Call to make North Qld a new state

A Nationals Senator believes North Queensland should become its own state.

Liberal Party Senator Matt Canavan.

A Nationals senator is urging the federal government to beef up competition laws. (AAP) Source: AAP

North Queensland should become its own state - and it shouldn't be the only new addition, a Nationals Senator says.

Matt Canavan plans on putting a submission into the Federation White Paper review, pushing for boundaries to be re-drawn to better represent Queensland's north.

"Ultimately good fences make for good neighbours, and perhaps we need a few more fences in Australia," he told ABC radio on Wednesday.


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