Police Beat / Operation Quebec Clarify: Man Extradited from India
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) in partnership with the Australian Federal Police, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and Indian Government have successfully extradited a man to face prosecution for the murder of a Queensland woman in October, 2018.
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Douglas Shire Council News / Smart Water Savings
Residents living in Mossman and the surrounding areas will soon have the opportunity to save on their annual water bill.
Douglas Shire Council will be installing new smart water meters as part of a $1.1 million investment in water security.
This is the second stage of the smart water meter rollout and will commence next Monday, 6 March 2023.
Crispin Hull / Estate Planning should not be a Super Idea
❝The superannuation system is riddled with these kinds of concessions. In all, superannuation tax concessions will soon cost the Budget more than $50 billion a year – about the same as the old-age pension.
The moral and economic case for hauling them in is unassailable. The only question is by how much and which concessions should be changed and which left..❞
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Crispin Hull / Lowe’s Weak Weaponry
❝Interest rate rises, as we are seeing, apply erratically, unfairly, and unpredictably upon younger, newer home-owners, tipping some into bankruptcy or catastrophic bank repossessions.❞
Douglas Shire Council News / Upgraded Access to Four Mile Beach
Douglas Shire Council is set to make it easier for visitors to access Four Mile Beach via Sand Street in Port Douglas with the construction of a brand new boardwalk and composite fibre stairs to replace the old wooden ones.
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Crispin Hull / A Big Race: Fossil Profits v Transition
❝The race is between competing interests. On one hand we have the broad mass of the world’s people who do not want to experience the catastrophes associated with global heating: floods, fires, food and water scarcity and so on. On the other hand, we have big fossil energy corporations and the policy-makers in nations that have large reserves of fossil energy.❞
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