin.com.au

TONIGHT’S COVERAGE FROM LONDON AT

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BeattiespruikstradebenefitJACK HOUGHTON IN LONDON

TRADING ties between theUnited Kingdom and Australiawill be strengthened by the2018 Commonwealth Games,according to former Queens-land premier Peter Beattie.

Speaking outside Bucking-ham Palace in London, the for-mer Labor leader saidAustralia’s post-Brexit part-nership with the UK would bebolstered by traditional linkswith the Crown.

“Post Brexit, regardless ofwhat people thought about thedecision, it gives us a greateropportunity with the Com-monwealth being more rel-evant than ever before,” hesaid. “About 20 years ago theCommonwealth waned a littlebit if we are being honest butnow it is one third of theworld’s population and somepeople predict by 2050 it willbe the biggest economy in the

world.“Not just India – you have

Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lankaand Africa is starting toemerge as a big economicpowerhouse.

“In the end we could be inone of the big powerhouses inthe world and the way to getthe attention of the Common-wealth is to hold the Games.”

Mr Beattie, Chairman of theCommonwealth Games Cor-poration, joined QueenslandPremier Annastacia Pal-aszczuk in London for lastnight’s Queen’s Baton Relaylaunch at Buckingham Palace.

In keeping with tradition,the politicians were presentedto the Queen after the officialceremony.

“I will be on my best behav-iour – the last thing I want todo is offend the Queen before Iget in there,” Mr Beattie jokedahead of the ceremony.

“Imagine me being thrownout of Buckingham Palace,you’d write a story on it.”

Premier Palaszczuk said theQueen had still not confirmedwhether she would visit theGold Coast for the Games.

“Her message will be car-ried out through all the Com-monwealth countries and hermessage will be read out on theGold Coast before the Gamesstarts,” she said.

“I think regardless theQueen will be there in spiritbut to be here for (the launch)is incredibly significant and itsignals the start of the Com-monwealth Games.”

The Queen, 90, was struckby a cold just before Christmasand disappeared from the pub-lic for two weeks.

She has since recovered.

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Spectacular start to Queen’s Baton Relay

ELLEN WHINNETTIN LONDONTHE Queen’s Baton is head-ing for the Gold Coast, wavedoff by Queen Elizabeth in anup-beat ceremony outsideBuckingham Palace in Lon-don.

Australian Paralympianand marathon champion KurtFearnley got the baton mov-ing in spectacular style over-night, wheeling it down PallMall while the Band of theScots Guards marched behindhim.

“Oh mate, that was hands-down the most humbling ex-perience of my life,” Fearnleysaid as he arrived at the pal-ace.

The baton will spend thenext 388 days travelling

through the 70 nations andterritories of the Common-wealth before arriving on theGold Coast at the opening cer-emony of the XXI Common-wealth Games next year

Her Majesty Queen Eliza-beth, accompanied by herhusband, Prince Philip andher son Edward, the Earl ofWessex, placed a message in-side the baton, which will berevealed at the opening cer-emony of the Games on April4, 2018.

The baton will now bepassed hand-to-hand for230,000km, travellingthrough Africa, Europe, Asia,Oceania, the Caribbean andthe Americas before arrivingon Australian soil on Decem-

ber 24. Two elders from the Yu-

gambeh people, Patricia

O’Connor and Ted Williams,were on the forecourt of Buck-ingham Palace to issue an in-vitation to the indigenouspeoples of the Common-wealth to visit the Gold Coastfor the Games.

Crowds cheered as three-time Paralympic gold medal-list Fearnley arrived with thebaton, which was to be pre-sented to the Queen on a po-dium outside the palace.

Australian cyclist Anna

Meares, the most decoratedfemale track cyclist of all time,took the baton on its first leg, ashort journey around the fore-court of the palace, beforehanding it to her former rival,English cyclist Victoria Pend-leton.

In a touch of knockaboutAussie culture, an old Kombivan with surfboards wasbrought in to transport GoldCoast entertainer Cody Simp-son, who was expected to holdthe baton out the window ashe drove away down Pall Mall.

He had earlier performedthe Peter Allen classic I StillCall Australia Home outsidethe palace.

The Band of the ScotsGuards performed the nation-al anthems of Australia andthe UK, while young peoplebore the flags of the 70 nations

and territories that form theCommonwealth.

