Queensland LNP Cancels Labor’s Hydro Project

Published on November 3, 2024

Within first week of assuming office, Queensland’s Liberal National Party (LNP) Deputy Premier Jarrod Pieter Bleijie has cancelled the previous Labor government’s ambitious multibillion-dollar Pioneer-Burdekin pumped hydro scheme. Announcing the decision on social media, Bleijie stated, “Getting down to business. This evening, I signed letters to Queenslanders, confirming the Crisafulli LNP Government has cancelled Labor’s Pioneer Burdekin Pumped Hydro Hoax. “We’ll now work with locals to right the wrongs of the former Labor government.” The Labor government first proposed the project in 2022, but it had not undergone detailed financial, engineering, or environmental investigations prior to its announcement....

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