Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says there has been nothing but silence from Environment Minister, Steven Miles, in relation to safety concerns about the number of brumbies on the Bruce Highway and local roads on Townsville’s Northern Beaches. Mr Cripps said he wrote to Minister Miles on 1 September 2015, but a full month later, there […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, said he had warned farmers in the lead up to the state election in January 2015 that Labor and the Greens had done another election deal that would undermine their productivity and tie them up in red tape and now it was coming to pass. Mr Cripps said the Environment Minister, […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has welcomed news that the rail crossings over Liverpool and Brasenose Streets in Cardwell have been earmarked for safety upgrades during the current financial year. Mr Cripps said after discussing the matter with local residents in Cardwell earlier in the year, he had made representations to Queensland Rail and the Transport […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says common sense has prevailed after the Palaszczuk Labor Government finally bowed to overwhelming public pressure and voted to give volunteer rural firefighters access to adequate workers compensation arrangements. Mr Cripps said the Queensland Parliament yesterday passed a Bill to protect all Queensland firefighters who contract one of 12 specified cancers […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has tabled a petition in the Queensland Parliament supported by 6,519 people, who wished to express their opposition to the decision of the Palaszczuk Government to close the Garners Beach Cassowary Rehabilitation Centre. Mr Cripps said since the Palaszczuk Government announced its decision to close the Centre on 28 July 2015, […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says HQ Plantations had now set a target to have its commercial plantations fully restabilised in the Hinchinbrook electorate by June 2021. Mr Cripps said he participated in an inspection of parts of the commercial forestry area south of Cardwell last month, to learn more about HQ Plantations Cyclone Yasi […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has made urgent representations to the Department of Transport and Main Roads about the build-up of silt adjacent to the rock wall at the Clump Point boat ramp at Mission Beach. Mr Cripps said he had only recently been made aware of the problem, which had become bad enough to effectively […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says he is still waiting for a reply from Environment Minister, Steven Miles, after he raised safety concerns about the number of brumbies on the Bruce Highway and local roads on Townsville’s Northern Beaches. Mr Cripps said he wrote to Minister Miles on 1 September 2015 after a number of constituents […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says the time available to support the petition regarding the Garners Beach Cassowary Rehabilitation Centre was coming to an end, with paper petitions due to be returned at the end of the week and the online petition closing on 14 September 2015. Mr Cripps said despite a recent interim funding announcement […]
Work is about to commence on fixed wireless sites at Mourilyan Harbour, Bulgan and Silkwood, improving internet speeds for local users Member for Hinchinbrook, Andrew Cripps MP, said today. “Residents in these areas will start to see some movement in terms of clearing and preparing sites in readiness for tower construction,” Mr Cripps said. […]
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