Month: October 2020

This week’s budget was an abdication of the fundamental reason for government: to do the things that must be done collectively, and cannot be done by individuals acting alone so as to nurture and protect people and society.
Essentially, the Government chucked unaccountable billions of dollars in tax cuts and concessions to business. The message was: do what you like with the money as long as you create jobs. Not a care or message as to what sort of jobs or what is to be achieved by them. Just jobs for jobs sake. Dig holes and fill them in and we’ll give you an investment allowance for a hole-digging machine and another investment allowance for a hole-filler-in machine….

As a general member of the community with no affiliations to any political group I feel it’s important for the people of the Douglas Shire to have oversight of ALL of the questions being submitted to the DSC and the DSC’s responses. So, I am respectfully requesting that my questions and answers be published on the DNN website and Facebook page if you are agreeable.

Sixteen year old local singer-songwriter Abi Muir is about to set the world on fire with the release of her single, “First Date”. Released four weeks ago, the dance hit has clocked in more than 200,000 views on Abi’s Facebook page. “First Date” is Abi’s fourth single, the first of her releases to reveal a fresh and high energy dance vibe, maturing from the wistful dreaminess of her debut single “heebiejeebies”.

Douglas Shire maintains its award winning status as one of the world’s Sustainable Top 100 Destinations in 2020. The Sustainable Top 100 Destinations list has just been unveiled, with the Douglas Shire returning to be honoured with the prestigious recognition.Townsville and Lord Howe Island join the Douglas Shire as other Australian destinations to be included in the Top 100 list.

Look up just after sunset, as soon as it gets really dark, to see as many as ten shooting stars per hour. You’ll be viewing the Draconid meteor shower, which occurs when Earth passes through the stream of debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. The shower is so-named because the meteors shoot from the radiance of  Draco the dragon constellation.

DOUGLASNEWS.NETWORK The current Daintree River Crossing Options poll has become a football match where the umpires have changed the goal posts and the rules without…

This weekend, Townsville Enduro Club Inc. hosted the fiercest off-road endurance motorcycle race in FNQ.
103 riders gathered from all over the State, battling it out on a challenging track built by local rider Jason Dwyer and crew on the outskirts of Mossman at Tara Hills Rd.

Five new environmental projects for the Tropical Far North are the “first step towards a ‘green’ economic recovery for the region.” The Queensland Government has provided nearly $4 million for five Reef Assist projects that will create jobs while protecting wetlands, improving wildlife corridors, stabilising creek banks and making the region more resilient to natural disasters.

The iconic Daintree River is under repair after floodwaters caused erosion in its lower reaches. Tree-planting and earthworks have strengthened the river’s banks near the Daintree Village, where land washed away in record floods in recent years.

Two meetings were held in Mossman on Friday October 2, 2020 as part of Douglas Shire Council’s public consultation on the Daintree River Crossing Options Report. DouglasNews.Network summarises the key outcomes and issues arising from the two Mossman meetings.