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Mary-gate could cost us millions

Stephen O'Grady

A multi-million dollar Fraser Coast industry could be flushed down the drain while the Great Sandy Strait runs dry.

That's the loud and clear message Darryl Stewart received when he went face to face with the director general at the Department of Natural Resources and Water.

Mr Stewart, the chairman of the Greater Mary Association, says he was astounded when DG Scott Spencer dismissed a potential threat to Hervey Bay's $150 million recreational fishing industry as "of no consequence".

 
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