LNP invests $120 million in boating and fishing infrastructure, deepening waterways

[Camhawk88]

you can cover a prawn and a turd in sprinkles and they will look the same, but you WILL taste the difference

LP

Leave it for the recipe section Phill. A prawn covered in sprinkles- indeed!

[Lucky_Phill]

What ? !!!!!!!!!! you've never eaten Fairy Prawns ????

[nigelr]

Sounds like one of the dishes at the Greens convention........along with fresh 'field' mushrooms!

[charleville]

Since the discussion has been debased a bit, I guess that it is OK to go a bit off-topic and say that gee, I wish that both parties would make a pledge to change Queensland's archaic grog laws so that I can buy a bottle of plonk in a supermarket, just like happens south of the border and in every other civilised place on the planet.

Surely, the hoteliers' lobby (as distinct from the hotel lobby ) cannot have that much sway over the politicians these days as to maintain the current silly arrangements.


That is in addition to fully funding VMRs and Coastguards if, and only if, they amalgamate, of course.


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[Camhawk88]

What ? !!!!!!!!!! you've never eaten Fairy Prawns ????

Nope. Although I have been visited by the shit fairy on a number of occasions!

[Lucky_Phill]

Since the discussion has been debased a bit, I guess that it is OK to go a bit off-topic and say that gee, I wish that both parties would make a pledge to change Queensland's archaic grog laws so that I can buy a bottle of plonk in a supermarket, just like happens south of the border and in every other civilised place on the planet.

Sorry, don't agree with this one, not a party pooper, just don't like the idea of seeing mum's pushing shopping trolleys half empty on fresh food, but full of grog while baby sits in babychair., or the little ones oogling dad buying cases of grog, like it's the norm....... it's not. This grog thing must be seperated and I didn't even like the Bottlo's in shopping centres... am I a GOM ?

Surely, the hoteliers' lobby (as distinct from the hotel lobby ) cannot have that much sway over the politicians these days as to maintain the current silly arrangements.

They have a lot of " sway ', because Woolies and Coles own most of the Hotels....


That is in addition to fully funding VMRs and Coastguards if, and only if, they amalgamate, of course.

Absolutely agree on this and have been pushing for it some a few years....


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cheers GOM from the Fun Police

[robtarr]

I despair

I've just read this thread from start to finish and I truly despair that there isn't a politician capable of standing up and honestly calling it how they see it. What the hell are they scared of? IMHO I think one of the main reasons the mad Katter is gaining so much appeal is because there's a perception he does just that....and what an indictment that is on the rest of them. Whether people agree with him not they're attracted to his straight talking style.

I've seen many comments pleading with Mr Robinson to make a commitment to rec fishos and stand by it - but he fails at every opportunity to grasp the importance of just that....making a commitment of some substance and in sufficient detail we can believe he will deliver. He chose to come on this forum obviously to garner some support but doesn't seem to get the way we think or doesn't want to. We've all become so cynical of politicians we can only judge them by what they do not what they say. It's not our fault we feel this way - it's been their appalling behaviour that's driven many of us to this level of despair. I really don't think they appreciate just how p!ssed off the majority of us are right now - they're still too busy pandering to the bloody vocal self interested minority groups to care.

The weather hasn't even been on our side often enough to get out on the water to forget about it all for a while.

[PinHead]

I have not heard one pollie mention that most important item..payng off the huge debt this State has.

All we hear is spend, promise and more spend.

We could have lots of spending once the debt it cleared

[Fafnir]

I have not heard one pollie mention that most important item..payng off the huge debt this State has.

All we hear is spend, promise and more spend.

We could have lots of spending once the debt it cleared

But surely the state will be making a fortune from all the green iniatives it's 'invested' millions in under the current Greens - sorry ALP - government?

[PinHead]

LOL fafnir..they will just be relying on the mining boom..and with $ so high the income to the miners has decreased.

[MudRiverDan]

I doubt deepening waterways has anything to do with fishing quality, I think there is other reasons for that.
Deepening of waterways often leads to habitat destruction and increased tidal velocity.

Mind you expenditure on infrastructure is probably already budgeted in due to the damage the floods had on many waterway structures, hardly something new.

I wont go on as I have already expressed what I think needs to be addressed and that is the "Input".

To break it down simply the bay is a system, the elements within the bay and surrounding areas can be quantified into a simple equation of "what goes in = what is produced".

I would like to see nothing done with anything but an improvement of cultural inputs contributing to the waterways and bays.

So much to be offered but so little to give a breath of life to an ailing ecosystem.

Cheers

Dan

[PinHead]

Businesses on the Broadwater and the marine precinct on the Coomera river have been suffering for years..too shallow to get vessels up there to do the work on them.

[Mike Delisser]

Since the discussion has been debased a bit, I guess that it is OK to go a bit off-topic and say that gee, I wish that both parties would make a pledge to change Queensland's archaic grog laws so that I can buy a bottle of plonk in a supermarket, just like happens south of the border and in every other civilised place on the planet.

Surely, the hoteliers' lobby (as distinct from the hotel lobby ) cannot have that much sway over the politicians these days as to maintain the current silly arrangements.


That is in addition to fully funding VMRs and Coastguards if, and only if, they amalgamate, of course.


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Don't you think Woolies and Coles have a big enough share of the grog market already?

[MudRiverDan]

Businesses on the Broadwater and the marine precinct on the Coomera river have been suffering for years..too shallow to get vessels up there to do the work on them.

oh yeah and you want me to vote for this why?

From what I can tell most the boats made in the Coomera area are Luxury craft, big bucks for folk who got
a million cash handy.. why on earth does this deserve charity from taxpayers?

[Tangles]

Absolutely right Greg,

In QLD arent we are due to be about 92 billion in debt by July, ( wasnt it about 24 billion in 2006 i think? )

it must of been a hell of a party and ive missed it even though ive been here for about 40 years, theres a few more roads, overpasses, they love overpasses, and theyve built lots of... bugger, i cant really think of much else really

And then when i think of how much the Feds are racking up as well,