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Rodeo fever hits town With only days to go until the big Mareeba Rodeo, President Jim Blakeney and Secretary Angela Sturgess are all smiles and looking forward to the event after months and months of planning. Turn to pages 13-20 for the 2015 Mareeba Rodeo eight page special edition feature.
RODEO FEATURE PAGES 13 TO 20
2015 MAREEBA RODEO
JULY 10-12
Rodeo action all weekend!!
Atherton – centre of regional politics? By Justin Fris TABLELANDS Regional Councillor Geoff Stocker believes Atherton would be an ideal location for a new Northern Australia development office. In the document released a fortnight ago by the Abbott Government – it was recommended that a ‘Northern Australia’ development office be relocated from Canberra – in a bid to greater serve the region. The office would be responsible for handling all major issues and policies that impact the north of our nation. Cr Stocker’s motion (which was carried unanimously during ‘General Business’) will see representatives of the TRC write to
both Premier Palaszczuk and Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss to garner their support. During his address to councillors, Cr Stocker said: “I think most councillors would have been aware that during the last week, I’ve been reading through this White Paper on Australian development; looking for things which might be useful, might affect or benefit this Council and Tablelands communities. “There is one thing there which I think may be worth acting upon, if the Council is so inclined. The recommendation in here that the office of North Australia be shifted to the north; out of Canberra. “At the moment, it is located within the Deputy Prime Minister’s office in Canberra; and there is no location suggested at this
particular point. “I think it could be appropriate that we suggest to the Deputy Prime Minister that Atherton be an optimal location for this particular office. “There are a lot of advantages, logical advantages, technical advantages, in choosing a site like Atherton. “It’s well ahead of a lot of particular sites, but I think the end result would be more to do with politics than technical aspects. “But I think it would be useful that Council at least throw our hat in the ring, and suggest it to the Deputy PM that Atherton would be a good place to establish this office.
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