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The Sunshine Coast Airport Tenants Association says it is disappointed with part of the ... ABC Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, 07:30 News, Newsreader

31 May 2019 7:31 AM

Duration: 1 min 11 secs • ASR AUD 314 • QLD • Australia • Report Builder • ID: X00079057914 The Sunshine Coast Airport Tenants Association says it is disappointed with part of the Sunshine Coast Airport's 20-year masterplan. The 2040 plan includes only one runway with the current airstrip to be turned into a taxiway. Pilot Joe McAlinden says the aforementioned could lead to delays and is a waste of an expensive runway. Airport CEO Andrew Brodie notes aviation businesses were consulted about the masterplan. Audience 7,400 All, 3,900 MALE 16+, 3,500 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Andrew Brodie, CEO, Sunshine Coast Airport|Joe McAlinden, pilot, Sunshine Coast Airport Tenants Association

Sunshine Coast Airport CEO Andrew Brodie has ruled out including a DFO-style facility in ... Hot FM 91.1, Maroochydore, 07:00 News, Newsreader

31 May 2019 7:01 AM

Duration: 0 min 38 secs • ASR AUD 204 • QLD • Australia • Report Builder • ID: X00079057910 Sunshine Coast Airport CEO Andrew Brodie has ruled out including a DFO-style facility in its 2040 masterplan. The plan will see current retail facilities upgraded and new operators brought in to showcase the best produce and beer the region has to offer. Brodie says autonomous vehicles and light rail will also be featured. Sunshine Coast residents have 10 weeks to have their say over the region's aviation future. Audience N/A All, N/A MALE 16+, N/A FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Andrew Brodie, CEO, Sunshine Coast Airport Also broadcast from the following 1 station Zinc FM Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast)

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A newly released Sunshine Coast Airport masterplan outlines the development and ... MIX 92.7, Sunshine Coast, 06:00 News, Newsreader

31 May 2019 6:02 AM

Duration: 0 min 55 secs • ASR AUD 244 • QLD • Australia • Report Builder • ID: X00079056787 A newly released Sunshine Coast Airport masterplan outlines the development and operation of the facility over the next two decades. Airport CEO Andrew Brodie encourages everyone to have a look at it and make a submission before the 9 August deadline. Plans for the expanded airport includes new direct flights to Asia and year-round flights to New Zealand. Audience N/A All, N/A MALE 16+, N/A FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Andrew Brodie, CEO, Sunshine Coast Airport Also broadcast from the following 1 station Sea 91.9 Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast)

Cairns Airport boss explains aviation attraction goals following Cathay Pacific's exit Herald Sun

31 May 2019 5:00 AM

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Broachbeach community hub project gets $8.3m on Gold Coast Gold Coast Bulletin by Andrew Potts

31 May 2019 12:00 AM

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AIRPORT NO RUNWAY SUCCESS Courier Mail, Brisbane, General News, SCOTT SAWYER

31 May 2019

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Adani finch plan to get tick today Courier Mail, Brisbane, Edition Changes - Metro, Michael Wray

31 May 2019

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Adani to get the all-clear on finch The Australian, Australia, General News, Sarah Elks

31 May 2019

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Trad-gedy looming as Budget beckons Courier Mail, Brisbane, General News, Steven Wardill

31 May 2019

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Sunshine Coast Airport has unveiled its ground expansion plans for the next 20 years. ... Seven Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Sunshine News, Rob Brough

30 May 2019 6:03 PM

Duration: 1 min 31 secs • ASR AUD 3,063 • QLD • Australia • Report Builder • ID: X00079056454 Sunshine Coast Airport has unveiled its ground expansion plans for the next 20 years. New direct flights into Asia and new runways are part of the plan. Sunshine Coast Airport CEO Andrew Brodie states the airport plan will make Sunshine Coast a catalyst for economic growth and add about 2,000 jobs. Member for Fairfax Ted O'Brien, meanwhile, states the airport could be used to export a lot of Sunshine Coast products. Audience 51,000 All, 21,000 MALE 16+, 26,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Andrew Brodie, CEO, Sunshine Coast Airport|Ted O'Brien, member for Fairfax

News Headlines... ABC Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Drive, Sheridan Stewart

