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HAPPY TEARS AT NAIDOC BALL
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Aaliyah Walsh was one of 55 people who attended Yarrabah's first NAIDOC Ball a week ago, with many shedding 'tears of happiness'. FULL STORY PAGE 3
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‘Kick the four out’
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That’s the message from furious deputy mayor Brett Olds l CA IRNS REGION | Nick Dalton CAIRNS deputy mayor Brett Olds has described the current Labor government as being “absolutely useless for Cairns”. He told a media conference that the region had been ripped off to the tune of billions of dollars by the Miles Labor govern-
mer dual minister (Craig Crawford) … pretty influential roles and a fourth candidate – all Labor – current in government and we have been been shafted. “Make sure to vote guys, this is a serious election, cost of living, crime … our ratepayers are taxpayers too. “Their taxes are building stadiums in Townsville, they are
ment. Cr Olds said the lack of funding had been “pissing me off for ages”. “This government has been absolutely useless when it comes to taking care of Cairns residents,” he said. “We’ve had a former treasurer and speaker of the house (Curtis Pitt), we’ve got a current minister (Michael Healy), a for-
building bridges in Toowoomba, they are building everything across the state. “If we didn’t have critical infrastructure needs, I’d be happy to take care of people who need it, but we do have critical needs … we’ve been overlooked for far too long. It’s been pissing me off for ages.” Earlier at a council meeting,
councillors were frustrated that they had to apply for a further $31 million in disaster recovery funding to rebuild public assets following the Far North’s record December flood. The council needs the further funds to restore parks, beaches, foreshores, playgrounds, walking tracks and other projects.
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