Call for injection of cash from state government for fires, drought

Member for Scenic Rim Jon Krause has hit out at the state government’s lack of action on the Canungra and Beechmont fires and has called on them to not make the same mistake with the western Scenic Rim fires. “Unfortunately, the information I’ve come across shows that the Queensland Government has done pretty much nothing […]

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