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Minister fails to answer to Spanish mackerel fishers

Commercial mackerel fishers have been left in the dark after the Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries, Mark Furner failed to come clean in Parliament this week on looming Spanish mackerel quota reductions which may come into effect July 1.

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Mount Isa Engulfed by Car Crime Chaos

The delivery of this week’s State Budget saw no investment into any new methods to combat youth crime across the State as the juvenile crisis continues to spiral out of control. Mount Isa, a town of around 21,000 people, was again consumed over the weekend by...

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National Parks free one day and taxed the next: Dametto

National Parks free one day and taxed the next: Dametto

Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto has rubbished a potential tourist tax, saying it could hinder the recovery of tourism operators that have already hit rock bottom resulting from the impacts of the pandemic.   The...

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