30 May 2019 5:31 PM

Duration: 2 mins 7 secs • ASR AUD 1,215 • QLD • Australia • Report Builder • ID: X00079053886 News Headlines - Sunshine Coast Airport CEO Andrew Brodie has launched a twenty year masterplan for the airport, which includes allowances for electric cars, autonomous vehicles, and light rail and solar power. - The head of a major towing firm in Queensland is pledging to match every dollar raised in honor of Charmaine Harris Mcleod. - Old road materials from across Rockhampton have been recycled to make new construction products. - The Queensland Resources Council says the State Government's infrastructure fund must match the Opposition's mining freeze promise. Audience 2,300 All, 1,000 MALE 16+, 1,300 FEMALE 16+ Also broadcast from the following 4 stations ABC Capricornia (Rockhampton), ABC Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), ABC Western Queensland (Longreach), ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

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AIRPORT NO RUNWAY SUCCESS

SCOTT SAWYER

AVIATION operators desperate to have the existing runway retained in the Sunshine Coast Airport redevelopment have vowed to fight on, despite its axing from the official masterplan. The declaration came as Sunshine Coast Airport chief executive Andrew Brodie unveiled the new draft masterplan 2040, which showed only one runway. The multimillion-dollar redevelopment will also include a revamped terminal with new retail and dining facilities and will be

open for public comment until August 9. Mr Brodie said the safety risks of retaining the existing north-south strip as a second runway were too great. He said there were fears incoming pilots could mistake a shortened, 800m northern runway and the aligned taxiway beyond it as one continuous runway, which could lead to a catastrophic incident. Australian Airports Association CEO Caroline Wilkie said it was important the existing runway, built in the 1980s, was decommissioned when the new one became operational.

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31 May 2019 Courier Mail, Brisbane Author: Michael Wray • Section: Edition Changes - Metro • Article type : News Item Classification : Capital City Daily • Audience : 135,007 • Page: 2 • Printed Size: 79.00cm² Region: QLD • Market: Australia • ASR: AUD 1,685 • Words: 163 • Item ID: 1127772928

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Adani finch plan to get tick today MICHAEL WRAY ADANI’S plan to manage the black-throated finch on the site of its proposed Carmichael coalmine is expected to be approved today. The Queensland Environment Department and the Indian mining giant are understood to have agreed Adani will not need to count every endangered finch before starting construction on the $2 billion project, but will need to decrease the intensity of cattlegrazing on the mine site and adjoining conservation reserve. The approval would leave Adani’s groundwater management plan as the final major hurdle, which is due June 13. Adani has been pushing for approvals for months and last week Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, on the back of the federal election results, finally intervened. Meanwhile the Premier yesterday announced the State Government would spend $19 million to further develop a hydrogen industry it hopes will turn into a jobs and export powerhouse. Ms Palaszczuk said hydrogen had the potential to be Queensland’s next LNG, and a new source of highly skilled jobs. STEVEN WARDILL P15

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Adani to get the all-clear on finch SARAH ELKS

QUEENSLAND POLITICAL REPORTER

Adani is expected to get the green light from Queensland’s Environment Department today for its plan to manage the blackthroated finch on the site of its proposed Carmichael coalmine. It is understood the department and the Indian mining conglomerate have agreed that Adani does not need to count every endangered finch before construction begins, but will need to decrease the intensity of cattlegrazing on the central Queensland mine site and adjoining conservation reserve. A Department of Environment and Science spokesman confirmed to The Australian that Adani had “provided all the necessary information”, and said the final decision would be announced on Friday. If the department does sign off on Adani’s finch strategy as expected, it will leave just one major hurdle — a groundwater-management plan — to be cleared before work can start on the controversial $2 billion project. Adani has been pressing for the approvals from the department for months and last week Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk

finally gave in to demands that she intervene, ordering high-level talks between the company, the department and the state’s Coordinator-General. That intervention resulted in approvals deadlines being set: the finch deadline is today, and the groundwater-management plan must be decided on by June 13. Ms Palaszczuk had said federal Labor’s drubbing in regional Queensland at the recent election — partly blamed on the state government’s stalling on Adani and an internal revolt by her regional MPs — delivered a “wake-up call” and prompted her to declare she was “fed up” with her own department. Environment officials are waiting on advice from the CSIRO and Geoscience Australia before making a decision on the groundwater plan. It comes as other coalmining companies operating in Queensland met yesterday to consider signing up to Treasurer Jackie Trad’s “voluntary” $100 million regional infrastructure fund or face hiked royalties. Ms Trad this week told miners she would not raise royalties at the June 11 state budget, but would consider hiking the rate in future years, unless the companies “voluntarily” paid into the

