Category: Politics

Various media reports state that the Douglas Shire CEO, Mark Stoermer went on leave on Thursday last week and that Juanita Warner has been appointed as acting CEO. Some broadcast and social media reports are saying that he resigned on Thursday.

Squllionaire Warren Buffett, who has a social conscience and who is embarrassed at how little tax he has to pay, proposed a tax in the US, and President Barack Obama flirted with it for a while, but did not impose it.

But Australian Labor could implement it after the election as The Millionaires Tax – the tax where millionaires would have to pay the same level of tax as the tradies.

It would sail through the Senate as the right-wing populists (Lambie and Hanson et al) could not object. Neither could the Greens….

Douglas Shire Council have released concept designs for a proposed playground under the famous fig tree in Rex Smeal Park, Port Douglas.

A morally bankrupt, supine, irrational sell-out was committed by the Australian Labor Party last week when it said it would acquiesce with the third, and…

An Ordinary Meeting of the Douglas Shire Council will be held tomorrow Tuesday, 27 July 2021 at 10:00a.m. at the Council Chambers, 64-66 Front Street, Mossman.

If Prime Minister Scott Morrison had a buck-related sign it would say: “Send the buck lower down the food chain to anyone but me.”

In today’s Opinion Piece, Crispin Hull takes a close look at political tribalism and State COVID lockdowns…

In today’s Opinion Piece, Crispin Hull takes a close look at the post-apocalyptic need for Labor to saddle up…

❝It is essential that the public be given the opportunity to hear the machinations of Council and how it works, how Councillors can ask questions, bring up suggestions, and how it is possible to contribute.❞ Cr Noli

“I can present examples of plastic-free alternatives and help in a meaningful way to guide the process and help business make a start in their plastic-free journey.”