The Queen appeared in

bright spring sunshine at mid-day, wearing a magenta cash-mere double-breasted coatover a printed wool dress anda matching hat.

Queensland Premier An-nastacia Palaszczuk and for-mer premier Peter Beattie, inhis capacity as Gold CoastGames chairman, were pre-sented to the Queen, whileTrade Minister Steve Cioboand Australian High Commis-sioner Alexander Downer ar-rived at the event in a Londonblack cab emblazoned withAustralian surfing scenes,launching a push to lure tour-ists to the Gold Coast for theGames.

The baton was due over-night to make a stop in the

grand Westminster Abbey,where the Queen and PrincePhilip were to be joined byPrince Charles and Camillaand Princes Harry, Andrewand Edwards at an interfaithservice to mark Common-wealth Day.

Its first stop after it leavesthe United Kingdom is SierraLeone in Africa.

The Games, from April4-15, will showcase the GoldCoast to the world, with up to1.5 million spectators expectedto attend the event, while a TVaudience of 1.5 billion is pre-dicted to tune in over the twoweeks.

More than 6600 athletesand officials will attend theXXI Commonwealth Games,with 3000 international jour-nalists putting the spotlight onour city and its attractions.

Oh mate, that was hands-down the most humbling experience

of my life

K U R T F E A R N L E Y

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Paralympian Kurt Fernley carries the Commonwealth Games baton down Pall Mall followed by the Band of the Scots Guards.. Picture: DAVID DYSON

Gold Coast pop superstar Cody Simpson gets into a VW Campervan with the baton with Victoria Pendleton and Anna Meares waving him off at Buckingham Palace. Picture: TIM P. WHITBY/GETTY IMAGES

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Victoria Pendleton and Anna Meares carry the baton. Picture: TIM P. WHITBY/GETTY IMAGES

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MMONWEALTH

BOLD STEPS ELLEN WHINNETTIN LONDON

A CROWD was gatheringoutside Buckingham Palacein London last night asQueen Elizabeth prepared tosend off the Queen’s Batonon its 388-day journey to theXXI Commonwealth Gameson the Gold Coast.

Inspirational ParalympianKurt Fearnley was due to

bring the baton down TheMall, accompanied by theBand of the Scots Guard as hedelivered the baton to theQueen on the forecourt ofBuckingham Palace.

The world’s most decorat-ed female track cyclist, Aus-tralian Anna Meares, will bethe first to take the batonafter the Queen has placedher traditional message in-side, running it for a short dis-

tance alongside BuckinghamPalace before handing over to

her great rival, English cyclistVictoria Pendleton.

Hundreds of journalistsand photographers gatheredoutside the palace, with offi-cials eager to capitalise on theinternational media interestin the Gold Coast and its at-tractions ahead of the Games,which start on April 4, 2018.

Federal Trade Minister

Steve Ciobo is in London tokickstart the advertising cam-paign off the back of thebaton relay launch and sentthe first of 50 iconic Londonblack cabs onto the roadswrapped in Aussie images.

Mr Ciobo caught a ride inone of the branded cabs to thebaton relay ceremony, sayingthe aim was to inspire moreBrits to plan a holiday DownUnder in 2018.

TO GLORY

RYBRING IT ON:

Gold Coaststudents

Talysa Jones,Koa Wood,

SophiaLionsatos and

Max Howardcan’t wait for

the big event.

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“We want to create a senseof Australia as Londoners goabout their daily commute,”he said.

Queensland Premier An-nastacia Palaszczuk, and for-mer premier Peter Beattie,who is chairman of the GoldCoast Games, were also dueto be presented to the Queenand her husband, Prince Phi-lip, at Buckingham Palace.

Gold Coast pop star Cody

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The MelbourneCommonwealth GamesRelay was the world’s longest clocking up180,000 kilometres

The Gold Coast 2018Commonwealth Games(GC2018) Queens BatonRelay is planning onbreaking Melbourne’s

record by travelling for388 days through everycountry and territory in the Commonwealth

It will arrive on the Gold Coast for the Opening Ceremony of the Gameson April 4, 2018

Baton designs have evolved since the 1950s with recent models including tiny videorecorders to capture thejourney and GPS chips totrack progress

The 2014 GlasgowCommonwealth Gamesbaton was built with a puzzle mechanism at the top which dispensedgranite stones to nations

The Queen oversees theentire Relay ceremonyand meets with leadersof the host nation inside Buckingham Palace

chosen to perform at theevent.

