LABOR was dedicated to the extension of Mount Isa’s copper smelter regardless of the election result, candidate Simon Tayler says.
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“Unlike Campbell Newman and the LNP, the Labor Party will not threaten the electorate based on who gets voted in,” he said.
“Labor is a party of jobs and, as such, regardless of whether I win your vote [tomorrow] or not, Labor is about honouring our commitments.”
Mr Tayler said the four-year extension of the smelter and the refinery in Townsville was “bigger than party politics” – a view he claimed before the election date was set.
State member and KAP candidate Rob Katter took a swipe at Mr Tayler by saying Labor “don’t deserve the vote of people in the North West”, and could not be trusted to work towards extending the smelter four years.
“No matter what the well-meaning Labor candidate may say, people must remember that the environmental concessions made to extend the life of the copper smelter will not be guaranteed under Labor,” Mr Katter said.
Mr Katter said a Labor government brought in the environmental legislation that threatened the life of the smelter.
He said Labor was a “death knell” to the city and the country.
