Shock reform to create a 800km gillnet free zone throughout the northern third of the Great Barrier Reef will cripple Queensland’s wild caught seafood industry, according to commercial fishers. Cairns Professional Game Fishing spokesman Daniel McCarthy says the Palaszczuk government’s fishing limit on Spanish mackerels in north Queensland is impacting “hardworking Queenslanders”. More $160m will … [Read more…]
Anthony Albanese has firmly shut down claims question time attacks on the Morrison government were pushed by journalists reporting on Brittany Higgins’ sex assault allegations. Higgins’ abuse allegations used by ‘activist’ journalists to ‘bring down a government’ Asked about claims made on a tape recording broadcast Sunday night suggesting that Ms Higgins, Network 10 journalist … [Read more…]
The future for public servants overseeing massive NQ water projects is up in the air. See why. However, Water and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says the national body in Canberra can handle the work. The North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority was established under the Coalition government in 2019 to co-ordinate the Hughenden Irrigation, Hells Gates … [Read more…]
A Bowen Basin mine approved late Thursday is the first since the federal Labour government came to power in 2022, and has already drawn fury from anti-fossil fuel groups. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek indicated late on Thursday that Bowen Coking Coal’s Isaac River mine in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin would get the green light. The … [Read more…]