Cape York Weekly FREE – #195 | Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Editor Lyndon Keane: 0419 891 666 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
INSIDE TODAY
BLOOMFIELD IS BOUNCING BACK Page 3
LOCAL MAN DIES AFTER CRASH Page 5
COOKTOWN’S PRIDE RUNS DEEP
Northern Pride skipper Kyle Schneider leads his team through the guard of honour formed by junior Cooktown Crocs ahead of the team’s 32-12 Country Week win against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls at John Street Oval on Saturday. Check out our special coverage of the game on Pages 16 and 17.
AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS Pages 8 & 9
Community calls for licence solution
Driving us crazy By LYNDON KEANE
FRUSTRATED young drivers and parents in Cooktown are pleading with the State Government to ditch the bureaucratic “buck passing” and come up with a consistent solution for delivering local licencing services. Newly-licenced driver Eli Munday was lucky enough to be able
to get his licence in Cooktown last week, but said the experience had been clouded in confusion. “Once I finished my 100 hours, it took us two weeks to hear back from TMR that my hours got approved; they had messed up or something,” he said. “So, I rang them up and found out that my hours did get approved, but while we were waiting for my
hours to get approved, I heard from some of my other friends that their driver’s tests got cancelled, and they were told that they’re not doing the Ps (provisional licence) testing in Cooktown anymore.” The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is responsible for the provision of licencing services in Queensland, however, a State Government source familiar
with the situation told Cape York Weekly “an appetite to slash local services and resourcing, and lump police with tasks TMR are funded for” had left many drivers in limbo in places like Cooktown. “The department (TMR) honestly doesn’t care if there’s a regular service or not, as long as a budget in Brisbane balances,” they said. Continued – Page 2
ARTISTS SHINE AT CAIRNS FAIR Pages 10-11
MIXED RESULTS FOR BOXERS Page 19
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