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Queensland budget hit by falling coal

QUEENSLAND’S new budget promises to create 127,000 jobs through a $A18.2 billion infrastructure program, but falling coal royalties have chopped off $1 billion from revenue.

Blair Price
Queensland budget hit by falling coal

State Treasurer Andrew Fraser said the final deficit for this financial year was forecast to be $574 million, below the $1.57 billion prediction made back in February. But he said the new budget would...

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