At the Feb 2014 JAMARR meeting astute members brought it to the group’s attention that the feredal agency charged with protecting the environment had rubber-stamped Mackay Sugar’s application to run ~42,000 trucks through the World Heritage listed Wet Tropics without objection. Robyn Rose found the approval had been granted on 19 Nov 2013 by the […]
One of the concerns residents have concerning cane haulage relates to the use of “backroads” for heavy trucks. Why are heavy trucks used on small backroads? Cane properties are staked out across the Tablelands, and cane farmers use the same minor access roads that residents and other primary producers use. Cane is harvested into large […]
Mackay Sugar has announced its selection for the Community Working Group (CWG). The first meeting is slated for 26 August (2013) and the group is expected to run for one year. Mackay Sugar hired local corporate communications consultants to help address local residents’ concerns over the substantial increase in cane haulage that will impact on […]
On 1 Aug 2013 your Vice Chair Diana Abiad and JAMARR Secretary John Brisbin fronted to Tablelands Regional Council to present JAMARR’s statement of concerns and request for Council action. A copy of the presentation as tabled is attached here. The meeting was well-attended with at least 15 residents lining the gallery. Councillors received the […]
We are the people who live and thrive in a special corner of far north Queensland, on the northern fringe of the Atherton Tablelands. JAMARR is a not-for-profit Queensland incorporated association. We represent and act on the views of our members only: we are not affiliated with or beholden to any other political, social, commercial, […]