David Crisafulli

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Coordinating state disaster response

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle made a second landfall near Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory on March 22 as a Category 3 system with wind gusts reaching 185 kilometres per hour, just hours after crossing the Gulf of Carpentaria. The storm had previously struck far north Queensland on March 20 as a high-end Category 4 system—the most powerful cyclone to cross the Queensland coast since Cyclone Yasi in 2011—flattening banana farms, cutting power to thousands of properties, and dumping up to 500 millimetres of rain across the Cape York Peninsula.

Updated Mar 22

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Leading pro-resources state government

Australia exports more liquefied natural gas than any country except the United States and Qatar. Yet its own eastern states face recurring supply shortfalls because 70-80% of production flows to overseas buyers. Queensland, the source of most east coast gas, just opened the Taroom Trough—potentially the nation's first major new oil province in 50 years—with a mandate that any discoveries must serve Australian households first.

Updated Feb 10