fund, to which the government would contribute $30m. “This is not a threat, it’s a voluntary contribution,” Ms Trad said yesterday. “If people don’t want to contribute, they don’t have to contribute, and I’ve already ruled out royalty increases in the 2019-20 budget. That gives industry a level of confidence. “What I’m saying to industry is I want to extend that confidence out for three years but, in return, I think we can work in partnership to deliver a bit more in regional communities.” BHP, Anglo American, Peabody and Glencore are in talks over the offer, which is seen as a much gentler financial hit than a royalties hike, which could have raked in an extra $1bn for the government. It is understood the miners are holding out for a better deal, and want Ms Trad to extend the royalties freeze to 2024. Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington last night said Ms Trad was holding the mining industry to ransom, and that the Treasurer should be investigated for “extortion”.

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Trad-gedy looming as Budget beckons F

OR no shortage of reasons, Jackie Trad was probably wishing inner Melbourne, with its picturesque laneways and plethora of coffee shops, was her home this week. Queensland’s irrepressible Deputy Premier and Treasurer has been at the vanguard of a political maelstrom of late. Trad is bearing the brunt of the blame for state issues that poisoned federal Labor’s support in regional and outer metropolitan seats at last month’s election. With big swings to the Greens in West End, deep in the heart of her South Brisbane seat, and the Government spooked into setting a deadline to decide on Adani’s Carmichael coal mine, Trad’s political career looks as good as over. Right faction forces within the Palaszczuk Government have been pushing to oust her from the deputy role and she’s been forced to mount a rearguard action to stop this occurring. Meanwhile, Trad is at the pointy

end of piecing together the most problematic State Budget in Queensland since the global financial crisis. All will be revealed on June 11. But it’s already clear that the Palaszczuk Government is grappling with sharp declines in GST and stamp duty revenue and big licks of unfunded spending requirements. These include the multi-billion dollar cost for flood recovery, a bill that the State has to pay upfront for before being partly reimbursed by the Commonwealth. Then there’s $111 million to bring privately-run prisons back under public sector control and significant new spending to get troubled kids out of adult watch houses. Before these unforeseen costs, the Budget was already precariously positioned with waferthin surpluses forecast on the back of heroic spending restraint. Given these fiscal circumstances, it was little wonder Trad this week issued Queensland miners with an ultimatum to tip in $70 million towards a regional

infrastructure fund or face royalty rises. It was one of the most bizarre revenue raising episodes in recent memory.

In progressive Victoria, Trad would not be such a contentious figure as she is in her home state with her views on the future of thermal coal mining. However what must have got her really green with envy was watching her Victorian counterpart, Tim Pallas, hand down the Andrews Government’s latest State Budget. Amid what was pitched as a “budget of hard choices”, Pallas borrowed big, raided reserves and hiked taxes to fund a prodigious array of infrastructure that will be welcomed by Victorians. The centrepiece of Pallas’ Budget was a $27.4 billion “suburban transport blitz” that

included $15.8 billion to fully fund a missing link in Melbourne’s freeway network and $6.6 billion to remove 25 level crossings. This is five times the price of

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Trad’s pet project, Cross River Rail, which the Palaszczuk Government will now struggle to complete by 2024 given its budget predicament. Just imagine the projects the Palaszczuk Government could fund to appeal to a disgruntled electorate, not to mention a frightened backbench, with such spending. However, Pallas was able to get away with such an approach because Victoria’s budget is in much better shape than Queensland’s. Even after raising net debt from $22.8 billion to $54.9 billion over the next four years, Victoria’s gross borrowings-to-revenue ratio of almost 100 per cent will remain below what Queensland’s figure is already. Trad’s predecessor, Curtis Pitt, already raided every revenue hole he could find last term to keep capital spending going and pay for a ballooning public sector wage bill. Pallas’ tax hikes were much the same as the ones Trad turned to last year with imposts on foreign property buyers and luxury car purchases. Further imposts now appear inevitable in Queensland although after milking a meagre $70 million from miners Trad has ruled out royalty rises, the one advantage Queensland has over Victoria. It leaves the Queensland Treasurer with revenue levers like payroll tax and transfer duty where there’s a risk of applying a break to the state’s domestic economy at a time when key sectors are struggling. A factional warrior forged in the time when Labor’s Left were perennial losers, Trad will weather the internal storm around her role. She’s also more pragmatic than what she’s publicly given credit for. But trading South Brisbane for South

Melbourne must have its appeal for the feisty Treasurer who’s become the totem for everything that’s wrong with the Palaszczuk administration.

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