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Reject Federal Labor’s vegetation trigger threat

Federal Labor’s vegetation trigger to cost jobs, economic development Calls for Queenslanders to reject Labor’s attack on farmers at ballot box Only LNP has plan to protect farmers and landholders Federal Labor’s plan for a ‘vegetation trigger’ on economic development projects under Commonwealth legislation will cost regional Queensland jobs and growth, the LNP Opposition […]

Labor’s Tree Police armed and dangerous

Categories: Shadow Minsterial

Labor’s distrust and disregard for farmers loud and clear in 2016-17 Budget Palaszczuk Government spending big on vegetation management compliance officers Labor’s vegetation management laws to strip away farmers’ rightsThe Palaszczuk Labor Government is spending up big on the Tree Police to ensure vegetation management compliance officers have new tools to prosecute farmers and […]

Cape vegetation management consultation contrived

Categories: Shadow Minsterial

Labor’s supposed vegetation management consultation deceptive Palaszczuk Labor Government’s aggressive bill to spread indigenous social and economic disadvantage across Cape York Cape York landholders to suffer under ‘flawed’ legislation The LNP has condemned Labor’s vegetation management consultation with Cape York Mayors and indigenous landholders as contrived and disingenuous, designed to try and convince Cook MP […]

Shorten reveals his hand as friend to Greens, enemy of farmers

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Federal Labor attacks Queensland farmers with crazy climate change policy New federal trigger on vegetation clearing attacks farmers and state rights Labor’s ‘carbon tax by stealth’ policy exacerbates uncertainty already created by Palaszczuk Labor Federal Labor Leader, Bill Shorten, has today launched an aggressive attack on Queensland’s agriculture sector, with his ideologically-driven proposal, to impose […]

Time running out to have say on vegetation management

Categories: Shadow Minsterial

Labor’s proposed vegetation management laws set to inflict pain on agriculture sector Laws will cripple investment in high value agriculture Submissions to committee close 25 April 2016 Time is running out to make a submission to the committee investigating the Labor’s proposed changes to the Vegetation Management Act, that are set to inflict a new […]

LABOR’S VEGE BILL CASTS DARK SHADOW OVER RURAL QLD

Categories: Shadow Minsterial

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 […]

Palaszczuk’s new level of pain for the bush and the ‘burbs’

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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 […]

Parliament votes to uphold veg management framework

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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 […]

NO TEARS FOR BILL, BUT IS LEANNE A LIGHTWEIGHT?

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Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, said while no tears would be shed in rural Queensland over the departure of Bill Byrne from the agriculture portfolio, he questioned whether the new Agriculture Minister, Leanne Donaldson, would be an improvement. Mr Cripps said Ms Donaldson was a first term MP, had not yet served 12 months in parliament […]

The Fix is on Vege Management

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The LNP Opposition shares the concerns raised by AgForce that green groups are refusing to negotiate with famers in good faith about the future of Queensland’s vegetation management framework. Shadow Minister for Natural Resources Andrew Cripps said, AgForce’s statement about green groups believing they had Queensland Labor Ministers in their pocket was unfortunately, nothing new. […]

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