March 11th, 2010
Category: LNP Media Releases
Bligh State Labor last night said ‘NO’ to science-based decisions for Tableland irrigators.
In State parliament, Bligh Government Members voted down LNP’ amendments to the Barron water resource plan to allow sustainable use of sub-artesian water in Area B.
LNP Member for Dalrymple Shane Knuth told parliament Tableland irrigators had had enough of the Bligh government and the Minister for Water Resources’ politically-driven attack on Tableland farming.
Mr Knuth called on the Minister to undertake a technical review of the Douglas Partners’ report and look at the science of the issue rather than the politics. Read More…
March 11th, 2010
Category: LNP Media Releases
SCHOOL children and teachers have been exposed to potentially lethal asbestos fibres while sitting in their classrooms, the LNP said today.
Shadow Minister for Education & Training Dr Bruce Flegg said it was an extraordinary revelation by Education Minister Geoff Wilson that he had been aware students and teachers in at least three Mackay schools had been exposed to asbestos.
“The Bligh Labor government has admitted school children and teachers were exposed to potentially lethal asbestos fibres while sitting in classes, even while yet another local school was still being investigated for asbestos contamination,” Dr Flegg said. Read More…
March 10th, 2010
Category: LNP Media Releases
GRANDPARENTS providing full-time care to grandchildren should be supported by all levels of government, institutions and organisations, the LNP said today.
Shadow Minister for Community Services & Housing and Shadow Minister for Women Rosemary Menkens, who introduced a private members bill to recognise grandparents providing care, said the situation in which grandparents were becoming primary carers for their grandchildren was increasing.
“There are many reasons why grandparents are assuming care for their grandchildren,” Mrs Menkens said.
“Many grandparents are not in a position to be able to assume care for their grandchildren without suffering financial hardship. Read More…
March 10th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
Two reports into Pacific Adventurer oil spill have shown that there was no plan and no-one in charge of the clean up.
LNP Shadow Transport Minister Fiona Simpson said the reports were a damning indictment of the Bligh Labor Government’s response and preparedness for such an environmental disaster.
“What is clear from these reports is that the Bligh Labor Government was not prepared for an oil spill of this magnitude,” Ms Simpson said. Read More…