The baton relay launch,on Commonwealth Day –March 13 – will be followedby the baton making an ap-pearance later today atWestminster Abbey, wherethe senior royals will bejoined by Prince Charles andCamilla, the Duchess ofWales, and Princes Andrew,

Edward and Harry at an in-terfaith service. Her Majestyalso used the occasion tosend a message to the 2.5 bil-lion citizens of the Common-wealth, of which she is head,urging them to work togeth-er for peace.

“The cornerstones onwhich peace is founded are,quite simply, respect andunderstanding for one an-other,” she wrote.

The baton will arriveon Australian shores onChristmas Day thisyear and spend thefinal 100 days ofits journeymaking itsway thelength andbreadth ofthe countrybefore arriv-ing at the

Gold Coast opening cer-emony on April 4, where

the Queen’s message,urging the ath-letes of the Com-

monwealthto come to-

gether for afriendly andpeaceful sport-

ing competition,will be read.

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Queen’s Baton in for epic journeyELLEN WHINNETT

A CROWD was gatheringoutside Buckingham Palace inLondon last night as Queen El-izabeth prepared to send offthe Queen’s Baton on its 388-day journey to the XXI Com-monwealth Games on theGold Coast.

Paralympian Kurt Fearnleywas due to bring the batondown The Mall, accompaniedby the Band of the Scots Guardas he delivers the baton to theQueen on the forecourt ofBuckingham Palace.

The world’s most decoratedfemale track cyclist, AustralianAnna Meares, will be the firstto take the baton after theQueen has placed her tra-ditional message inside, run-ning it for a short distancealongside Buckingham Palacebefore handing over to hergreat rival, English cyclist Vic-toria Pendleton.

Hundreds of journalists andphotographers were gatheringoutside the palace, with offi-cials eager to capitalise on the

international media interest inthe Gold Coast and its attrac-tions ahead of the Games,which start on April 4, 2018.

Trade Minister Steve Ciobois in London to kickstart theadvertising campaign off theback of the baton relay launchand sent the first of 50 Londonblack cabs onto the roadswrapped in Australian images.

Mr Ciobo caught a ride in

one of the branded cabs to thebaton relay ceremony, sayingthe aim was to inspire moreBrits to plan a holiday DownUnder in 2018.

“We want to create a senseof Australia as Londoners goabout their commute,’’ he said.

“We want to make sure theyknow there’s a sunny sky, bluebeach and golden sand waitingfor them in Australia. We wantthem to know they can swapthe cold for the Gold.’’

Queensland Premier An-nastacia Palaszczuk, and for-mer premier Peter Beattie,who is chairman of the GoldCoast Games, were also due to

be presented to the Queen andher husband, Prince Philip.

Her Majesty also used theoccasion to send a message tothe 2.5 billion citizens of theCommonwealth, of which sheis head, urging them to worktogether for peace.

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We’re still waiting Rocky

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NEARLY a month after theTownsville Bulletin raisedconcerns about Rockhamp-ton’s capabilities as a fly-in,fly-out hub for Adani, MayorMargaret Strelow is yet to re-spond to questions.

Multiple attempts to con-tact Rockhampton RegionalCouncil by journalists havebeen either ignored orpalmed off because Cr Stre-low was not available.

The Bulletin first contact-ed the Mayor’s office on Feb-ruary 20 to discuss its push tosecure FIFO jobs for Adani’sproposed Carmichael coalmine in the Galilee Basin andto get feedback on the seri-ous floods that have shutdown the Rockhampton Air-port over the past decade.

Questions were emailedand phoned through to theMayor’s office on several oc-casions and at least five otherjournalists from the Towns-ville Bulletin attempted to getanswers from the Mayor butwere unsuccessful.

So these questions remainunanswered as Cr Strelowjoins a five-day trade del-

egation to Mumbai, Indiatoday with TownsvilleMayor Jenny Hill and Prem-ier Annastacia Palaszczuk tomeet with Adani Group chairGautam Adani.

Cr Hill said it was a tightcontest between Townsvilleand Rockhampton to securethe role of FIFO hubs but shewas surprised to hear aboutRockhampton’s lack ofmedia response.

“I would have thought

you’d be talking your cityup,” she said. “As a commun-ity we can show there is fullsupport for the project herein Townsville, that we have astrong foundation withskilled labour and pound forpound clearly punch wellabove our weight.”

