THE MOST ANTI-FARMER, ANTI-AGRICULTURE & ANTI-RURAL BILL EVER One of my most personally satisfying reforms as Natural Resources Minister in the former LNP Government, was our landmark reforms to the Vegetation Management Act (VMA). After more than a decade of constant ideological persecution by successive Beattie and Bligh Labor Government’s (driven by several election preference […]
The Palaszczuk Labor Government, spearheaded by Deputy Premier Jackie Trad, has unleashed a new level of pain for the bush and the suburbs with its draconian Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016. Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Andrew Cripps said while the LNP fought for and secured extra time for […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has encouraged local communities to provide feedback to the Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR) as part of its planning for future projects through the Marine Infrastructure Fund. Mr Cripps said DTMR was seeking feedback from local stakeholder groups and the wider community to assist in identifying areas of need […]
The Queensland Parliament has tonight voted to protect Queensland’s existing vegetation management framework and maintain the hard-won property and development opportunities of landholders. Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and State Development Andrew Cripps said despite the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s opposition to the motion, common sense had prevailed. Mr Cripps said the LNP’s amendments to a […]
The Palaszczuk Labor Government has caved to pressure and now supports the LNP’s position that the Australian Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund (NAIF) should be headquartered in North Queensland. Shadow Minister for Northern Development Andrew Cripps said North Queenslanders would be relieved to know that Labor had acknowledged Premier Palaszczuk had a brain-explosion when she […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has urged Palaszczuk Government Ministers to review the Skilling Queenslanders for Work program to ensure training providers delivering real outcomes in North Queensland are not overlooked. Mr Cripps has written to the Minister for Training and Skills, Yvette D’Ath and the Minister for Employment, Grace Grace, to have a look at […]
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has sold out North Queensland by advocating for the Federal Government’s Northern Australia initiative to be based in Brisbane, the LNP said today. A furious Shadow Minister for Northern Development, Andrew Cripps, said there was no reason why the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund (NAIF) couldn’t be based in North Queensland. “Townsville and […]
The former LNP Government knew that reforming the Water Act was an essential precondition of future economic development opportunities in regional Queensland, particularly North Queensland. The Water Act, put in place by Labor more than 10 years earlier, was overly proscriptive and inflexible, with water users clashing with the government throughout the 2000’s. In 2013, […]
The Palaszczuk Labor Government’s version of the LNP’s successful Royalties for Regions initiative has created just 44 jobs in 12 months after spending $30 million of taxpayer’s money. Shadow Minister for State Development Andrew Cripps said Labor’s Building our Regions program was a very poor and ineffective cousin of the former LNP Government’s initiative. “As […]
Barron River MP Craig Crawford’s advocacy for his electorate and Cairns came into question last night after he labelled the streets of Cairns as ‘dangerous’ in the Queensland Parliament, during last night’s debate on Labor’s lockout laws. Hinchinbrook MP Andrew Cripps said he was alarmed to hear Mr Crawford publicly declare the […]
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