September 7, 2018
Read about Katter’s Australian Party’s media mentions and moments from this week, including from radio, newspaper and more.
Katter’s Australian Party
Crocs far from managed (Cairns Post, September 3)
THERE was not one vacant seat at the public hearing for the inquiry into the Safer Waterways Bill held in Port Douglas on August 27. With a captive, respectful audience the issue of the management of crocodiles by the current State Labor Government was addressed.
Katter plea on youth crime (Townsville Bulletin, September 3)
MORE than 80 per cent of young people released from prison are returned to sentenced supervision within a year, prompting calls for a new approach to youth crime. A Federal Government report on young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision found eight in 10 young offenders released from detention in 2015/16 returned within a year.
Premier cuts KAP staff over speech (Sunraysia Daily/Illawarra Mercury September 3)
BRISBANE: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will withdraw the generous staffing arrangements made for Katter's Australia Party MPs in the Queensland parliament following a speech made by KAP senator Fraser Anning. Senator Anning sparked public and political backlash when he used the Nazi-associated phrase "final solution" during his inaugural parliamentary speech criticising Muslim immigration.
Palazczuk punishes KAP over Anning (The Australian, September 3)
Annastacia Palaszczuk has stripped Katter's Australian Party of its five extra taxpayerfunded staff, punishing the party's three crossbench MPs for refusing to condemn senator Fraser Anning's widely condemned maiden speech. Senator Anning, who was elected for One Nation but subsequently joined KAP, was rebuked last month by every other parliamentary party for urging a "final solution" referendum on restoring the White Australia policy.
Payback for free speech (Courier Mail, September 3)
Katter cops penalty in staff cuts QUEENSLAND MP Robbie Katter says he will take Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's decision to strip his party of its extra resources as a sign Katter's Australian Party had the major parties running scared.
Saltie shaker (Townsville Bulletin, September 1)
TOWNSVILLE'S Stuart Waugh reckoned in the Bully this week he won't fish in the Ross River because of crocs and he won't walk on the beach at Pallarenda because one of the living dinosaurs might swim off with him to its lair in Three Mile Creek. What's the bet he stands well to one side when he turns on the garden hose just in case a swamp dog pops out. Ditto the shower rose. If Stu is that worried he might be better off moving to some place like Uluru or Winton where there is less chance of being munched by a snapper. He is right about them having bred up in numbers and for the need to catch and relocate ones living close to towns and cities. Fat chance it's going to happen. He might have to wait until they start turning up in the West End reaches of the Brisbane River before anyone takes notice.
ABC, Sydney, ABC News (Weekend) at 19:12
Sky News Live, Sydney, 12:00 News Day (Weekend) at 12:17
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has stripped Katter's Australian Party of five extra staff as punishment for standing by controversial comments made by former One Nation senator Fraser Anning. Anning is still refusing to apologise for his call to ban Muslim immigrants and his use of the phrase 'final solution'. Palaszczuk maintains they have the right to free speech in the parliament but free speech is not free of consequence.
A Ketter in Katter country (North West Star, September 1)
KATTER country became Ketter country when Labor Senator for Queensland Chris Ketter visited Mount Isa on Tuesday. He is the chair of the Senate Economics References Committee which is holding an inquiry into the indicators of, and impact of, regional inequality in Australia.
It’s 2018 and it seems we’ve gone backwards to the dark ages (Daily Mercury, September 1)
CROCODILES have infested our waterways over the past 20 years to an extent where it has become a joke and very dangerous. It's only a matter of time before a child or adult is taken. This could easily happen with swimming and paddle boarding activities in and around our waterways, not to mention at popular boat ramps such as Constant Creek and Proserpine River whilst launching your boat.
Letters (1) (Courier Mail, September 3)
Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced she will strip the Katter's Australian Party of its extra staff because of comments by Fraser Anning. Fraser Anning isn't even in State Parliament, he is a Senator. She wants to control other houses of Parliament. The other half.
It’s no laughing matter (Townsville Bulletin, September 1)
ROLL up, roll up; did you grab a jumbo-sized bucket Rof popcorn for the latest political sideshow? I don't consider myself one of the "latte-sipping lefties" who are regularly used as a supposed insult to anyone that doesn't follow the right-wing conservative manifesto.
ABC Radio Brisbane, Brisbane, 07:00 News at 07:07
Katter’s Australian Party says it's being misrepresented for political mileage after Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk stripped it of parliamentary staff. Palaszczuk has followed through on a threat to withdraw a discretionary staff allocation if the will not condemn Federal KAP Senator Fraser Anning's comments on immigration and Muslim migration. Qld party leader Rob Katter says the Premier is sensationalising the comments.