Cr Hill said for every re-gional mayor the trip wasabout pushing their case fortheir city in person.

“There are thousands ofjobs associated with the

Adani project and we have toput our best foot forward be-cause I’d like to see us be-come the true FIFO hub,”she said.

“I’ll seek to get, where I

can, some one-on-one timewith key decision-makers toexplain what makes us such anatural choice.”

Cr Hill said Townsville’sadvantages were obvious.

“In terms of education,health and a skilled labourforce we’d be very difficult tobeat,” she said.

“The trip is also to showthe board that there is sup-port for the project inQueensland.

‘There’s a tendency, par-ticularly in southern media,to talk these projects downand having all the mayors in-dicates there is support northof Brisbane for this project.’’

Cr Hill said she expectedto know how Townsville hadfared within a matter ofweeks.

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OUR UNANSWERED QUESTIONS TO THE ROCKHAMPTON MAYOR

1. Why do you believe Rockhampton is a superior candidate to Townsville to host Adani’s FIFO workers if the Carmichael Mine goes ahead?2. What advantages does the region have over North Queensland? Do you believe there are enough skilled workers in the region?3. Have concerns been raised over the flooding of the airport given events in the last decade? Have these been rectified?

Rockhampton Mayor Margaret Strelow

Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill.

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Adani told: sow futureBILLIONAIRE Gautam Adaniwill be urged to plunge moremoney into Queensland in aface-to-face meeting withPremier Annastacia Pal-aszczuk tonight.

The Premier will urge MrAdani to look beyond his plan-ned $21 billion investment inthe central Queensland Car-michael coal mine and intoagricultural investments.

It follows meetings betweenthe Premier’s trade delegationwith Singapore agriculturalcompany Olam, which wantsto export Queensland’s exper-tise in cotton growing.

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EXCLUSIVE

ADANIHEAD’S

2020VISION

Billionaire chairman saysCarmichael ‘well on track’

KIERAN ROONEYin MumbaiTHE fate of a new mine at Car-michael and the thousands ofjobs attached to it have been allbut guaranteed after a rare publicshow of confidence from AdaniGroup chairman Gautam Adani.

The notoriously media-shybillionaire told the Bulletin themine was well on track for itstimeline of work starting by Au-gust, with the company board onthe cusp of approving the devel-opment and organising finance.

Asked if he was confident theproject would proceed after years

of challenges and opposition, MrAdani had no doubts.

“Yes, definitely,” he said.Adani Australia CEO Jeya-

kumar Janakaraj said Adani waswell positioned to have its firstcoal shipment from Queenslandarriving in India by 2020.STORY PAGE 6

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Adani positive on mine futureKIERAN ROONEYin Mumbai

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THE fate of a new mine atCarmichael and the thousandsof jobs attached to it have beenall but guaranteed after a rarepublic show of confidencefrom Adani Group chairmanGautam Adani.

High ranking officials havedescribed the trade delegationby Premier AnnastaciaPalaszczuk and regionalmayors as a “breakthrough”that has gathered the supportof the company’s board.

The notoriously media-shybillionaire told the Bulletin themine was well on track for itstimeline of early work startingby August, with the companyboard on the cusp of approvingthe development and organis-ing finance.

When asked if he was confi-dent the project would goahead after years of challengesand opposition, Mr Adani hadno doubts.

“Yes, definitely,” he said.“A final decision I think will

be taken by mid June.”Mr Adani said the company

would seek to raise about $2.5

$billion in debt towards thedevelopment, lower than pre-vious expectations, with workunderway to use equityarrangements and commercialbanks to make up the funding.

Adani Australia CEO Jeya-kumar Janakaraj said despitespeculation about the financeof the project, Adani was wellpoised to have its first coalfrom Queensland arriving inIndia by 2020.

“Having the delegationcome to India has been a realbreakthrough with the boardfor this development,” he said.

“As far as the situation isconcerned, Adani has alreadyinvested physically $3.3 billioninto this project.

“We had a different strategyon this implementation of theproject to minimise the risk ofthe project.

“We decreased our under-ground mining capacity tokeep under 25 million tonnesinstead of 40 million tonnes.

“We’re ready to put in therailway line, starting with the

sional loan from the NorthernAustralia InfrastructureFacility.

