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Katter support for farm lacks thought

IT would seem that Tony Freeman and Louise Livingstone’s “Old Mates Farm” (OMF) development application (MCU22/0019) is not quite going to plan, and now in a desperate attempt, have had to resort to having Member for Kennedy Bob Katter provide a letter of support for the enterprise which has been operating in breach of its development approval of 30 October 2017. Bob’s letter of support provided on 6 March 2023 can be viewed on OMF’s Facebook page. Mr Katter and his “big hat” should have “cantered in, hitched up your horse, pulled up a stump and sat down for a yarn” with the residents of Hemmings Lane – that way you would have “hitched up” at our front gates? And we, the residents, could have had a “yarn” as to the extent of OMF’s breach and to other areas of concern and activities carried out by OMF. Now, not wishing to break vogue as to tone and dialogue used during your “yarn” with OMF: “Mister MP Bob (big hat) ya reckons thet this ere Hemmings Lane Cobb & Co track may jus needs a wee bit o ‘hard yakka’ tah bring er up ta scratch, jus for Tony an Louise’s big ‘horseless carriages’. “Dog gorn, ya forgots bouts them there big ‘mega bucks’ ya gunna wants? N ah’s reckons thet, that there, itty bitty bridge is gunna need some of those ‘mega bucks’ yore keeps of forgoting? En than MP Bob (big hat) when yer lil’ole Cobb & Co track runs dang fair n square on ta thet big big wells fargo coach road. “Hell’s bell, there’s then big ‘mega bucks’ ya keeps forgoting bout, an gunna wants? N’ ahs reckons when thems there ‘ratepayer’ and them there ‘taxpayers’ find out thet the KNP/OMF gang plans ta stick-up thems folks stage coach, well’s ah reckons them’s folks maybe a wee bit peed off!” Now back to reality, TRC has required OMF to submit a Traffic Impact Assessment as part of their application to expand their operations. The traffic impact assessment has to address concerns on Hemmings Lane, also, Hemmings Lane/Kennedy Highway intersection. Note – any traffic impact assessment needs to adequately consider and address the type of vehicles accessing the proposed development including standard vehicles towing large caravans (articulated vehicle) and

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tour buses (heavy rigid vehicles). This, Mr Katter, would require a twolane sealed road for Hemmings Lane, a major upgrade to the single lane bridge, major upgrades, and work to the Hemmings Lane/ Kennedy Highway, to safely accommodate such traffic. Both Tony Freeman and Louise Livingstone demand, and you, Mr Katter, suggest, that the funding cost for the required upgrades, which would be significant “mega bucks”, should be funded at the expense of the Tablelands Regional Council ratepayers and the Queensland taxpayer – for what? To line the purse of two self-indulgent individuals? Do you Mr Katter believe that both the ratepayers and taxpayers are that gullible, naïve or stupid? May I, be so rude as to suggest, Mr Katter, that you and your party, KNP, do something useful for a change? The people of Upper Barron Road, Malanda have been, for years, trying to secure funding from Queensland for the completion of, to what is a disgrace, the last section of the Upper Barron Road, Malanda Highway. This disgraceful section of highway, in your and your party’s (KNP) electorate, is used by tourists, heavy transport combinations, cattle trucks, a school bus run and locals. And if it were in my electorate, I would crawl back into my ‘big hat’ and hide in shame. The completion of this section of a “highway” would benefit the whole of the Kennedy Electorate as opposed to the self-gratification of two people. So how about you, Mr Katter and your KNP Party get up and do something – secure the required funding from the Queensland Government and complete this section of highway? R. Lynch UPPER BARRON

Another baseless tirade

RE: “Truth finally emerges…” (The Express 05/04/23) Mr Campion laments that he is amongst those who were “demonised as “conspiracy theorists” and banned from stating truth and facts…” I seriously doubt Peter Campion would recognise the truth if he tripped over it, nor ever let the facts or statistics get in the way of his opinions and conjecture. Unfortunately though, he is true to form here, latching on to the very sad story of a

APRIL brings much happiness particularly to small children as the Easter Bunny hops in bringing baskets of yummy chocolate eggs with him. It is a time for renewal as we in the Southern hemisphere begin our autumn or in the Far North our Dry. April is also a time for reflection as Anzac Day is commemorated on the 25th of the month. A time to give thanks to everyone who participated in the many conflicts to keep us very safe, secure and protected in our home land. Thanks and with gratitude to those who made the supreme sacrifice and did not

