The
North Queensland Party is the name of at least one would be
political partyA political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns...
, based in
Cairns Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The city itself was named after William Wellington Cairns . It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but experienced a decline when an easier route was discovered from Port Douglas...
. The earlier party is, or was, trying to create a new Australian state out of the northern part of
QueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia that occupies the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. The more recent incarnation is trying to increase government spending in Northern Queensland: "Our goal is to see that a greater proportion of Government Money is spent in FNQ". The steering committee for the NQP have launched a website that will document the formation of a political party.
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The
North Queensland Party is the name of at least one would be
political partyA political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns...
, based in
Cairns Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The city itself was named after William Wellington Cairns . It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but experienced a decline when an easier route was discovered from Port Douglas...
. The earlier party is, or was, trying to create a new Australian state out of the northern part of
QueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia that occupies the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. The more recent incarnation is trying to increase government spending in Northern Queensland: "Our goal is to see that a greater proportion of Government Money is spent in FNQ". The steering committee for the NQP have launched a website that will document the formation of a political party. The website can be found at
http://www.northqueenslandparty.org
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