“The NAIF is a very import-ant piece of this,” he said.

“All the money we havespent, the knowledge we havegained for operating in Austra-lia, Carmichael is just one step-ping stone. While activistshave taken some time I believecosts have come down, effic-iencies have gone up.”

25 million tonnes firstly andthen we’ll expand a littlebecause everything will besettled with issues.”

Mr Janakaraj said thecompany would seek a conces-

Mr Janakaraj said Adaniwas ramping up its renewablesindustry but would still needthe coal from Australia toensure baseload power.

“As we speak Japan arebuilding 45 ultra super criticalpower plants so while there is adesire that we want to have abig mix of renewable energy,baseload needs to be takencare of,” he said.

“Energy transmission is abase for everything. Health-care or education, withoutelectricity they’re nothing.”

Speaking with Mr Adaniand local media, PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk saidshe was confident the projectwas set to go ahead.

“I need this project forQueensland, I need the jobs forQueensland and of course the

Adani Group needs the coal tobring people into electricityhere at home,” she said.

“I actually think it’s a mutu-ally beneficial project

“This is not just a sign ofconfidence in Queensland, thisproject by the Adani Group is asign of confidence in jobs

“It will give them such aboost and all the mayors havecommented on that

“I think you’ll see govern-ments are moving to a mix ofenergy supplies. You can’ttransition straight to renewa-bles; you have to have a goodmix of baseload coal, gas andrenewables.”

Jeyakumar Janakaraj.

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CONFIDENCE: Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani says the project is on track. Picture: TARA CROSE

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Adani offers jobs, hopeANNASTACIAPALASZCZUKQUEENSLANDPREMIER

LAST week eight regional mayorsincluding Townsville’s Jenny Hillaccompanied me to India on atrade mission to superchargeQueensland exports to the world’smost populous democracy, and toencourage return investment inQueensland.

Key to that trade mission wasour visit to the Mundra SpecialEconomic Zone, a 135 sq km portoperated by the Adani Group.

We all know Adani is develop-ing the Carmichael Coal mine-rail-port project in the Galilee Basin,which has the capacity to create10,000 regional jobs in centres upand down the coast, as well as inour great state’s interior.

But Adani’s interest in Queens-land goes far beyond Carmichael, aproject designed to help bring re-liable electricity supply to hun-dreds of millions of people in India.

Adani is building a 200MWsolar power station near Moran-bah, and has the capacity to goeven bigger with a solar panel fac-

tory at Mundra that can produceone million panels a year.

Adani already operates theworld’s largest solar power plant inthe southern Indian state of TamilNadu. It can generate up to648MW and is part of Adani’s goalto move towards a 50-50 mix be-tween thermal and renewablepower generation. This is the same

target my government aims toachieve in Queensland by 2030.

In fact, Adani’s ambitions forQueensland are so broad that thecompany says it sees the Carmichaelmine as ultimately being just 30 percent of its business in Queensland.

Adani has made it clear thenext business it wants to establishin Queensland is in agriculture, to

help supply proteins like chickpeasand lentils to the growing appetiteof the world’s largest vegetarianpopulation.

Solar generation and increasedagricultural production bothmean more jobs in regionalQueensland, something my gov-ernment is single-mindedly fo-cused on achieving.

TRADE MISSION: Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill, Rockhampton Mayor Margaret Strelow, Premier AnnastaciaPalaszczuk, Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson, Whitsunday Mayor Andrew Willcox, Isaac Mayor Anne Baker andCharters Towers Mayor Liz Schmidt joined a trade delegation to India last week.

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Adani coal mine to trigger billions in development for NorthKIERAN ROONEY

BILLIONS of dollars in ad-ditional investment projectsare set to be unlocked forNorth Queensland and otherregions by Adani following anIndian trade delegation led byPremier Annastacia Pal-aszczuk.

Ms Palaszczuk said her visitto India’s largest port, ownedand operated by Adani, hadhighlighted the importance of

the project in the Galilee Basin.“It has opened my eyes for

the need of a huge range ofcommodities for India to growtheir population and to con-tinue to spearhead their econ-omic growth,” she said.

“They need coal ... I have in-dicated very clearly by cominghere and being accompaniedby eight mayors how import-ant this project is.”

But Ms Palaszczuk said themine was now just the begin-

ning for the company, with in-terest ramping up forinvestment in agriculture and

solar technology for prime lo-cations such as the state’sNorth.

