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  • Christian Lobby should tell Labor-Liberal: We’re with freedom parties
    by Editor, cairnsnews on February 7, 2025 at 6:06 am

    By MICHAEL SLOVANOSANTI-vilification and hate crime laws should protect communities from real threats, says the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) CEO Michelle Pearse. “But instead of tackling genuine concerns—like the rise of antisemitism—governments are using these laws to expand protected attributes and push radical agendas. The result? More division, more confusion, and a dangerous erosion of

  • APRA confirms it will do nothing about major banks de-banking bullion dealers
    by Editor, cairnsnews on February 7, 2025 at 5:55 am

    De-banking is the process of banks closing accounts for businesses or individuals. All the big banks are now de-banking clients and claiming that this is for Anti Money Laundering reasons, but it is just not true. At our Senate Estimates questions, APRA agreed they had authority in this area and also agreed they were doing

  • Supermarket shelves empty in Far North Qld
    by Editor, cairnsnews on February 7, 2025 at 3:27 am

    Supermarket shelves are empty in Far North Queensland while heavy rainfall continues making all three access roads impassible for trucks bringing supplies from the south. The situation in Cairns has been so acute that Cairns residents are travelling to the Atherton Tablelands supermarkets in search of food. A washed out bridge on the Bruce Highway

  • Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 pushed through senate by LibLab
    by Editor, cairnsnews on February 7, 2025 at 2:53 am

    Speech they hate By George Christensen, former LNP MHR [email protected] They’re coming for your words. Your thoughts. Your beliefs. Under the guise of fighting anti-Semitism, the Albanese government—with full support from Peter Dutton’s opposition—has passed the most draconian hate crime laws Australia has ever seen. Yes, you read that correctly. The so-called “conservative” Liberal-National Coalition

  • Failing renewables push threatens Boyne Smelter, Yarwun Alumina Refinery and the Queensland Alumina Refinery
    by Editor, cairnsnews on February 6, 2025 at 11:02 am

    Many thousands of jobs could be lost in the alumina industry as secure, reliable and affordable power supplies dwindle thanks to useless renewables. Coal-fired power is by far the cheapest and most reliable for industry and the Labor-held industrial stronghold of Gladstone will be first to fold. Pic Boyne Smelter at Tannum Sands near Gladstone

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