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❝As a lover of survival tales, there is nothing I enjoy more than storytelling that pits humans against nature and asks the question ‘how would I survive?’. In this genre, there’s nothing scarier to the audience than encountering an apex predator, one of the sea’s most magnificent creatures, the great white shark.”❞

“Reconciliation happens all the time between us as partners. That’s how it works. It’s a whole team effort and it’s how the old people used to work. It’s a big thank you all ‘round.”

“Be very clear this all started over a year ago, from a Mayoral Minute that contained no cost-benefit analysis, no risk management, no back-up plans and no thought process as to what could occur…”

What is happening to our election promises?

What about the Council pledge to ‘Do It In Douglas’?

❝I have no regrets in proceeding with to have finally brought this continuing ferry-bridge fiasco to the forefront of this community❞

Is a bridge still on the agenda? Is Council going to buy the ferry and operate it? What are they going to do about the traffic queues? How much is all this going to cost the ratepayer?

❝If it is to avoid being landed with no ferry at all post June 30, Council will have to buy, hire or contract a ferry or service in the next few weeks. ❞

The Douglas Shire Council put out an interim ferry tender for the Daintree River crossing on 9 February, 2021. The tender closed on 9 March, 2021 with the decision expected to be made 23 March, 2021. A month later, and the Douglas community have not heard anything.

A new report by the IUCN, Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture, describes agriculture as a core issue for the conservation sector now, and into the future. The report recognises agriculture as not only integral to our survival, but also as one of the most significant drivers of biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution.

Former “Boss” and Douglas Shire resident, Mark David Gladwin, has been sentenced to five years gaol for possession of more than 100g of pure methylamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $30,000.