JOBS, REGIONAL ECONOMIES JUST MONTHS FROM DEVASTATING BLOW AS FISHERS FACE GOVERNMENT BANS
The Queensland LNP Government is being urged by Federal colleagues to seek a three-year extension of North Queenslandâs gillnet fishery rather than shutting it down before a $9 million government research program into alternative fishing methods is complete.
Queensland Senator Susan McDonald and Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox have written to Queensland Primary Industries Minister Tony Perrett and Environment Minister Andrew Powell seeking a deferral of the scheduled 30 June 2027 phase-out until at least 2030.








