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NICK DAMETTO MP MEDIA RELEASE – GILL NET BANS

NICK DAMETTO MP MEDIA RELEASE – GILL NET BANS

Final days: Fresh caught barramundi off the menu By this time next week, the barramundi season will be closed on Queensland’s east-coast and with gill net bans coming into effect on 31 December, this is the last week many commercial fishers will operate. The future of...

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Leaked letter the blueprint for NQ’s destruction: KAP

Leaked letter the blueprint for NQ’s destruction: KAP

A leaked letter outlining the Commonwealth Labor Government’s plans to hang Australia farmers, fishers and battlers out to dry in order to appease international elites has been described as the “blueprint for regional destruction” by furious North Queensland-based...

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Outrage as Fishing industry cops another below

Outrage as Fishing industry cops another below

Member for Hill Shane Knuth said he was not surprised at the anger directed towards what has been described as a "gutless" action taken by the Queensland Government after the announcement of the latest ban on Gillnet Fishing along Queensland's East Coast. Attending a...

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