GOVERNMENT SHOULD FOCUS ON REAL POLICE, NOT FUN POLICE

 Well here we go again. Queenslanders being dictated to by US/overseas extremists. I see Desley Boyle is for this stupidity but Curtis Pitt is having 50c each way saying he will wait and see what the Federal govt. proposes. Well, not good enough. Don't wait until they tell us what's going to happen. Tell them what we want, or don't support it at all.

 We want to be able to go fishing with our kids, family and friends. We want jobs in our area.Given our extreme unemployment rates we can't afford to lose the ones we have .

We have to speak up now, and we have to tell these overseas extremists that enough is enough.                                                                                                                 

Here is the full press release put out by me

Media release for Monday 21^st November 2011

The Australian Party Candidate for Cairns Darren Hunt has called on the government to allow fishing to continue in Far North Queensland.

Mr Hunt said “Once again as an election looms this desperate government is trying to suck up to Green voters. Now they want to keep pushing this overseas, extremist point of view. They don’t even know who they’re supposedly protecting this area from. They just cut $23million from the police budget so they’re hardly in a position to enforce this stupidity.”

 “As someone who’s family has been in this area for generations I can still remember the state of the reef at Green and Fitzroy islands when I was a kid. There’s no fishing allowed there and look at the state of it in areas not fenced off. Why are anglers always made out to be the bad guys in these debates?”

“This industry creates many jobs in this area and with the unemployment rates up here we can hardly afford to lose anymore. The benefits for families and friends to be able to go out and enjoy outdoor activities cannot be measured in times of growing childhood obesity. Anglers educated and engaging in sustainable practices and adhering to current laws pose no greater risk to the reef than the thousands of transport ships cruising by everyday”

“The only way these overseas extremists will be happy is if it is closed off to everyone, forever. Queenslanders shouldn’t have to kowtow to overseas extremists. Queenslanders should be able to go out fishing for the day with their family. This government should focus on real police, not the fun police.”

Darren Hunt

Candidate for Cairns

here is the link tom Cairns Post story
 http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2011/11/21/192521_local-news.html#comment