Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will hold a cabinet meeting in regional Queensland, instead of Canberra, while Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is heading to WA.
Federal cabinet ministers will meet in central Queensland this week, as Anthony Albanese seeks to deliver on a promise to “govern for the whole of Australia”.
The cabinet meeting in the industrial city of Gladstone on Wednesday will be the Prime Minister’s first visit to Queensland since his May 21 election victory.Alex EllinghausenRegional cabinet meetings were previously used by former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd and former Queensland premier Peter Beattie to take ministers out of their city comfort zones and to engage directly with voters.
The meeting, in a seat with a large energy industry presence, comes as the government seeks solutions for rising power prices, considers short-term controls on the gas market and rolls out a more ambitious carbon emissions target than the coalition. Agriculture Minister Murray Watt, who also hails from the Sunshine State, said the meeting was a coup for central Queensland.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with his ministry in the cabinet room, at Parliament House in Canberra.“This shows a real commitment from Albo and our whole team to listen to regional Queenslanders and ensure we stay in touch with their needs,” Watt said.“This cabinet meeting is the first step towards building on that result, by showing our positive agenda for regional Queensland.”
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