Very little in the state budget for North West Queensland

Derek Barry
Updated June 12 2018 - 4:05pm, first published 2:25pm
Jackie Trad's first budget as Treasurer has slim picking for those living west of the Great Divide.
Jackie Trad's first budget as Treasurer has slim picking for those living west of the Great Divide.

Treasurer Jackie Trad has hailed her big spending budget however it looks geared to shoring up votes on the coast rather than addressing chronic underfunding of the North West.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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