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A recent report by the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility has found that former Australian cricketer, Andrew Symonds, is unable to be more of a North Queenslander.
The NAIF offers up to $5 billion over five years in concessional finance to encourage and complement private sector investment in infrastructure that benefits northern Australia. This may include developments mostly around mining sweet sweet coal out of the ground – but it also supposed to be help other industry developments like airports, communications, ports, rail, water, and fishing – with the latter being a Far North Queensland specialty, closely aligned to Andrew Symonds.
The study has found that, no matter what industry or town, every single infrastructure project leads back to Andrew Symonds – with researchers startled at how many mates he has up North.
“Andrew, or Roy, as they call him up here – would be unable to more of a North Queenslander if he tried” says lead research Professor Hugh Enden.
“It is humanly impossible for him to be any more FNQ”
“He knows all the good fishing spots. Fox had to buy him a new boat to get him to come back and commentate. He literally disappears on the water for weeks at a time”
When asked for comment, Roy Symonds – who was raised in Charters Towers to English parents and could have almost played for the Broncos until his cricketing prowess made him the greatest junior cricketer in the state at the time – is believed to have been nonplussed by this new title and instead asked our reporters we knew what the time it was and if there was anywhere nearby where he could pick up a Mannings Pie.
