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KAP in the media this week

June 8, 2018

Read about Katter's Australian Party's media mentions and moments from this week, including from radio, newspaper and more. 

Date: SATURDAY 02/06/18
Media Type: Printed media
Proposal for relocation starting to gain traction (Herbert River Express, June 2)
AN INGHAM business leader and a store owner believe Katter's Australian Party's (KAP's) youth relocation sentencing policy is worth consideration in a bid to solve the region's crime crisis. Hinchinbrook Chamber of Commerce president Rachael Coco and Heaven Scent Flowers & Gifts owner Gail Guandalini said all options should be on the table when it comes to rehabilitating young offenders, including relocation.

Common sense plan to lower power bills (Innisfail Advocate, June 2)
MEMBER for Hill Shane Knuth is determined to reduce the cost of living and doing business on the Cassowary Coast by boosting water and energy infrastructure. Mr Knuth used State Parliament to outline a program that will increase water storage and provide clean energy to over 100,000 homes.

 

Date: Monday 04/06/18
Media Type: Printed Media
Campaign to honour cops wins support (Townsville Bulletin, June 4)
FRESH bipartisan support has buoyed hopes a nine-year campaign to honour the memory of missing, presumed dead Ayr Senior Sergeant Mick Isles, will end in success. Federal Member for Herbert Cathy O'Toole delivered a speech in the House of Representatives on Thursday acknowledging Sen-Sgt Isles' service while State Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto applied pressure on the State Government, asking why policemen and women who took their own lives while on duty weren't recognised on the Queensland Police Service Roll of Honour.
Media Type: Television
Announcement of New Senator 7:30 Report ABC
Robbie Katter, KAP State Member, Bob Katter, KAP Leader and Senator Fraser Anning appeared on the 7:30 Report (pre recorded) to announce Senator Fraser Anning joining KAP.

Robbie Katter Channel 9 Canberra
Robbie Katter appeared to discuss One Nation’s desire to have KAP members as part of their team.
Media Type: Radio
Triple M Cairns, Cairns, 07:00 Local News at 07:00
On Wednesday, the Katter's Australia Party will rally for support to split North Queensland from the rest of the State at the Cairns Brothers Leagues' Club. According to LNP Shane Knuth, decisions made in the past had North Queensland missing out.

ABC Western Queensland, Longreach, 07:30 News at 07:30
The State Government has announced Mount Isa will receive an additional four police officer and a specialist domestic violence officer. Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has raised concerns in Parliament about the spike of a serious assault in the city. Police Minister Mark Ryan says the extra police are being deployed to respond to it.

ABC North West Qld, Mt Isa, Breakfast at 07:11
Margolis says Member for Traeger Rob Katter last month called on the State Government to take action over worsening crime statistics in Mt Isa. She says Katter has told the Queensland Parliament the city has become a sinkhole for a number of social problems in the Northern Territory and Gulf areas. In an audio, Member for Traeger Rob Katter has told Parliament his electorate is experiencing an increase in criminal activity. He says the third bashing incident in the city is symptomatic of a growing problem in the area. Katter says there has been an influx of people coming in from the Northern Territory causing overcrowding and social problems. He says the latest youth unemployment figure in Mt Isa is 67 percent. Katter says domestic violence in his electorate is six times the state average. He says their youth crime statistics are worst than that of Townsville and Cairns. Katter says they seem to be forgotten by Major General Stuart Smith and his taskforce. He mentions the alcohol bans in places like Mornington Island and the NT.

Zinc 666, Mt Isa, 06:30 News at 06:31
Traeger MP Rob Katter’s for the 12 June State Budget includes the start of Hell’s Gate Dam and water projects in Cloncurry, Hughenden and Richmond. Katter mentions the transmission line from Townsville to Mt Isa to connect the national electricity grid.
Katter’s Australian Party Leader Rob Katter says their candidates will vie for Qld Federal seats although not all candidates are yet on the ground. He says they have candidate Daniel McCarthy in Leichhardt while his father will run for Kennedy. He adds there will be a candidate for the Senate as well.

 

Date: Tuesday 05/06/18
Media Type: Printed Media
Katter gets new recruit (Gold Coast Bulletin, June 5)
FORMER One Nation senator Fraser Anning has announced he is joining maverick Queensland MP Bob Katter's political party. Senator Anning cut himself loose from Pauline Hanson's party to sit as an independent on the Senate crossbench in November.

Ex-One Nation senator Anning switches to KAP (Townsville Bulletin, June 5)
FORMER One Nation senator Fraser Anning has jumped ship, announcing he will join Katter's Australian Party. Mr Anning made his move public on the ABC's 7.30 Report last night. He said KAP's vision for Queensland and Australia aligned perfectly with his own.

Anning signs up to become Katter party’s first senator (Courier Mail, June 5)
FORMER One Nation senator Fraser Anning will join Bob Katter's Australian Party, in a major coup for the Queensland-based party. Senator Anning, who was kicked out by leader Pauline Hanson after refusing to step aside for former senator Malcolm Roberts, will be the first ever senator for the party.
Media Type: Press Conference
Press Conference Cairns, 2.00pm Tuesday, 5 June 2018
Senator Fraser Anning, Hon Bob Katter MP, Robbie Katter MP, Shane Knuth MP,
Nick Dametto MP, Daniel McCarthy (KAP Federal Candidate for Leichhardt) addressed media in Cairns to introduce Senator Fraser Anning to KAP team.
Media Type: Radio
4BC, Brisbane, 07:30 News at 07:30
Former One Nation Senator Fraser Anning is predicting Peter Georgiou won't last much longer with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. Anning has also confirmed he is joining Bob Katter's Australia Party.

