Prime Ministerial assistance package to North West is welcome

Derek Barry
Updated March 13 2019 - 9:30am, first published 8:57am
The PM visits Julia Creek after the floods.
The PM visits Julia Creek after the floods.

I was away when Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced his response to the North West Queensland flood disaster, a package of measures worth $2 billion aimed at getting a stricken industry - and the region that relies on it - back on its feet.

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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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