Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says he is continuing his campaign to see a new state school delivered for families living in the growing suburbs on Townsville’s Northern Beaches. Mr Cripps says an answer to a Question on Notice he asked of Education Minister Kate Jones indicated that the need for a new school on Townsville’s […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, encouraged interested individuals and organisations to make a submission to the Federal Parliamentary Committee on Law Enforcement inquiry into crystal methamphetamine, the drug otherwise known as Ice. Mr Cripps said while submissions were due by 10 June 2015, the committee had indicated that it will consider providing extensions to individuals and […]
Political pressure from the LNP and various stakeholders in North Queensland has seen the Palaszczuk Labor Government forced into a backflip and provide a clear regulatory pathway for the proposed Integrated Food and Energy Development (IFED) project in the Etheridge Shire. Shadow Minister for Northern Development, Andrew Cripps, said he was pleased to see the […]
Member for Hinchinbrook Andrew Cripps has welcomed the recent decision by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee not to place Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef on the “in danger” list, hailing it as an uncommon win for common sense. Mr Cripps said despite the inflammatory scaremongering and doomsday rhetoric of the extreme Green movement, which tried to demonise […]
North Queensland based Labor Senator Jan McLucas recently lamented the rivalry between Cairns and Townsville and called for more cooperation between these two great northern cities (Cairns Post, 25/5/2015) – I agree. Many politicians from Townsville and Cairns, of all levels and persuasions, have wasted time on it. It’s a pity Senator McLucas’ article, having […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says the LNP last night won a battle for Queensland patients, with an Opposition motion on the surgery wait time guarantee supported by the Queensland Parliament. Mr Cripps said the minority Palaszczuk Government was defeated for the first time in the Queensland Parliament last night, with a majority of MPs voting […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has welcomed the federal Coalition Government’s budget focus on supporting small businesses to grow and create job opportunities in local communities. Mr Cripps said the federal Coalition was to be commended for promoting policies that encouraged small business to take advantage of the current low interest rate environment and invest in […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has welcomed encouraging signs in the federal Coalition’s budget that investment in regional infrastructure and agriculture, including in North Queensland, could flow in the near future. Mr Cripps said a number of budget allocations indicated the upcoming Agriculture White Paper and Northern Australia White Paper from the federal Coalition would be […]
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says he is pleased to see progress being made to re-establishing commercial forestry activities on land in the Herbert River district, Cardwell and Kennedy areas. Mr Cripps said he was encouraged by advice from HQ Plantations that it has completed the re-establishment of 679 hectares of land in the last few […]
The re-election of a Labor Government has opened the door for the greens to target North Queensland, with the Environment Minister digging up an old proposal to remove a number of long established fishing huts in the Herbert River District. Member for Hinchinbrook Andrew Cripps said he wasn’t surprised Labor was moving quickly to do […]
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