When the funding for the $30 million project, via the Regional Economic Enabling Fund, jointly funded by the federal and Queensland governments on an 80:20 basis, was announced by the Morrison government in June 2021, Flinders Shire Council Mayor Jane McNamara described it as a great win for a combined voice.
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