Tuesday, November 29

Qld Govt to Brief on Mines to Minds Policy

The Queensland government will brief stakeholders on its plan to use mining royalties for education programs.

Premier Anna Bligh has promised a re-elected Labor government would quarantine 50 per cent of state royalties from the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry for a new education fund.

The Mines to Minds policy, announced last week, will set aside an estimated $1.8 billion over the next 10 years, and more beyond that.

The government had received 100 responses a day to an online survey on the policy, with 72 per cent of respondents in favour of it, Ms Bligh said.

She said stakeholders would be invited to attend a meeting about the policy on December 12.


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