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This morning an article appeared on the ABC Queensland website accompanied by radio reports alleging that the former LNP government cut funding for coal seam gas compliance activities. These allegations are false. The ABC article claims to have obtained cabinet documents that show that the budget for overseeing the CSG industry was repeatedly cut. […]
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Palaszczuk Labor Government continues to neglect North Queensland So-called Minister for North Queensland Coralee O’Rourke simply a passenger around the cabinet table Annastacia Palaszczuk doesn’t care about North Queensland The Palaszczuk Government has failed to submit any business cases for new projects to the Federal Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility more than 600 days after […]
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Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has called on the Federal Government to immediately implement the bipartisan and unanimous recommendation of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs Committee* supporting the development of a sugar industry Code of Conduct. Mr Cripps said 18 months after the Senate Committee handed down its report, the Federal Government had not progressed […]
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The Palaszczuk Government feigns sudden concern for landholders affected by defence acquisition in Central Queensland Proposed “independent” study is an act of gross an unmitigated hypocrisy Labor has an appalling track record of ignoring farmers and their communities with their previous land grabs and restrictive vegetation policies The LNP Opposition has labelled the Palaszczuk […]
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The Palaszczuk Government is pretending to bring forward funding through a program that stalled in its first year, leaving a huge gap in the pipeline of infrastructure projects delivered in regional and rural communities across Far North Queensland. LNP Shadow Northern Development Minister Andrew Cripps said today’s announcement that $70 million would be made available […]
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It’s now more than four months since IFED’s Coordinated Project status on the Gilbert River lapsed, after it failed to lodge its EIS on time. Despite previously using the IFED project as an excuse, the Palaszczuk Government has since failed to release more than 450,000 megalitres of unallocated water in the Gilbert catchment, within the […]
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The former LNP Government’s rural land reforms have continued to drive new opportunities for landholders in regional Queensland. Since the new freeholding arrangements came into place in July 2014, more than 1,100 applications to freehold grazing or primary production (Category 11) leases across Queensland have been submitted. More than 900 freehold deeds of title have […]
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The Palaszczuk Government’s much-publicised support for Adani Carmichael Coal Mine exposed as nothing more than a publicity stunt Opposition Question on Notice reveals Coordinator-General hasn’t used powers provided to him to progress Adani’s coal mine, rail infrastructure, or water infrastructure approvals More than 20 approvals secured for Carmichael project but none facilitated by […]
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The LNP has today welcomed Adani’s continued commitment to North and Central Queensland, with several management and logistical announcements being made, as a number of final approvals for the Carmichael mine project drawn nearer to a conclusion. Shadow Minister for Mines and Northern Development, Andrew Cripps, said the much anticipated announcement that Adani’s regional operations […]
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Bill Byrne proves a leopard never changes its spots – declaring he’ll revisit Labor’s failed tree clearing laws less than three months after they were voted down Four days into his return to the portfolio, Bill Byrne wants to sell out farmers to appease the Greens in Jackie Trad’s south-east Queensland electorate Third […]
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