106.3 FM, Townsville, 06:00 News at 06:00
Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has withdrawn extra taxpayer funding for Katter's Australia Party following Senator Fraser Anning's maiden speech in Federal Parliament. Anning discussed the final solution regarding barring Muslims from Australia. Palaszczuk says the comments were abhorrent and countered the most basic human rights.
ABC Radio Sydney, Sydney, 17:00 News (Weekend) at 17:07
The Katter's Australian Party in Qld will be stripped of its parliamentary staff since the MPs have not denounced comments by Federal Senator Fraser Anning, who used his speech to call for a plebiscite on immigration and a ban on Muslim migration.
ABC Radio Sydney, Sydney/Canberra, 16:00 News (Weekend) at 16:03
Funding for staff allocated to the Katter's Australian Party is being withdrawn over comments made by Senator Fraser Anning, who used his speech to call for a plebiscite on immigration and a ban on Muslim migration.
Talking politics (Innisfail Advocate, September 5)
THE agreement between the Premier and the LNP Opposition Leader to strip Katter's Australian Party of staff resources is a dark day for democracy and free speech in Queensland. This is not the first time staff funding has been cut from Katter's Australian Party.
Kill crocodiles Poll (Herbert River Express, September 5)
KILL our crocodiles. That's the clear results of a poll on the Herbert River Express Facebook page, which attracted more than 5000 views and in excess of 700 votes.
Premier’s cuts facing challenge from KAP (Townsville Bulletin, September 4)
QUEENSLAND'S three Katter's Australian Party MPs are seeking legal advice and say they may refer Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to the Crime and Corruption Commission over her decision to cut their extra staff. Ms Palaszczuk insists she has done nothing wrong.
Katter may call in CCC over staff cutbacks (Courier Mail, September 4)
QUEENSLAND'S three Katter's Australian Party MPs are au seeking legal advice and say they may refer Premier Annas tacia Palaszczuk to the Crime and Corruption Commission over her decision to cut their extra staff. Ms Palaszczuk insists she has done nothing wrong.
Paul Murray, Sky News Australia, September 5
The Katter Australian Party has announced it will be referring Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to the state's corruption watchdog after her decision to strip five staff from the party. Ms Palaszczuk made the decision after refusing to denounce the controversial maiden speech of its federal senator Frasing Anning. KAP state leader Robbie Katter told Sky News the Premier has the right to give and take away staff, 'but not if it's conditional to agreeing with their political views'.
ABC, Brisbane, ABC News at 19:05
Katter's Australian Party is demanding Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to stand down after sacking four of their additional staff. The Premier has been referred to the CCC. The Premier's Office says Palaszczuk acted within the guidelines. Deb Frecklington, Queensland Opposition Leader, has also been referred.
Channel 7, Brisbane, Seven News at 18:12
Katter's Australian Party is demanding Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to stand down after sacking four of their additional staff. The Premier has been referred to the CCC. The Premier's Office says Palaszczuk acted within the guidelines.
War of words (Dalby Herald, September 7)
Warrego MP referred to CCC as battle with KAP intensifies WARREGO MP Ann Leahy is in the middle of a political storm, after Robbie Katter referred her, Annastacia Palaszczuk, Deb Frecklington and Tim Mander to the Crime and Corruption Commission. FULL STORY: Page 3
Pissant protesters try to derail Katter conference (Courier Mail, September 7)
A KATTER'S Australian Party press conference on the loss of its four parliamentary staff has descended into chaos after it was ambushed by protesters. Federal KAP Leader Bob Katter and Senator Fraser Anning had joined the party's three State MPs in Brisbane yesterday to further decry Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's decision to take away the four extra staff she granted them because they refused to denounce Senator Anning's "final solution" speech.
People’s republic of Queensland (AFR, September 6)
On Sunday, September 2, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the stripping of resources from the KAP, a minor party in the state Parliament, for its refusal to denounce a speech of one of its Canberra senators. I completely deplore what Fraser Anning said in Canberra; I totally disagree with it But stripping parties of resources is more dangerous than a speech, hi Turkey, Cambodia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Vietnam, China amongst others, people are variously arrested and jailed, journalists jailed, public servants and lecturers sacked, media nationalised, government by fiat instituted, oppositions abolished, people freely executed and demonstrators shot in the streets.
Crocs under attack in North (North Qld Register, September 6)
SURF lifesaving club memberships are plummeting amid fears of crocodile attacks in the North, Katter's Australian Party claims. Public hearings into KAP's proposed crocodile management plan were held in Port Douglas, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay last week, where tourism leaders and other stakeholders were invited to make submissions.
