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North Queensland community and business leaders would be shocked to learn today that the Palaszczuk Labor Government is only now heading to Canberra to discuss economic opportunities presented by the Federal Government’s Northern Australia White Paper. Shadow Northern Development Minister Andrew Cripps said Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland Coralee O’Rourke’s announcement that she […]
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Treasurer Curtis Pitt’s dodgy cash grab to shift debt onto Government Owned Corporations could see drought-stricken farmers slugged more for power and water. Handing down his Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Review, Treasurer Pitt couldn’t rule out end-users such as famers paying for the extra $1 billion debt loaded on GOCs, such as SunWater. Shadow Natural […]
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Having survived the Premier’s ‘shake up’ of her cabinet with his responsibilities intact, State Development Natural Resources and Mines Minister Anthony Lynham has been urged to ‘shake off’ the interference of Deputy Premier Jackie Trad in his portfolio. Shadow Minister for State Development, Natural Resources and Mines Andrew Cripps said it was time for Minister […]
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Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, said while no tears would be shed in rural Queensland over the departure of Bill Byrne from the agriculture portfolio, he questioned whether the new Agriculture Minister, Leanne Donaldson, would be an improvement. Mr Cripps said Ms Donaldson was a first term MP, had not yet served 12 months in parliament […]
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Shadow Minister for State Development and Mines Andrew Cripps has welcomed the announcement that Rio Tinto will go ahead with its $2.6 billion investment in a bauxite project, the Amrun mine, on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula. Mr Cripps said the bauxite mining extension between Weipa and Aurukun had been many years in […]
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The LNP Opposition has labelled the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s latest taskforce, this time for the North West Minerals Province (NWMP), a “consolation prize” for the region. Shadow State Development and Mines Minister Andrew Cripps said the announcement was yet another holding pattern decision by a clueless government with no positive plans or policies. “This Taskforce […]
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The fifth annual Queensland Exploration Scorecard, released by the Queensland Exploration Council, has revealed mixed results for the resources exploration sector. Shadow Mines Minister Andrew Cripps said he was concerned that confidence in the resources exploration sector had declined steeply under the Palaszczuk Labor Government. “The scorecard very clearly shows that industry uncertainty about Labor’s […]
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The Palaszczuk Labor Government and Independent Members for Cook and Nicklin, Billy Gordon and Peter Wellington, have combined to force new ports legislation through the Queensland Parliament, without the outcome of the EIS for the Port of Cairns being finalised. Shadow State Development and Northern Development Minister Andrew Cripps said the LNP moved an amendment […]
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Queensland farmers are set to be punished with more red tape, regulation and restrictions under the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s ‘big stick’ approach to Reef Management. Shadow Environment Minister Stephen Bennett said Labor’s latest announcement of a ‘new’ targeted compliance program was just a reinvention of old policies that had failed to improve Reef health the […]
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The LNP Opposition shares the concerns raised by AgForce that green groups are refusing to negotiate with famers in good faith about the future of Queensland’s vegetation management framework. Shadow Minister for Natural Resources Andrew Cripps said, AgForce’s statement about green groups believing they had Queensland Labor Ministers in their pocket was unfortunately, nothing new. […]
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