Palaszczuk under fire over handling of Adani

ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk will jet into regional Queensland today for the first time since Federal Labor’s election disaster amid criticism from her own team and rumblings about leadership.

Townsville-based Minister Coralee O’Rourke is the latest to join in calls for the Adani issue to be resolved, while former Labor candidate Mike Brunker called for Ms Palaszczuk’s head should she not act on the Galilee Basin project now. “There is a lot of factors in play in the federal election,” Ms O’Rourke said.

“Yes, I think Adani was one of them. I don’t want it done irresponsibly but … if we can move through processes quickly then we should.” Ms O’Rourke backed calls from MPs for more regional representation in the ministry.

Mr Brunker slammed the Premier and her Deputy Jackie Trad for refusing to concede their handling of Adani was an issue when they faced the cameras on Sunday morning.

“If Jackie Trad and the Premier come out the day after and say Adani never had an influence on the election I think they’ve lost the plot and they probably need to go,” he said.

“If the Premier can’t have a captain’s call on this, if her leadership is that weak on this issue maybe they should talk about, you know, maybe changing the leadership.”