North Queensland farmers now will have to apply to a government-appointed rehabilitation commissioner to plough their paddocks or risk a heavy fine.
The Queensland Labor Party with support from the Liberal National Party enacted legislation on August 14 in State Parliament to appoint a mining rehabilitation commissioner including new requirements for farmers in the six Great Barrier Reef catchment areas.
In typical communist style farmers wishing to plough their paddocks will be subject to the whim of a commissioner. who does not need to have any formal qualifications under the new legislation.
Leader of Katters Australian Party Robbie Katter who opposed the laws, said the LNP, but in particular the Member for Burdekin, Dale Last, a former senior police officer, had again betrayed farmers.
“Mr Last has been very vocal in his attacks on Labor in the past but this week proved his loyalties lie only with his party and not the people,” Mr Katter said.
“He should have shown the convictions of Colin Boyce, LNP Member for Callide, who crossed the floor and voted against his own party’s support for a new mining rehabilitation commissioner.
“Farming used to be an essential service by providing clean and green food and fibre for Australians, but the LNP has thrown the baby out with the bathwater and the population could starve for all they care.
“The consequences of this could be dire and could hold up development for years.”
KAP Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto said Mr Boyce’s courageous move in the House this week was significant.
“I believe Mr Boyce’s move has signalled that LNP policy no longer truly represents the values of the bush and this is why he crossed the floor,” he said.
“By voting for that legislation, the LNP and Labor have endorsed the appointing of a commissioner who will dictate not only how mining businesses operate but will also enforce last year’s amendments to the Environmental Protection Act that introduced draconian regulations on farmers in the six reef catchment areas.
“There wasn’t even a skillset specified for this person, who might very well come from a green lobby group. The LNP and Labor seem content with creating a legislative hitman answerable only to the Environment Minister and no-one else.
“They will have immense power to work against mining and agriculture in Queensland.
“The LNP continually says they back farmers and here they are voting with Labor. This was a perfect
opportunity to do the right thing and vote against Labor’s legislation that will only hurt farmers,”
he said.
“It took the crossbench to call for a division in parliament to trigger one of the LNP’s own members
to cross the floor in a strong show of support for the agricultural sector.
“Backing Queensland agriculture isn’t about creating a bunch of one-liners and wearing a green
shirt at a rally. You actually need to back words with actions.
“The KAP talks the talk and walks the walk. We have drafted a bill to repeal Labor’s destructive reef
legislation and to date the LNP have refused to say whether they will support it.”
Well said Tara lets hope the dumbed down ALP and LNP voters understand.Editor
The government is so quick to blame the farmer, yet here we live on the wettest continent in Australia and unsealed roads during heavy rain & floods is washed into our waterways and out onto our Great Barrier Reef. Our farmers who have the highest rates for a merely bin service.
If the government wants to help the GBR, I suggest starting there and sealing their roads for them.
The governments tentacles run far too deep into our lives and they have proven time & time again how they love to throw the little man under the bus. They want to abolish our farmers to rely on imports but we all seen what happened recently when the country couldn’t stand on its own two feet and support the Australian people. We ran out of toilet paper.
The government doesn’t want us to own our own land, grow our own food and be fully self sufficient. They want power and they want full control. They will take our cash away unless on the 31st October the Australian people vote differently. If they get full control of our cash we will be slaves like never seen before. Their Covid Vaccine is fast approaching and I refuse to be tracked, chipped or forced against my will. We should be free to choose what medical interventions we wish to have. It’s our body, our choice!
“the Member for Burdekin, Dale Last, a former senior police officer, had again betrayed farmers.” A firmer copper… a current Freemason! Bet I’m absolutely correct.
The wrong genre of socialism is communism where the people have no rights whatsoever. But we have a totally different kind of socialism in the greatest political system that truly works for the people and benefits the people, National Socialism as espoused by The German Third Reich. For those who want to know more, please watch this documentary,
https://www.impartialtruth.com/featured/adolf-hitler-the-greatest-story-never-told/
All these commies need to be removed out of office and we the people need to take back our country wake up people time is running out.
The government are the real enemy
This came across my desk many years ago, If you want to control the people there are two ways, FEAR, and STARVATION. fear works ok but starvation works better. If you control the production of food you can control how much is released, and who gets it.
*In 1999 we voted all the Political Party Republic Acts OUT.*
*Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1901 consisting of its Preamble, Clauses 1 to 9 and the Schedule as Proclaimed and gazetted.*
*Part II – The Senate*
*7 The Senate*
* The Senate shall be composed of senators for each State, directly *
*chosen by the people of the State,* * voting, until the Parliament otherwise *
* provides, as one electorate. NOT BY POLITICAL PARTIES*
*Part III – The House of Representatives*
*24 Constitution of House of Representatives*
* The House of Representatives shall be composed of members directly*
* chosen by the people of the Commonwealth, and the number of such*
* members shall be, as nearly as practicable, twice the number of the*
* senators. NOT BY POLITICAL PARTIES*
*A Federal Referendum of the people is an explicitly binding Act on all Australian Governments. When Australian Governments don’t listen to Referendums they enact “TREASON” upon themselves. *
*When are we going to wake up ?????*
Dick
JWO puppets
They are all in this together. Agenda 21 and the war on Australian people continues.
We have a sham government and this trusting nature has revealed what it actually was, blindly naive. The thought of the dehumanization of the people of the world, I hope we see as a negative before it’s too late.
My daughter is studying Hitler at the moment, I told her the many examples of the socialist state are playing out before us.