North Stradbroke Island's $28 million transition from mining package is not working, says the state opposition

By Brian Williams
Updated October 31 2016 - 4:58pm, first published October 27 2016 - 3:00pm
CONCERNS ON JOBS: Opposition leader Tim Nicholls with MP Mark Robinson at Dunwich on North Stradbroke Island where concerns have been raised about the sand mining close down.
CONCERNS ON JOBS: Opposition leader Tim Nicholls with MP Mark Robinson at Dunwich on North Stradbroke Island where concerns have been raised about the sand mining close down.

OPPOSITION leader Tim Nicholls says the state government’s $28 million North Stradbroke Island transition-from-mining package will be of little help to hundreds of miners who will lose jobs.