North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency

July 1 a new beginning for the National Indigenous Australians Agency, among others

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National Indigenous Australians Agency and Commonwealth Office of Road Safety opened; North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency upgraded; Australian Space Agency celebrates ‘paper’ anniversary.

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Labor argues federal flood-recovery agency a needless layer of bureaucracy

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Shadow agriculture minister Joel Fitzgibbon says the federal government’s North Queensland flood-recovery office is a needless “layer of time-eating bureaucracy” and the salary of its head, former Liberal Party federal president Shane Stone, would be better spent directly by the state government.