The community of Babinda is being anchored to the past and not allowed to progress towards a new future because of bureaucratic interference, according to local residents.

"After the destruction of Cyclone Yasi and the closure of the Babinda Sugar Mill, the community has been working to find a way forward and build a new future," LNP candidate for Mulgrave, Robyn Quick said.

Liz Schmidt, a livestock transport operator and passionate advocate for north Queensland, has today been preselected by grassroots members of the LNP as the candidate for the seat of Dalrymple.

Mrs Schmidt said she put her hand up to run for the LNP as she was sick of watching Queensland suffer under huge debt, massive waste and skyrocketing costs of living.

Local Mulgrave residents who are thinking of a vote for the Katter Australian Party would only help re-elect a Bligh Labor government, LNP candidate for Mulgrave, Robyn Quick said today.

"If people want to get rid of this tired Labor government, they can't muck around voting for minor parties.  People need to just vote 1 for the Liberal National Party," Mrs Quick said.

As one who was present in the Far North at the announcement of Campbell Newman's planned changes to the management of Cape York, it is a travesty that your report on page 36 (CM November 5-6) ignored any mention of the presence of key indigenous leaders, including Noel Pearson, Cape York Partnerships, Richie Ahmat, Chair of Cape York Land Council, representatives from Cape York Sustainable Futures and others and the impact of the Wild Rivers legislation on indigenous communities.