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young life cut short and a grieving family looking for answers, and shamelessly using that as a springboard to launch another of his baseless tirades about something he clearly has very little actual knowledge of. Although he claims to have spent thousands of hours doing “deep research dives”, it would appear that he’s simply spent too much time down one of the many internet rabbit holes that he and his ilk seem to favour. His letter is full of questions and assumptions, what ifs, mights and maybes. And to top it off, (perhaps thinking his off-key ranting wasn’t already offensive enough) he invokes the potential of a “Covid Nuremberg” as revenge… I, for one, am truly thankful that the electorate recognised him for what he is on both occasions. Murray (surname withheld) Yungaburra

Clarity on climate talk

A COUPLE of weeks ago, in a live interview with George Christensen on tntradio.live (https://tntradiolive.podbean.com/e/petercampion-on-the-george-christensen-show2-april-2023/) , I observed that “climate change is coming”. Some locals have taken that to mean I now “believe” in “catastrophic anthropogenic CO2-induced global warming” despite my qualifier that “it has nothing to do with CO2”. As I’ve described for years in The Express, the laws of physics preclude CO2warming: it is purest political fiction. As I said to George, the climate change that is coming, which includes both hotter and colder weather, is an artefact of Earth’s rapidly weakening magnetosphere, which, in turn, is the result of this planet entering the outer edge of a galactic-scale Parker instability in 1859, the year of the Carrington Event. Between now and the mid-2040s, the climate will undergo incredible changes – all of them are expected by the predator-class globalists, all of them will be caused by the galactic electromagnetic sheet reversal, and all of them will be blamed on puny humans by globalist lackeys. There has not been a worse time in 12,000 years to be building wind and solar electricity generators or to be over-reliant on reliable electricity. Peter Campion TOLGA

return to these shores. Thanks to all the many types of animals who also served and who did not return to their homelands. Thanks to the civilians who also did their part, manning the home shores, who worked in the many factories, churning out food, ammunitions, planes, tanks, ships and guns, all for the effort to keep the rest of the population alive, happy and free. Our gratitude, our thanks will be for evermore. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM! Meanwhile at our rooms in Centenary Park, work continues on as usual. Council records are slowly being scanned and

LOCAL Local celebrity “Max from Mobil” has won over the hearts with his exceptional customer service and many locals took to our Facebook post to share their throughts about the little champion...

Well done Max and well done to his parents who clearly raised him to be a beautiful human – Tammy Lee Our MAXIMUS. He's one cool dude – and makes sure my coffee is just right – Leslie Anne Cappelletto Such a well-spoken and polite young man – Patrick King Well done Max your definitely one in a million and it's an absolute pleasure to work with you and know you – Norena Evans Have heard about this bloke in mackay too. Good onya Max – Kay Evans Max - what a role model you are. You will go far. Well done – Mara Rooks Well done Max! We’re so proud of you – VPG Vocational Partnerships Group That's awesome! Congratulations! You are such a friendly well mannered young lad keep up the great work it’s a pleasure to be served from you at the servo – Chrissy Snell Max is always so polite and happy. Keep up the good work and customer service. You'll be a manager in no time – Daniela Fregona

Locals also commented on a story about a Mareeba senior who was harassed by youths in Byrnes Street… It is happening everywhere. I drive buses in Ipswich and these kids know exactly what they can get away with. Bring back boot camps where there put into, no TV, no games, nothing at all except hard work. Also, they need to pay for any damage they have done throughout their crime spree – Noela Ann Brack Something needs to be done, why should anyone have to live in fear? We are not a third world country where this is done for hungers sake – LesNwanita McKeegan No rules at home + no rules in society = NO respect – Tracey Lyons I doubt they would try the same intimidation on someone who appeared not so vulnerable – Jill Cowie-Taylor I would never go up the street by myself and haven’t been there for years – Barbara Wilson

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recorded in a computer for easier access when completed. The many issues of The Dam Digest, a regular printing for the many people who worked on the Tinaroo Dam and the water Channels are also being scanned onto a computer as they are getting fragile and soon will disintegrate as are some of the Council records. So the work we are doing is very timely. More willing hands are still needed to assist us in this important work. It is still distressful to realise that after 30 years people still confuse us with other organisations with similar names.

We are totally different, with different values, rules and ideas. So please really check hard and come up with the correct organisation whenever praise or criticism is intended. The society’s rooms are open Tuesday and Wednesday from 8am till 3pm each day and also on the Bake, Make and Grow Markets held on the 2nd and 5th Saturday of each month. Open then 7.30am till noon. Come on in and check out our many and varied files of Mareeba Shire information. Everyone is welcome. Till next time, Cheers, Helen

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