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Sovereign risk in Queensland – Pitt’s hypocrisy, Lynham’s legacy

  Labor’s budget offers nothing for resources sector already facing uncertainty Confidence at a five year low according to a Queensland Resources Council survey Resources sector has already taken multiple blows under Palaszczuk Government The Palaszczuk Government’s second state budget has failed to address the growing perception of sovereign risk facing a resources sector under […]

Vegetation Laws

Labor’s Tree Police armed and dangerous

  Labor’s distrust and disregard for farmers loud and clear in 2016-17 Budget Palaszczuk Government spending big on vegetation management compliance officers Labor’s vegetation management laws to strip away farmers’ rightsThe Palaszczuk Labor Government is spending up big on the Tree Police to ensure vegetation management compliance officers have new tools to prosecute farmers and […]

Sand mining

Palaszczuk Labor axes Straddie jobs

  150 jobs to go from North Stradbroke Island sand mine Palaszczuk and Labor break promise to create jobs by axing them Labor’s decision to shut mine down early faces strong opposition from local businesses and community The Palaszczuk Government has forced through laws to end sand mining on North Stradbroke Island, cutting hundreds of […]

Resources

Resources sector takes another hit from Labor

Labor changes to resources legislation could allow extreme green groups to abuse objections process Resource sector confidence at a five-year low The resources sector has taken another hit from the Palaszczuk Government, with Labor legislation passing through Parliament that will impact negatively on Queensland’s reputation as a state which businesses want to invest in and […]

Cape York-map

Cape vegetation management consultation contrived

Labor’s supposed vegetation management consultation deceptive Palaszczuk Labor Government’s aggressive bill to spread indigenous social and economic disadvantage across Cape York Cape York landholders to suffer under ‘flawed’ legislation The LNP has condemned Labor’s vegetation management consultation with Cape York Mayors and indigenous landholders as contrived and disingenuous, designed to try and convince Cook MP […]

Shorten photo

Shorten reveals his hand as friend to Greens, enemy of farmers

Federal Labor attacks Queensland farmers with crazy climate change policy New federal trigger on vegetation clearing attacks farmers and state rights Labor’s ‘carbon tax by stealth’ policy exacerbates uncertainty already created by Palaszczuk Labor Federal Labor Leader, Bill Shorten, has today launched an aggressive attack on Queensland’s agriculture sector, with his ideologically-driven proposal, to impose […]

Royalties for Regions

Regional Queensland short-changed under Labor

Labor short-changes Queensland’s regions on infrastructure North Queensland Minister misleads on regional infrastructure investment Labor’s Building our Regions replacement a $300 million cut to regional infrastructure The LNP has slammed the Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland, Coralee O’Rourke, for misleading Queenslanders on the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s investment in regional Queensland. Shadow State Development […]