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COMMENT – LABOR’S BIG GREEN LIE UNFOLDS

 Finally, some attention is being payed to the facts about vegetation cover and management activities in Queensland, in particular, the contribution and impact of regrowth and thickening. At last, farmers and landholders have been able to challenge the shock and awe propaganda circulated by green activists about vegetation management rates, after their manipulation and misuse […]

Andrew in Parliament

Labor cuts funding for natural resource management

Labor slashes funding to key natural resource management programs in this week’s State Budget Queensland’s environment to suffer with funding to NRM groups cut by a third over four years Lynham exposed as hypocrite when it comes to protecting Queensland’s precious environment Funding allocations for two key programs within the Department of Natural Resources and […]

Andrew in Parliamentary office

    Palaszczuk Labor once again handing in the LNP’s homework – this time claiming credit for LNP laws to afford indigenous Queenslanders the opportunity to own their own homes After 30 years of Labor inaction, 2013 and 2014 laws introduced by the LNP led to this week’s leasehold announcement How long will it take […]

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Scaremongering exposed in dishonest Green campaign

  Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLATS) are being manipulated by green groups to trash the reputation of farmers Former LNP Government vegetation management framework was balanced and responsible Right to Information application has revealed green groups were using incorrect figures to exaggerate their claims The dishonest scaremongering of an alliance of green groups has […]

Andrew

OPINION – THE RANK STENCH OF THE WWF

The Palaszczuk Government is a serious threat to the future of agriculture in Queensland. In March, the Palaszczuk Government released a discussion paper entitled – ‘Enhancing regulations to ensure clean water for a healthy Great Barrier Reef and a prosperous Queensland’. Behind the warm and fuzzy title is another aggressive attack on Queensland’s agricultural sector […]

Bill Byrnes

Palaszczuk must put Byrne back in his box

  Queensland’s multi-billion dollar coal industry is under threat due to Labor’s inaction LNP put in place a successful scheme which facilitates increased releases from mine sites when natural watercourse flows were higher, under strict and enhanced monitoring of water quality Bill Byrne is jeopardising the return to work of thousands of coal mine workers […]

Andrew

Labor and Greens team up to slam Adani

    Labor votes down motion condemning party branch for smearing Adani Annastacia Palaszczuk tells Adani one thing, but does another in Parliament Labor-Green alliance remains in full force in Queensland   The Palaszczuk Government has failed to defend the vital jobs and investment set to be created by Adani after voting to support an […]

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LNP calls on Federal Government to deliver sugar industry code of conduct

  LNP is calling on Federal Government to urgently implement a Code of Conduct for the sugar industry Senate Committee unanimously supported the introduction of a sugar industry Code of Conduct LNP continues to support Queensland’s third-largest agriculture industry and thousands of farming families   Delegates at the State Council meeting of the LNP have […]

Minister Lynham

Committee kicks stock routes Bill into long grass

  Queensland Parliamentary Committee unanimously votes against Labor’s proposed changes to the state’s stock route network Shadow Natural Resources Minister Andrew Cripps says Anthony Lynham must do the right thing and withdraw his flawed Bill immediately and set up proper consultation process involving AgForce and local councils Mr Cripps says it’s a major embarrassment for […]