Categories: Electorate
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has welcomed a new policy commitment from the LNP to provide funding for 500 WiFi hotspots in key tourism destinations, allowing domestic and international visitors to help promote Queensland tourism destinations. Mr Cripps said if successful at the next state election, an LNP Government would enable more tourists to access additional […]
Categories: Electorate, Shadow Minsterial
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has welcomed the decision by the Federal LNP Government to slash the rate of the proposed backpacker tax as a win for common-sense. Mr Cripps said the agriculture and tourism sectors in the Hinchinbrook electorate and across North Queensland would benefit from the re-think of the Federal LNP Government’s policy. “I […]
Categories: Electorate
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says the local tourism industry in the Herbert River district has waited more than 6 months for the Palaszczuk Labor Government to shuffle a bit of paper to make an additional permit available for transfers to and from Dungeness to Hinchinbrook Island. Mr Cripps said he had made representations to Environment […]
Categories: Electorate
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has accused the Palaszczuk Government of rank hypocrisy over the issue of the ‘backpacker tax’ during a debate in the Queensland Parliament last week. Mr Cripps blasted a motion moved by Labor against the backpacker tax as an ‘opportunistic stunt’, given Labor’s track record of disastrous policies damaging agriculture and tourism. […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
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 […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) has cut a deal with the Palaszczuk Labor Government that is set to hurt licenced premises and potentially cost jobs in Townsville and Cairns. Member for Hinchinbrook, Andrew Cripps and Member for Burdekin, Dale Last said the Katters now shared responsibility for the decision of the Palaszczuk Labor Government to introduce […]
Categories: Electorate
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says the Palaszczuk Government has an opportunity to boost tourism and create jobs in the Townsville region by reducing red tape associated with local island management plans, such as Orpheus and Hinchinbrook Island. Mr Cripps said the SeaLink Travel Group had expressed interest in enhancing its local island cruise tourism products […]
Categories: Shadow Minsterial
State Treasurer and Member for Mulgrave Curtis Pitt, has submitted a desperate defence of the Palaszczuk Government’s handling of the future of the Port of Cairns (CP, 4 August, 2015). Mr Pitt’s extraordinary claim – that he has worked hard to ensure future development opportunities for the Port of Cairns can be accommodated – is […]
Categories: Electorate
Panoramic views of Hinchinbrook Island and the Great Barrier Reef await visitors to the newly opened Panjoo Lookout in Girringun National Park atop the Cardwell Range on the Bruce Highway. Member for Hinchinbrook Andrew Cripps, and National Parks Minister Steve Dickson officially opened the 15m long and 3m wide lookout today, as part of […]
Categories: Electorate
Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has kept his promise to give his electorate a fighting chance of being part of future big screen movie and TV productions, following last year’s bonanza year for international production in Queensland. Queensland was the number one state in attracting off-shore productions in the last financial year including Modern Family, […]
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