Labor's net zero agenda is going to lead to the loss of manufacturing jobs in Australia, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing Andrew Willcox told Rowan Dean on Sky News.

Pressure is being ramped up on politicians to proceed with a Senate inquiry into Australia metals manufacturing industry, despite NQ’s copper industry needing actual solutions within days.

The Coalition has wasted no time returning to the policy table, meeting this week at Parliament House in Canberra.

Women and girls in regional Queensland are playing thousands for endometriosis treatments unavailable in regional Queensland.

Mackay is losing a CBD post office after being given the boot by the centre’s owners, according to Australia Post

The sugar crush is on again and it’s a timely reminder that cane trains are on the move and caution is needed around level crossings. Please everyone, be aware and remain safe on our roads.

With the Federal Election now just over three weeks away, the election promises for the Whitsundays are coming in thick and fast.

The 2025 Federal Budget was never just about dollars and centsit's about the path Australia takes in the years ahead. Treasurer Jim Chalmers' latest budget, handed down on 25 March, focuses on cost-of-living relief, housing, and a shift towards a more sustainable economy.

Making it the number one priority of his visit to the Burdekin last week, Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, presented Vietnam veteran, Greg Walters, with a Certificate of Appreciation, recognising his service given in the Defence Force.

The Whitsunday region marked a historic moment with the official opening of Club Whitsunday in the Whitsunday Sports Park precinct at Airlie Beach.

The Coalition government has announced that if elected, they will give older Australians, who want to work a few more hours, the opportunity to do so without losing their pension.

The Federal Government’s $7.2 billion pledge to upgrade the notoriously dangerous Bruce Highway has already hit its first set of potholes.

North 'needs highway money' North Queensland politicians are willing to challenge their parliamentary counterparts in pursuit of funding the Bruce Highway where its most needed in the North.

Mackay RSL sub-branch president Ken Higgins and Dawson MP Andrew Wilcox acknowledging the Federal Governments response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

One of Australia’s ‘living treasures’ is celebrating his 90th birthday and community leaders have lined up to give war hero Keith Payne their best wishes.

The political division on the Voice to Parliament referendum continues to ring true among North Queensland federal MPs.

LNP member for Dawson Andrew Willcox says he will vote ‘no’, and that the Prime Minister has given Australians little to no information on what “Labor’s proposed Canberra Voice to Parliament” will look like, how it will operate, and what it will do.

Offering low-cost groceries to the region’s most vulnerable, Whitsunday Foodbank opened its second location last week and its first in Mackay.

Whitsunday Foodbank Mackay, located at 352 Bridge Road, West Mackay, offers grocery items priced at half the RRP for those who need it most.

From Whitsunday Mayor to Federal Member, Andrew Willcox, has catapulted himself to Canberra and, over the past year, he has certainly made some waves in Parliament, spruiking the merits of our region, and demanding a fair share for his community.