Smooth FM 95.3, Sydney, 07:00 News at 07:00
Former One Nation Senator Fraser Anning has joined Bob Katter's Australia Party.

2SM, Sydney, 07:00 News at 07:00
Senator Fraser Anning has joined Katter's Australian Party. Leader Bob Katter has welcomed the Senator's announcement he'll represent regional Queenslanders.

ABC Radio Brisbane, Brisbane, 07:00 News at 07:00
Queensland MP Bob Katter says Senator Fraser Anning is joining his party because they have a common vision for regional Australia. It comes after Anning replaced One Nation's Malcolm Roberts in the Senate but left the party and became an independent. Katter has told 7:30 his Katter's Australian Party will continue to grow.

 

Date: Wednesday 06/06/18
Media Type: Printed Media
No to floodproofing (Cairns Post, June 6)
THE State Government has no plan to floodproof roads between El Arish and Mission Beach or Tully to Mission Beach. Answering a question on notice from Hill MP Shane Knuth, Roads Minister Mark Bailey said any such project would "require significant funding to achieve even a small improvement". "Although there are currently no plans for infrastructure of this scale on either of these roads, the department will continue to look for ways to improve safety and durability," he said. Mr Bailey said the government would continue working to reduce cassowary deaths caused by vehicle strikes near Mission Beach.

MP calls on commission to be ruthless on banks (Bowen Independent, June 6)
KAP state leader Robbie Katter is calling for the Royal Commission to be ruthless in the next round of hearings when identifying dodgy conduct by banks when lending to farmers. "Unconscionable lending practices by banks to farmers need to result in swift and decisive consequences," Mr Katter said.
Media Type: Radio
4CA Radio
Robbie Katter spoke on 4CA with Murray Jones regarding the creation of a new North Qld State

 

Date: Thursday 07/06/18
Media Type: Printed Media
MP pushes remote land work to curb crime (Townsville Bulletin, June 7)
A north Queensland MP is pushing to have problematic youth offenders banished from communities and sent to remote properties in a bid to curb their criminal behaviour. Katter's Australian Party Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto says he is gathering support for the party's relocation sentencing policy, which would give magistrates the power to remove young offenders from the area where they committed an offence. Offenders would be sent to an "approved property" in a remote location where they would work on the land to learn life skills in order to become contributing members of society.

Knuth chasing feral pig aerial budget money (North Queensland Register, June 7)
KAP MP, Shane Knuth, has continued to push for money for an aerial feral pig shooting program in advance of next week's federal budget, meeting with Agriculture Minister, Mark Furner, and Treasurer, Jackie Trad. "While we welcome the state government's $1 million funding across the board towards protecting agriculture and the feral pig problems in the region, much more is needed," he said. "Only a fraction has been put aside for aerial shooting, which is proven to be the most effective way of controlling one of the main spreaders of disease and destruction of crops, feral pigs.

Learning the ropes (Cassowary Coast Independent, May 31)
Member for Hill Shane Knuth MP took the time to discuss the issues facing our region and the inner workings of life as a State MP yesterday with Tully-based Rhiannon Pendlebury, Queensland Youth Parliament's Youth Member for the Seat of Hill. As part of her experience as a Youth MP, Miss Pendlebury visited the Hill Office in Atherton received advice on legislation and parliamentary procedures.
Media Type: Press Conference
Press Conference Townsville, 12.00pm Thursday, 7 June 2018
Nick Dametto MP, Bob Katter MP addressed media in Townsville to discuss The Relocation Sentencing Forum, North Queensland’s youth crime crisis and Katter’s Australian Party’s youth relocation sentencing policy.

 

Date: Friday 08/06/18
Media Type: Printed Media
KAP lists priorities for new state budget (Northern Miner, June 8)
Member for Traeger Robbie Katter is calling upon the Palaszczuk Government to put infrastructure plans and protecting regional Queenslanders high on the list of priorities in next week's budget. Mr Katter said the KAP's priorities included money for the Copper String Project and the Big Rocks Weir.

Senator Anning joins KAP team (Northern Miner, June 8)
The KAP has its first senator after Senator Fraser Anning announced he will represent regional Queenslanders under the minor party's banner. KAP leader and Member for Kennedy Bob Katter said it was fantastic news.

Call for action on fare rip off (Townsville Bulletin, June 8)
A NORTH Queensland MP has slammed the State Government for failing to invest in airfare price-tracking software that could assess if regional flights are a "rip-off". Katter's Australia Party state leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said the Government's reliance on "spot checks" instead of industry standard monitoring software was a "gross incompetency issue".

Anger drives split state bid (Cairns Post, June 8)
THERE was an air of rebellion at the Boot Brisbane forum in Cairns as dissident North Queenslanders packed into a room and puffed wind into the sails of the breakaway state movement. Kennedy MP Bob Katter, using the new state push as one of his party's chief political platforms, chalked up the Brothers Leagues Club rally as a monumental success.

 

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