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Media
The IQ-RAP has received significant media coverage since its launch on 1st February, as well as social media reach
through Facebook and Twitter.
IQ-RAP Launch media coverage:
Newspapers
Townsville Bulletin/The Northern Miner (Charters Towers)/Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register /
Gympie Times/Caboolture News/News Mail (Bundaberg)/Western Star (Roma)/Dalby Herald/Central & North Burnett
Times Longreach Leader/Toowoomba Chronicle/Sunshine Coast Daily/Daily Mercury News/Whitsunday Times/
Queensland Times/Ipswich Advertiser/Fraser Coast Chronicle/Gatton Star/Coolum & Nth Shore News/Central
Telegraph/The Range News/ South Burnett Times
Television
Regional WIN news and Regional 7 news (viewed by RDA region)
Radio
ABC - covered the story in news bulletins and in breakfast programs across the regions, including:
ABC Far North (Cairns), ABC North Queensland (Townsville), ABC Western Queensland (Longreach),
ABC Tropical North (Mackay), ABC Capricornia (Rockhampton), ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg) and
ABC Southern Cross (Toowoomba)
Commercial stations – news bulletins on stations such as 4TO, Hot FM, Mix FM, Sea FM and Zinc FM, in regional areas, including: Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Toowoomba and Innisfail
Publications
Australian Logistics Council Update - state news
Queensland Industry Advocate
Queensland Transport and Logistics Council – quarterly newsletter
Queensland Farmers Federation – weekly bulletin
Online
Surat Basin Online http://www.suratbasin.com.au/news/racq-backs-plan-roads/2918060/
Queensland Farmers’ Federation http://www.qff.org.au/heres-10-things-to-know-from-qff-32/
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development https://rda.gov.au/news/20160224-qld-roads.aspx
Media coverage has been on-going since the launch, but the Working Group wishes to encourage all partners to
support media efforts in their local sphere of influence.
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IQ-RAP Partners
Plus
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Northern Queensland Strategy Alliance: RDA Far North Queensland and Torres Strait, RDA Townsville and
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North West Queensland, RDA Mackay-Isaac-Whitsunday, RDA Fitzroy and Central West
Regional Road and Transport Groups: Bowen Basin, Far North Queensland, Gladstone, North West, Outback,
Rockhampton, South West Queensland and Western Downs
In-kind Support
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Department of Transport and Main Roads