NQ First candidate driven by grandkids
WITH so much focus on the southeast corner, new North Queensland First candidate Carolyn Moriarty is ready to put her home first.
Ms Moriarty is the latest candidate to put her hand up for controversial state MP Jason Costigan’s new party. Taking on the huge and diverse electorate of Burdekin, which spans from the coalfields in the Bowen Basin to the cane fields in the Burdekin, Ms Moriarty has a lot of land to cover before the election.
Born in Hughenden, educated in Charters Towers and Townsville, and with jobs in Bowen and Clermont, the 54-year-old wants to put North Queensland first.
“With 73 of the 93 Queensland electorates based in the southeast corner, I think any representation that we can get in the North Queensland First party could really deliver some positive outcomes for North Queensland,” she said.
“I just know how devastating decisions made by Brisbane-based bureaucrats can have on small communities.
“I’d like to see our communities have a brighter future.
“I’d like to see my grandchildren, who are currently all in Clermont … have a positive future. So that’s what that’s what’s driving me.”
She said she would push for a royalties for the region policy. “I just want to see that money invested in the community in projects that are sustainable and will provide a positive future for those communities,” Ms Moriarty said.
NQ First leader Jason Costigan said there was a perception he was a “oneman band” but the announcement of Ms Moriarty demonstrated his party was continuing to grow.