“There is enormous oppor-tunity for Queensland in termsof agribusiness,” she said.

“We know how importantthe staple protein is for thepeople of India and that is onearea where I’ve had some real-ly serious discussions with the

senior executives of Adani andthey are more than willing topursue this issue.”

Adani Australia CEO Jeya-kumar Janakaraj said the Car-michael mine project would bejust 30 per cent of the com-pany’s investment in Australiaover the next five years.

“We are a large infrastruc-ture player so for us infrastruc-ture is the main key,” he said.

“We do have Abbot Pointand we will grow our logistics

in Australia so that will be themain vertical to start from.”

Mr Janakaraj said it was un-likely the company would in-vest in a coal-fired powerstation in North Queensland,

but saw promise in other po-tential energy products.

“The renewable industrywill be our prime focus particu-larly with the renewable tar-gets of anywhere between 30to 50 per cent from variousstates,” he said.

“We would want to play avery, very pivotal role in that inthe near term and the mediumterm.

“1500MW in the next two tothree years (for Australia) is avery large investment port-folio.

“We have shown our inter-est in Australia even when thechips were down.”

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Trip to India opens doors COUNCIL Eve Reitmajer

AGRICULTURE and solartechnology are two areaswhere Whitsunday Mayor An-drew Willcox believes Adanicould invest in the region.

Cr Willcox, who has just re-turned from an Indian tradedelegation led by Premier An-nastacia Palaszczuk, said hesaw great potential for Adaniand the region.

“This whole thing reallyopened my eyes,” he said.

“The resources sector oftheir business accounts foronly 30 per cent.

“They are also heavily in-volved in agriculture, so thereare definite opportunities forus to work with them in thatarea.

“Pigeon peas, lentils, othercereal crops — they would beideal for growing near Collins-ville if the Urannah Dam pro-ject goes ahead.

“They are also heavily in-

vested in solar technology andour region is clearly a great sitefor solar, given the plans inplace for solar farms in Collins-ville already.”

Cr Willcox was one of eightmayors who joined the prem-ier on the trip to push the re-gion’s interests ahead of Adanimaking its final investment de-cision on the Carmichael mine,rail and port project in April.

Despite the size of the del-egation, which ballooned fromfive regional mayors originally,Cr Willcox said he still hadample opportunities to talkwith Adani representativesand get his message across, in-cluding Adani chairman Gaut-am Adani.

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“I said to him that while hesaid he needs electricity for hispeople, I’m here (in India) tolook after my people, the peo-ple of the Whitsundays, be-cause my community is doingit tough as well,” Cr Willcoxsaid.

“I told him we have prob-lems too, with drugs, mentalillness on the increase, and thefact of the matter is we needjobs to create opportunities forour people as well.

“With jobs and employmentin our area everyone benefits.

“I also said to him I hadfound out how much Adaniwas involved in agricultureand told him about our $450million horticulture industryand our cane industry and saidI was looking forward to op-portunities to work with Adaniin that regard.”

Cr Willcox said throughoutthe two days in India he hadalso spent time with the HighCommissioner to India, MrAdani’s son Karan, and AdaniCEO Gaurav Gupta, where heagain talked up the benefits ofthe region.

His time with the premierwas limited, however he had agood opportunity to speakwith David Stewart, the De-partment of the Premier andCabinet’s director general,about the council’s Greening

and Growing for Bowen pro-ject and further developmentof the Whitsunday Coast Air-port.

“He was interested to hearabout them and it was a goodopportunity to reinforce howimportant they are to us andthe assistance we need.”

In regards to the mine, CrWillcox said Gautam Adanihad been “very positive” aboutthe project but still had to waitfor board approval at the endof this month.

“At the meeting with theboard that we had in Mumbai,he said ‘there was no reasonCarmichael mine rail and portproject would not proceed’,” CrWillcox said.

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The fact of thematter is we need jobs to create opportunities for our people as well. With jobs and employment in our area everyone benefits.Whitsunday Mayor Andrew Willcox

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Adani chairman Gautam Adani's son Karan and Whitsunday Regional Council Mayor Andrew Willcox during the delegation to India led by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. Pictures: SUPPLIED

Whitsunday Regional Council Mayor Andrew Willcox says areas like this in India need a reliable source of electricity.

Adani's solar panel factory at Mundra Port.

