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Police urge motorists to use common sense – Page 3
Mareeba Police Constable George Radcliffe and Sergeant Brett Paull are ready to crack down on reckless drivers along Tablelands roads.
Knuth out firing By Michael Serenc
DALRYMPLE MP Shane Knuth has accused the State Government of pandering to green groups over the proposed new vegetation management laws. Mr Knuth was unapologetic in his assessment of the government’s attitude towards the laws, which have caused widespread backlash on the
Tablelands due to their restrictions on agricultural land clearing. “This government has always had a “get the farmer” attitude,” he said. “Obviously they’re looking to appease Brisbane voters and green groups who think the government is doing a wonderful thing all in the name of trying to make criminals out of producers who are producing a product that puts good
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food on our table.” The Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 is currently being reviewed by a parliamentary committee and is due to report back to Parliament with its assessment on June 30. If passed, the laws would be retrospective, taking effect from the date the Bill was introduced into parliament on March 17.
Mr Knuth said the fact the Bill would be retrospective was ridiculous in that farmers could be jailed for clearing land they were legally allowed to under the current laws which are still in effect. “I hope the review committee is not pressured into supporting a Bill that is flawed and un-Australian,” he said. CONTINUED PAGE 3
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