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What Clown is Running MSQ???

Grossly unfair rego increases, watercops handing out fines to innocent boaties, 15 metre insurance requirements that are impossible for many to comply with and an uneeded nail in the coffin of big boat sales and international tourist income. "The Smart State"???????????

This Just In... (Sept 28)

We have a winner!!!!

Queensland's Top Water Cop under investigation after Customs intercepts shipments of machine gun parts labeled as "Marine Part" .

Click here for the report

Letters, correspondence and graphics about Registration fees	The 15 metre insurance scandal	Petitions and Circulars
Bill Shorter's complaint	Ferro Insurance!	Rego Petition

	And if you think this is as silly as it gets... remember the poo laws?

Letter Recieved 12 May 09

The Editor

Come on boat owners, it's time to say enough is enough.

I have just recieved my boat registration account from the Queensland government. In 2008 I paid $166.55, the 2009 account is $393.85, an increase of just over 135%. How can this be justified?

It's bad enough as a self funded retiree watching your invested funds going down the gurgler without the government also mauling us at this rate. It really is time boat owners and boating organisations such as fishing clubs, yacht clubs, ski clubs etc stood up to be counted.

What is needed is for many thousands of boat owners to simply refuse to pay such a massive increase. She's not right mate!!

Yours faithfully

R. G. McCullock

Mackay Queensland