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Cyclone-hit banana farmers say they requested wage subsidies in March, contrary to Mark Furner's comments updated 4 AprApril 2021 at 2:15am Agriculture Minister Mark Furner visited damaged banana plantations in the Innisfail region soon after the recent storms. ( Print text only Cancel A disaster-hit grower who hosted Agriculture Minister Mark Furner on his flattened banana farm says the MP's claims he was unaware of requests for wage subsidies are wrong. Key points: Representatives campaigned for a Qantas-style JobKeeper wage subsidy, to keep irreplaceable workers until crops recover Mr Fur...

Photo: RNZ Pacific/ Walter Zweifel The 11 member collegial government met this morning in Noumea but the majority FLNKS pro-independence groupings again could not agree on a single candidate. This means the new government cannot be properly constituted leaving the old government in a caretaker role with budget responsibility given to the French High Commission. As with both the earlier attempts in February and March today's vote saw anti-independence leader Thierry Santa securing four votes with an even split of three votes each for the pro-independence candidates Louis Mapou and Samuel Hnepe...

Mortgage Business Support offered to borrowers impacted by Cyclone Niran By Reporter 08 March 2021 The Queensland government and lenders have begun offering financial assistance to those affected by Cyclone Niran in Queensland. Thousands of people were left without power in northern Queensland, and hundreds of properties and agricultural crops were damaged after a major storm system, Cyclone Niran, caused gale-force winds, flash flooding an...

Niran generated winds up to 220km/h, damaging buildings and cutting power.