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What a terrific week we had celebrating 90 years of the Flying Doctors, it was an honour to host all the Australian Antique Aeroplane Association trekkers, RFDS members, Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey and Mrs de Jersey, and all those that returned to Cloncurry to celebrate our aeromedical heritage. We are very proud of Cloncurry’s part in the history of the Flying Doctor and that first flight that departed from Cloncurry to aid a Stockman in Julia Creek 90 years ago on the May 17 1928. Thank you to the friends of John Flynn Place, community team and all the sponsors that made the event so great.
Earlier this month I travelled to Brisbane for the Regional Organisation of Councils meeting at Parliament House, it was a great opportunity to meet with ministers and put items on the such as shade for the tennis courts, safe water for Dajarra, commitment to fund a full time youth officer and associated programs, Cloncurry Hospital upgrades and development of water and agriculture across our shire on the radar of ministers. These developments are important for the growth of our shire and I will continue to lobby for Cloncurry.
I have produced a document outlining a list of priorities for Cloncurry which I have sent to the state government ahead of the 18/19 state budget which you can view at cloncurry.qld.gov.au.
While I was in Brisbane the new vegetation management laws were passed through parliament which highlighted what happens when the facts, truth and common sense gets ignored in order to deliver a flawed, dumb ideology of a small inner-city minority. The committee travelled to Cloncurry and saw first hand the positive environmental and economic benefits of controlled management of Gidyea encroachment. Yet apart from a photo, totally ignored what they saw, because it didn’t get mentioned in their report to Parliament.
This frustrates and disappoints me greatly. When genuine grazing families go out of their way to show first hand, real evidence or the great outcomes of good property management to just be ignored by our state political ‘leaders’ is unacceptable.
You would have seen some of our major works start on Sheaffe Street, I am excited for the next stage as these works provide long overdue improvements to drainage, infrastructure and services. Griffith Street works also underway and I thank you for your patience during these works.
Winter is upon us, which means the Cloncurry Show is nearing, followed by the Stockmans Challenge, Quamby Rodeo, Curry Merry Muster, Dajarra Campdraft and much more. These events are all favourites on the calendar for locals and visitors and I want to highlight the hard work of the committees and volunteers behind these great events.
I would like to put back on the radar the C151 event, which I am hoping will come to life in September this year. I envisage it to be a biannual festival held the alternate year to Winton’s Outback festival. We have already had one planning meeting and I hope to see many more clubs, groups and keen community members at the next meeting on Monday May 21.
I will hope to see you all at the next Curry Races on June 2 and a reminder that Park run is still going strong – why not warm up on a Saturday Morning and head down to Mary K Park at 7am.