{"id":302377,"date":"2021-07-14T18:33:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T08:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=302377"},"modified":"2021-07-14T20:19:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:19:26","slug":"pro-mine-duo-shapes-up-in-flynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/07\/14\/pro-mine-duo-shapes-up-in-flynn\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Mine Duo Shapes Up In Flynn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_302392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302392\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210714flynn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-302392 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210714flynn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210714flynn.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210714flynn-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210714flynn-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210714flynn-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210714flynn-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210714flynn-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-302392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Member for Callide Colin Boyce (LNP) and Gladstone Mayor Matt Burnett (ALP) will be going head-to-head in Flynn at the next Federal Election (Photos: LNP, ALP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>July 14, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by Anne Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two pro-mining candidates look set to slug it out in the seat of Flynn at the next Federal Election.<\/p>\n<p>The LNP has selected a\u00a0State MP who once crossed the floor to vote against his party on a mining issue, while the ALP has selected a Mayor who once flew to India on a controversial trade mission with other local government representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn is one of the three Federal seats which criss-cross the South Burnett.<\/p>\n<p>The LNP&#8217;s Colin Boyce was elected to represent the safe seat of Callide at the 2017 State Election &#8211; replacing former Opposition Leader Jeff Seeney when he retired from politics.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Boyce was re-elected at the 2020 State poll with a 23.8 per cent swing on first preferences.<\/p>\n<p>Later in 2020, he crossed the floor\u00a0in State Parliament to vote with\u00a0Pauline Hanson&#8217;s One Nation and Katter&#8217;s Australian Party against a Labor Party Bill to appoint\u00a0a special commissioner to oversee mine rehabilitation, describing it as &#8220;eco-Marxist ideology&#8221; to the ABC.<\/p>\n<p>The Bill had been supported by the LNP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr Boyce&#8217;s pre-selection for Flynn &#8211; a seat which stretches from Gladstone to Wondai and encompasses many mining areas &#8211; will now spark a State by-election for Callide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No date for this by-election has been set.<\/p>\n<p>Before entering politics, Mr Boyce was a grazier and businessman.<\/p>\n<p>He has lived in the Taroom District most of his life.\u00a0He is a former Taroom Shire councillor and his wife, Terri, is a current Banana Shire councillor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/08\/14\/callide-mp-crosses-floor\/\">Callide MP Crosses Floor<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Gladstone Mayor Matt Burnett has been pre-selected by Labor to run in Flynn at the next Federal poll.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Burnett was elected to Gladstone Regional Council in 2000 and has served as Mayor since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The former journalist and small businessman started The Port Curtis Post, which covered Gladstone, Boyne Island, Miriam Vale and Calliope.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2017, Mayor Burnett was\u00a0part of a trade mission to India which later led to the resignation of Rockhampton Mayor Margaret Strelow.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Independent Assessor found the trade delegates enjoyed hospitality from Adani &#8211; including flights, transport and dinner &#8211; during the Indian visit.<\/p>\n<p>The OIA made an adverse finding against Cr Strehlow as she allegedly failed to update her register of interests with details about the hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Burnett did fill in the necessary paperwork correctly and was not subject to OIA criticism.<\/p>\n<p>He is vice-president of the\u00a0Australian Local Government Association and a Director of the\u00a0Local Government Association of Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>The ALP has identified saving Local Government services as key issues in the North and South Burnett parts of the Flynn electorate.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41380\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ken-odowd-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41380\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ken-odowd-200.jpg\" alt=\"Ken O'Dowd\" width=\"200\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ken-odowd-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ken-odowd-200-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Member for Flynn Ken O&#8217;Dowd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The new faces battling for Flynn follow the announcement by sitting LNP MP Ken O&#8217;Dowd earlier this year that he would not be re-contesting the seat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr O\u2019Dowd was elected to Federal Parliament at the 2010 election, re-elected with a small swing in 2013 and narrowly re-elected in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He was successful with a much larger swing in 2019 on a two-party preferred basis after his ALP opponent, Zac Beers &#8211; now\u00a0Labor\u2019s Assistant State Secretary &#8211; was punished by pro-coal voters.<\/p>\n<p>Mr O&#8217;Dowd was one of Opposition Leader Barnaby Joyce&#8217;s key supporters at the recent spill vote which elevated Mr Joyce back into the Nationals&#8217; top role.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Pauline Hanson&#8217;s One Nation party is also expected to contest Flynn but no candidate has been announced as yet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the 2019 Federal poll, One Nation candidate\u00a0Sharon Lohse attracted strong support, 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