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Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 25, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Applications for grants under the Wide Bay Burnett Regional Jobs and Investment Packages (RJIP) program will open on May 31.<\/p>\n

The date was jointly announced by Regional Development Minister Fiona Nash, Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien, Member for Flynn Ken O’Dowd and Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“I thank the Wide Bay Burnett Local Planning Committee for their hard work. Their plan is based on local knowledge of the Wide Bay Burnett region,” Minister Nash said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wide Bay Burnett Local Investment Plan will ensure that projects funded align with local priorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great opportunity for the communities of the Wide Bay Burnett to submit applications for key projects that will boost the local economy and create jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI aim to help build the kinds of communities our children and grandchildren either want to stay in or come back to, and investing in sustainable local jobs does just that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr O\u2019Brien said the opening of applications for the program delivered a key election commitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wide Bay Burnett Region has a historically high unemployment rate, which this program is designed to tackle,\u201d Mr O\u2019Brien said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis program targets funding to where jobs are created, to business and organisations to invest in projects to grow and boost jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that the Local Investment Plan is done, applications from the Wide Bay Burnett region can roll in, including from businesses who can apply to the Business Innovation stream.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr O\u2019Dowd said the Federal Government\u2019s aim was to create more jobs and export opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe aim to harness the broad range of skills in Wide Bay Burnett to create more jobs, and I look forward to seeing what applications are put forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Pitt said the Coalition was investing in regional Australia because it understood that the cities cannot exist without the regions which supply cities with their water, food, electricity and gas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will provide the Wide Bay Burnett region with a much-needed $20 million shot in the arm,\u201d Mr Pitt said.<\/p>\n

Funding will be available across three streams: <\/strong><\/p>\n