Fisheries debate - Hope for fishing industry
The Government last Friday outlined a range of measures aimed at resuscitating the local fishing industry, on which approximately 40,000 fishermen and 300,000 others rely directly or indirectly for a living. Senator A.J. Nicholson, Leader of Government Business in the Senate...
This time, it's personal
The figures and facts cited in the debate on the fishing industry by both sides on the floor of the Senate on Friday may have been mere abstractions to some.For this reporter, observing from above, however, the issues raised reflected the lifeblood coursing through generations.
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