Tag Archives: North Queensland

1712x87-_Shareable19

LNP CROC PLAN TO PUT PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST

Crocodiles that pose a danger to public safety will no longer be relocated and released, but ‘euthanised’ if a zoo or crocodile farm can’t take them, under a strong new LNP crocodile management policy designed to put the safety of North Queenslanders first. Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, said the LNP had listened to the concerns […]

Andrew & PM Malcolm Turnbull resized

FEDERAL BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS FOR NORTH QUEENSLAND

   Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has welcomed the Federal LNP Government’s budget initiatives associated with North Queensland and called on the Commonwealth Parliament to pass it. Mr Cripps said the Labor, Green and other minor party Senators had blocked key aspects of the last two federal Budgets, creating huge levels of uncertainty in the community […]

Andrew in Parliament

PALASZCZUK GOVERNMENT PROPOSED NOTHING FOR THE NORTH

Palaszczuk Labor Government continues to neglect North Queensland So-called Minister for North Queensland Coralee O’Rourke simply a passenger around the cabinet table Annastacia Palaszczuk doesn’t care about North Queensland     The Palaszczuk Government has failed to submit any business cases for new projects to the Federal Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility more than 600 days after […]

premier-palaszczuk

Palaszczuk must guarantee Labor’s groundwater laws won’t delay Adani project

  Annastacia Palaszczuk must guarantee North and Central Queenslanders that Labor’s new groundwater approval laws won’t delay Adani’s Carmichael Mine Labor can’t keep changing the goal posts and slapping more green tape on advanced projects that have already received state and federal approvals Annastacia Palaszczuk must stop saying one thing in North and Central Queensland […]

premier-palaszczuk

Palaszczuk trying to rewrite history on Adani approvals

  Annastacia Palaszczuk says one thing about Adani in Townsville but another in Brisbane Annastacia Palaszczuk’s claims she will ‘stare down the Greens’ is totally laughable The Palaszczuk Labor Government has no interest in ensuring Adani gets off the ground.    The Palaszczuk Labor Government has frustrated and delayed the assessment and approval process for […]

Andrew in Parliament

CRIPPS WELCOMES COMMON-SENSE ON BACKPACKER TAX

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 […]

Andrew estimated

OPINION – LABOR’S WATER BILL TO SINK REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

After the defeat of the Palaszczuk Government’s proposed changes to Queensland’s vegetation management framework, the next challenge for future economic development opportunities in regional Queensland, particularly in North Queensland, is to defend the former LNP Government’s 2014 reforms to the Water Act. Security of tenure, the ability to manage vegetation and the availability of water […]

O'Rourke headshot

Coralee a cop out at cabinet table

  State Budget deepens mystery of Minister O’Rourke’s achievements Ms O’Rourke’s role as Minister for North Queensland not mentioned in key budget papers Budget clear evidence North Queensland is going without a strong voice at the cabinet table The ongoing mystery that is Coralee O’Rourke’s position as Minister Assisting the Premier in North Queensland continued […]

O

  State Budget deepens mystery of Minister O’Rourke’s achievements Ms O’Rourke’s role as Minister for North Queensland not mentioned in key budget papers Budget clear evidence North Queensland is going without a strong voice at the cabinet table The ongoing mystery that is Coralee O’Rourke’s position as Minister Assisting the Premier in North Queensland continued […]