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Commercial fishing licence buybacks recommended in latest harmful algal bloom report

Fishing licence buybacks and restocking plans are among the 11 recommendations in the final report of the state…
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'It will create jobs': Major parties promise cheaper water for Queensland farmers ahead of election Labor has joined the LNP and Katter's Australian Party in offering cheaper water prices for Queensland farmers ahead of the state election. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-27/queensland-election-labor-lnp-all-pledge-cheaper-water-farmers/12818886 #GovernmentandPolitics #LiberalNationalParty #AgriculturalPolicy #AgriculturalCrops #PoliticalParties #StateParliament #StateElections

Mount Isa copper smelter gets go-ahead for three more years Glencore's Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville refinery approved to operate for another three years. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-23/mount-isa-copper-smelter-life-renewed-operating-three-more-years/12639234 #RegionalDevelopment #LocalGovernment #StateParliament #StateElections #Mining(Rural) #Regional #Copper

Premier who approved destruction of Indigenous sites calls for royal commission into Juukan Gorge blast Colin Barnett says he's "not trying to dodge blame" over the destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site, but says "Canberra politicians" shouldn't be the ones investigating it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-18/former-premier-colin-barnett-wants-juukan-gorge-royal-commission/12678126 #MonumentandHeritageSite #Federal-StateIssues #RoyalCommissions #StateParliament #Aboriginal

Premier who approved destruction of Indigenous sites calls for royal commission into Juukan Gorge blast Colin Barnett says he's "not trying to dodge blame" over the destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site, but says "Canberra politicians" shouldn't be the ones investigating it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-18/former-premier-colin-barnett-wants-juukan-gorge-royal-commission/12678126 #MonumentandHeritageSite #Federal-StateIssues #RoyalCommissions #StateParliament #Aboriginal

Another NT election, another call for an Alice Springs youth curfew. But what do the experts say? A petition with thousands of signatures calling for an Alice Springs youth curfew will reach NT Parliament this week. MLA Robyn Lambley says there's evidence to support a curfew but she won't share it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-24/nt-votes-alice-springs-youth-curfew-evidence/12362222 #CrimePrevention #StateParliament #StateElections #RuralYouth #Crime #Youth

'What's wrong with the dam wall?': Bundaberg farmers protest Paradise Dam plan "Fear" and "discontentment" swells as protesters ramp-up their fight for water security, demanding the Paradise Dam wall on the Burnett River be fixed — not lowered. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-03/bundaberg-farmers-protest-paradise-dam-hearings/12020198 #Federal-StateIssues #DamsandReservoirs #StateParliament #LocalGovernment #WaterManagement #Agribusiness #MentalHealth #WaterSupply #Water

Outrage spills over after Paradise Dam amendments pass Work to reduce the height of the spillway at Australia's second-newest dam will begin next month after the Queensland Government controversially rushes a package of amendments through Parliament. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-07/outrage-as-qld-government-passes-paradise-dam-amendment/11942342 #Federal-StateIssues #DamsandReservoirs #LocalGovernment #WaterManagement #StateParliament #WaterSupply #Irrigation #Water #Rural #Laws