Adani chairman Gautam Adani and Whitsunday Regional Council Mayor Andrew Willcox.

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Mine confidence soarsADANI Eve Reitmajer

AS Queensland Premier An-nastacia Palaszczuk led a trademission of regional mayors tomeet Adani executives inIndia, the company’s Austra-lian project director said hewas confident construction ofits Carmichael mega minewould start this year.

“Certainly there are reasonsto be very hopeful and confident we will start construction this year,” Adani Mining Australia project director Peter Thomas told Bowen Chamber of Com-merce last Wednesday.

The veteran of two major rail

projects at Fortescue Metals Corporation in Western Austra-lia said he had been hired by Adani 18 months ago as project director.

However, two weeks beforehe was due to start he was made redundant as Adani cut num-bers due to ongoing litigation.

But a small group of employ-ees kept the project ticking along and, when it came back to life last August, Mr Thomas jumped back on board.

“I was here in a flash, mainlybecause the logic of the project isso compelling,” he said. “It is so

important to the Australia-India relationship. It is so important to

Queensland, and so important to building our nation.

“I want to get the project upand running as soon as possible,

in the second half of the year. I think we’ll get there.”

Mr Thomas described Adanias “a stayer”.

“It’s also committed. It’s in-vested a couple of billion dollars in this project to date and is un-likely to walk away from it. Indi-ans have stamina and don’t give up.”

Earlier in his presentation MrThomas outlined the project stage by stage and a timeline of when they would like things to happen. Stage 1 includes a 25mtpa open pit mine and 388km railway at a cost of $4-4.5billion.

Mr Thomas said 2017 was a

critical year for Adani.With the vast majority of ap-

provals for the project now in place the next challenge for the project is finance. He said there was an internal investment deci-sion in April to see if the chair-man was comfortable contributing the money to keep

the project tracking along until full financial close was reached.

Mr Thomas said there wouldbe “many opportunities for smaller-medium businesses in the region” to get involved.

“We have an agenda and apriority to do our absolute best to try and find opportunities from businesses in the region.”

LETTER CONDEMNEDBusinessman and environmentalist Geoffrey Cousins on Thursday hand-delivered an open letter to Adani chairman Gautam Adani.Signed by 90 prominent Australians,it asked Adani to abandon its GalileeBasin project and instead invest in renewables.The letter was condemned by community leaders in the region, eager to see the new mine generatethousands of promised jobs.

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QLD trade delegationvisits Indian portAN 11-DAY trade missionheaded up by Queensland Pre-mier Annastacia Palaszczukhas ended with a tour of oneof India’s largest ports.

The 135 square kilometreMundra Special Economic Zonein Gujarat state exports Suzukicars to Japan, has 19 containercranes, and is home to a com-mercial solar panel factory.

The Premier and mayors in-spected multinational conglom-erate Adani’s liquid food jointventure with Wilmar, whichcan produce 4,000 tonnes ofcooking oil produced per day.

Mundra port also has a graincapacity of 500,000 tonnes andanother 500,000 tonnes of fer-tiliser storage capacity

“Adani have made it clearto me they want to establish anew business unit in Queenslandeach year,” the Premier said.

“They have indicated that

agriculture is next in line, mean-ing we need to work withQueensland farmers to identifythe right locations to grow theright crops to feed this enor-mous population.”

Queensland can help Indiaaddress the supply of protein.

Hundreds of millions ofIndians are vegetarians, sorely on staples such as chick-peas and lentils for their pro-tein intake.

For a population of 1.3 bil-lion people, that can mean sin-gle export orders in excess of1m tonnes, a quantity that pres-ents a challenging but lucrativeopportunity for Queenslandfarmers.

The Premier visited the portalong with eight regionalQueensland mayors.

The Queensland delegationinspected much of the 40kmcoastline of the Mundra port.

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MAYOR Liz Schmidt has re-turned from an Adani trademission to India and said thepath ahead will be a positiveone for the local region.

Cr Schmidt travelled toMumbai last week with Prem-ier Annastacia Palaszczuk andseven mayors from otherstakeholder councils across thestate to discuss Adani’s pro-posed Carmichael coal mineproject and view some of thecompany’s facilities first-hand.

She said the purpose of thetrip was also to gain assurancethe benefits of the mine wouldflow to neighbouring com-munities and that the impactson the environment would bekept to a minimum.

