A question for the Mayor of Mount Isa
I refer to the ongoing expensive council television commercials inviting viewers to believe that Mount Isa is the City of Opportunities.
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However, while defending Council's reasoning for not applying for the State Government's Waste Levy Funding, in an article by Lydia Lynch for the North West Star on 20 October 2018, our Mayor is quoted as saying "Our city is widely known to be disadvantaged in a number of areas due to our remote location and lack of services, and our population simply cannot be put at further risk of being disadvantaged by way of a levy to dispose of waste ... all we can see is an extra rate going out to our community, and as it is our community is already doing it very, very tough ..."
Is Mount Isa a city of opportunities or is Mount Isa a city widely known to be disadvantaged?
If, as the television "feel good" commercials propose, Mount Isa is the City of Opportunities, would you please explain why as Mayor of our city, you have been opportunistic in denigrating our community in explanation for not getting on board the Waste Management Levy program?
Kim-Maree Burton,
Mount Isa
On random drug tests
According to the ABC, 52% of Australians think that those on the dole should be subject to random drug tests.
Apparently, if you get a government handout, you should be clean and sober at all times (yes, alcohol is a drug).
I can hardly wait for Scott Morrison to say that this will also apply to those who get franking credits on their shares.
They receive a very special government handout, one which most owners of shares don't get.
What's more, it supports them in a form of gambling.
It's extremely bad economic management to give taxpayers' money to a few gamblers without making sure that they are drug-free.
Grant Agnew,
Coopers Plains
Confidence shattered under Labor's tax obsessions
The Palaszczuk Labor Government continues to crush business confidence in Queensland.
The latest quarterly survey from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) spells disaster for the state's economy under Labor.
The survey revealed business confidence in Queensland's economy slumped 3.3 points in the March 2019 quarter, compared to 12 months earlier.
This is more proof our economy is flatlining at a time when Queensland desperately needs more jobs.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has lost control of the economy and the small business community have lost confidence in Labor.
It's shocking that 43% of respondents are expecting a weaker Queensland economy, while only 13% believe it will strengthen.
Alarmingly, 51% of Queensland businesses reported declining profitability over the March quarter.
It's no wonder we have the second highest unemployment rate in the nation under Labor.
There are 162,000 Queenslanders out of job and their hopes of finding work are fading under this economically incompetent Premier and her ultra-left Treasurer Jackie Trad.
Only a Deb Frecklington LNP Government will implement our Economic Plan to build job-creating infrastructure, rule out new taxes and support small business.
Tim Mander MP
Deputy Leader of the Opposition and
Shadow Treasurer