Cape York Weekly FREE – #135 | Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Editor Matt Nicholls: 0477 450 558 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
SINEAD STARS IN JUNIORS
Picture: SARAH MARTIN
With the sun shining brightly, Hope Vale’s junior rugby league players made the trip to Cooktown on Saturday for matches against their local rivals. While there have been some fierce battles between senior teams over the years, there was plenty of sportsmanship shown by the two clubs at John Street Oval. In the under-11s, Hope Vale’s Sinead Crawford-Naylor was a standout, with the pocket rocket proving elusive. Pictures: Pages 20 and 21
New QPWS boss vows to fix problem
Cattle calamity By SARAH MARTIN
STANDING in front of Cape York graziers, the new regional director of Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service has vowed to improve cattle management in national parks. Speaking at the Cape York
NRM grazing forum last week, Matt Brien spoke candidly about QPWS’s failings in the area of cattle management. “We’ve recognised especially last year we dropped the ball, and probably many of you are thinking we’ve dropped the ball for a while
and maybe we have,” he said at Crocodile Station last week. “We’ve identified cattle in particular as an area we need to put more resources into. “We are very serious about getting this right and working together to do that moving forward.”
Mr Brien said the key to improving the service’s cattle management in national parks was a new senior ranger position, which had been filled by former Cloncurry stock inspector and buffalo farmer Cameron Jackson. Continued – Page 2
INSIDE TODAY
CROC KILLED IN NAPRANUM Page 3
FUNERAL SET FOR PUBLICAN Page 6 AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS Pages 8 & 9 TENSION OVER PDR PROBLEMS Page 4
CONQUER KEEN FOR EXPANSION Page 10
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