Categories: Electorate, Shadow Minsterial
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has welcomed the decision by the Federal LNP Government to slash the rate of the proposed backpacker tax as a win for common-sense. Mr Cripps said the agriculture and tourism sectors in the Hinchinbrook electorate and across North Queensland would benefit from the re-think of the Federal LNP Government’s policy. “I […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
After the defeat of the Palaszczuk Government’s proposed changes to Queensland’s vegetation management framework, the next challenge for future economic development opportunities in regional Queensland, particularly in North Queensland, is to defend the former LNP Government’s 2014 reforms to the Water Act. Security of tenure, the ability to manage vegetation and the availability of water […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
As Natural Resources Minister in the previous LNP Government, I released the full amount of unallocated water in the Gulf Water Resources Plan (WRP) – 80,000 ML in the Flinders catchment and 15,000 ML in the Gilbert catchment. Following that release, I brought forward the review of the Gulf WRP, which was not due until […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
Labor fails to submit a single business case to NAIF but complains about lack of federal funding Coralee O’Rourke fails to stand up for North Queensland’s fair share Asleep at the wheel government’s dithering cost’s North Queensland dearly The Palaszczuk Government has failed to submit a single business case for North Queensland projects to the […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
• LNP’s vegetation management framework will continue to protect farmers and the Reef after Queensland Parliament votes down Labor’s extreme tree clearing laws • Tonight’s result is a clear message to Labor that their failed Bill is fundamentally unfair and would have reduced productivity in our agriculture sector and threatened jobs in our regions • […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
Labor ignores unanimous committee recommendations on vegetation management to gain green votes Palaszczuk Government’s laws mean farmers guilty until proven innocent Draconian laws condemned by farmers and legal fraternity The Palaszczuk Government will defy the unanimous recommendations of a parliamentary committee to amend its vegetation management bill to satisfy its preference deal and political […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
Labor’s farmer-bashing tactics ramp up in lead up to Parliamentary vote on vegetation laws In latest media stunt, Miles claims Labor’s laws won’t harm agricultural productivity LNP laws achieved balance between environment and agriculture LNP laws offered hope to indigenous communities on the Cape and across Qld The Palasczcuk Labor Government has taken its farmer […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
Labor being dishonest about vegetation management facts and figures Jackie Trad refuses to acknowledge important facts in SLATS report Labor inappropriately counts thinning activities as tree clearing The Palaszczuk Government’s campaign to overturn the LNP’s common sense vegetation management framework has forced them into a fact-free policy zone. Shadow Natural Resources Minister, […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
Palaszczuk Labor Government ramping up its anti-farmer rhetoric in lead up to Parliamentary showdown on vegetation management laws Facts show 261,000 ha of land cleared under Labor’s laws in 2012-13 Annastacia Palaszczuk must consider impacts on farming families of her anti-agriculture legislation Vegetation management rates in Queensland have remained stable under laws put in place […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
Steven Miles lashes out at farmers for wanting to stage peaceful protest at Ekka time in Brisbane If it’s OK for Labor’s union mates to stage regular protests, why not farmers? Labor clearly feeling the pressure for its draconian changes to vegetation management laws There will be one extra clown at the Royal Queensland Show […]
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