Applications are now open for the Queensland Anzac Centenary grants program for projects that commemorate the role played by Queenslanders in the First World War or significant military anniversaries. Member for Hinchinbrook, Andrew Cripps, said the Queensland Anzac Centenary grants program now offers two types of grants. The Spirit of Service grants program and […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has accused two Palaszczuk Government Ministers of a political stunt to shut down a feral goat management project on Pelorus Island and didn’t believe the decision was based on science or environmental grounds. Mr Cripps said in issuing a conservation order to the Hinchinbrook Shire Council, Environment Minister, Steven Miles […]
• 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 • […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has called on the Palaszczuk Government to restore funding to the Tully Support Centre to provide generalist counselling services to the community in the Tully district affected by the incursion of Panama Disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4). Speaking in the Queensland Parliament, Mr Cripps said in the wake of the March […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, recently donated a copy of Brian Egan’s book ‘The history of Cane Pest and Disease Control Boards in Queensland’ to the Tully Library. Mr Cripps said a large part of the success of the Queensland sugar industry over the last century has been dependent on progress made through research, development and […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, recently donated copies of local author Santina Lizzio’s book, ‘Cavalcade of War’ to the Tully and Cardwell Sub-branches of the RSL. Mr Cripps said Santina Lizzio, who lives at Mena Creek, was the author of a number of very good publications on a range of interesting topics. “’Cavalcade of War’ is […]
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