“The trip was a real eye

opener. We saw the scale ofwhat Adani does not only withthe port and coal import, butwith their move into edible oiland the social contribution tothe communities around theirfacilities including educationand health care of families inthe regions where their facili-ties are located,” Cr Schmidtsaid.

“I was blown away by thesocial conscience of the com-pany.”

Cr Schmidt said while it wastoo early to put a number onhow many jobs would come toCharters Towers, there wouldbe a “genuine commitment” tothe region by Adani.

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“I AM very optimistic aboutthis project and the benefits tothis community,” Cr Schmidtsaid.

Cr Schmidt said confiden-tial talks between mayors andofficers to get the project start-ed began yesterday and “arehappening quickly.”

She said project scepticsshould investigate Adani’s cur-rent projects to see what ad-vances were being made. “Oneshould not believe everythingthat is published by the naysayers and should go and lookat what the company does.

“There is a lot of talk aboutcoal and global warming, butthere is little or no acknowl-edgment of the solar green en-ergy and the real possibilitythat Queensland could benefitfrom Adani solar technology.”

Ms Palaszczuk said the tripalerted her to the need for coaland food in India and that themine would provide a wealthof opportunity for Queens-land, as well as lead to furtherprojects.

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THIS IS OUR WAY Premier convinced thatAdani offers big future

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SPREAD over 13,500ha, theAdani Group’s MundraSpecial Economic Zone onIndia’s western coast is largeenough to encompassmultiple suburbs and evenentire Australian towns.

On site is one of India’slargest ports, a factoryproducing thousands of solarpanels, two coal-fired powerplants and the capacity tohandle 100 million tonnes of cargo in a year.

It was here, more thananywhere else visited by hertrade delegation to India, thatthe size of Adani’s operationsbbecame clear to PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk.

“The scale of the port issomething I have never seenin my life,” she said.

“I’ve been to ports inJJapan, I’ve been to portsacross Australia but the size of t s po t s a t ue testa e t tothis port is a true testament to

the Adani Group wanting to work with the Indian community to really progress and do everything they can.

“It has opened my eyes forthe need of a huge range of commodities for India to grow their population and to continue to spearhead the economic growth of the Indian population.”

A tour of the facility, including eight mayors from

regional Queensland, becamethe centrepiece fordiscussions between the StateGovernment and Adani asthey look to build momentumfor the Carmichael Mineproject and have early workunderway by August.

For Ms Palaszczuk, the visit is now also set to inspire anew pitch to Queenslandvoters over the development,with the Premier pledging tocreate regional jobs whileleveraging the company’spotential to help deliver hergovernment’s renewableenergy targets.

“I have viewed first-handthe large scale solarthe large-scale solar

production that is happening. They need coal … but what they have told me … is that coal only makes up 30 per cent of their entire operations,” she said.

“What we’ve seen is onemillion panels to be produced a year. That’s a lot of solar and my government has a veryclear focus on having 50 per cent renewables.

“What we’ve actuallyheard from Adani is that theywill meet their 50 per centcommitment beforeQueensland. My job asPremier is to get thatinvestment for Queensland.”

But it was not all smoothsailing for the delegation, withbusinessman and AustralianConservation Foundation spokesman Geoff Cousins

approaching the Premier priorto her tour and delivering apetition opposing the minesigned by prominent Australians, including cricketlegends the Chappell brothers.

“I hope you saw the letterwe sent,” Mr Cousins told the Premier, “The Adani coal mine puts the reef at risk.”

Despite this, Mayor JennyHill said she was confident the

FORWARD

eight regional mayors on thedelegation had been able toconvince Adani’s board of theNorth Queensland public’s support for the project.

“Our city has been hit veryhard for job losses,particularly as part of ClivePalmer’s Queensland Nickel,”she said. “These (Adani) jobsare important to regionalQueensland and very

important to Townsville.“The delegation to India

was to show that what many of the Indian people are seeing in the Australian press isn’t the sentiment of the people of North Queensland.

“We want their investment, we welcome the partnerships we can build.”

Charters Towers Mayor Liz Schmidt said she was

confident the Carmichaelproject would go ahead afterseeing the scale of Adani’soperations.

“It’s very important for theCharters Towers region to getthese jobs and get someeconomic benefits flowingfrom Adani,” she said.The Bulletin was invited and

travelled to India as a guest of Townsville City Council.

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