Sky News Live, Sydney, Newsday at 14:27
Jayes is joined by Sky News reporter Anna Rawlings. Rawlings says the Katter's Australian Party is calling out Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with Senator Fraser Anning making a formal complaint to the president of a Senate over parliamentary staff axing. She says gatecrashers have interrupted the party's press conference.
Bob Katter – Federal Member for Kennedy
Part two: NQ – a new state (North West Star, September 4)
FEDERAL UPDATE WITH MP BOB KATTER A SEPARATE North Queensland state is vital. We deserve our fair share and to reach our full potential.
Katter blames Canberra for weakening border security (Cassowary Coast Independent, August 30)
KAP Leader and Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has accused the Government of playing party politics at the expense of national border security as a boatload of 'potentially unlawful non-citizens' came ashore in the Daintree River area at the weekend. Mr Katter said, "The one good thing the Liberal Government had going for it was border security and whilst they have been busy playing party games this is what's happened.
Protesters confront KAP in heated exchange (Barrier Daily Truth, September 7)
Protesters confront KAP in heated exchange Heated scenes have erupted outside Queensland parliament where protesters confronted Katter's Australian Party members and branded some of its MPs as racists. KAP federal leader and senator Bob Katter stopped a press conference to address chants of "Muslims are welcome, Anning is not" in response to KAP senator Fraser Anning's call for a ban on Muslim immigration.
Seven Cairns, Cairns/Towsnville Seven Local News at 18:04
Bob Katter has fired back at immigration activists who gatecrashed his party's press conference in Brisbane in protest of Fraser Anning's maiden Senate speech. The KAP was at Brisbane to challenge Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's removal of additional staff after Bob and Robbie Katter refused to denounce the use of the phrase, final solution. A now former staffer says he discovered he had lost his job after reading a journalist's tweet.
Radio 4KZ, Innisfail, 12:08 Rural Northern News at 12:09
Katter's Australian Party leader and Kennedy MP Bob Katter has paid tribute to the Tablelands Regional Council for securing $20000 under the Armistice Centenary Grants Program. The money will be used to fund the Roads of Remembrance Project.
Robbie Katter – State Member for Traeger
Katter returns fire (Townsville Bulletin, September 3)
Premier's funds cut over Anning stance angers KAP leader KATTER'S Australian Party state leader Robbie Katter says Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will live to regret "poking the bear" after she announced staff funding would be pulled from the minor party.
ABC Capricornia, Rockhampton, 06:30 News at 06:31
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk stopped the Katter Australian Party of parliamentary staff after she says she will do it if the party will not condemn Federal KAP Senator Fraser Anning's comments on immigration and Muslim migration. Qld party leader Rob Katter says political views should not determine resources.
ABC Western Queensland, Longreach, 06:30 News at 06:30
KAP has alleged Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk of impropriety after she removed the party's Parliamentary resources. The move comes after Palaszczuk gave the group an ultimatum of denouncing Federal KAP Senator Anning's controversial remarks about immigration, which they refused to comply to. Queensland Party Leader and Member for Traeger Rob Katter says political views shouldn't determine resources.
KAP hits back over staff loss (Courier Mail, September 5)
THE Katter's Australian Party has referred four MPs, including Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington, to the Crime and Corruption Commission as it continues to fight Ms Palaszczuk's decision to strip the party of four staff. The Courier-Mail can reveal KAP state leader Robbie Katter is also writing to Speaker Curtis Pitt asking for Ms Palaszczuk to be referred to the Ethics Committee as well after the Premier withdrew the extra staff she granted them because they would not denounce KAP Senator Fraser Anning's contentious "final solution" speech.
Report backs my plan Katter (North West Star, September 4)
STATE KAP Leader and member for Traeger Robbie Katter says figures from a government report on youth offenders shows the need for an alternative to the current system. "The KAP has lobbied for our Youth Relocation Sentencing policy to be instituted by the government for a several years," Mr Katter said.
WIN Townsville, Townsville/Cairns WIN News at 18:01
Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has called on Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to resign after referring her to the Crime and Corruption Commission for revoking KAP's right to have extra staffers. Palaszczuk did so after KAP refused to condemn Sen Fraser Anning for his immigration speech.
4CA AM, Cairns, John Mackenzie at 09:49
Caller John comments as he's listening to Robbie Katter, he's sounding more like an acceptable leader. He says Katter has good points there as he brings up everything and he doesn't seem to be over-excited over the show of hypocrisy like most of the other State and Federal politicians. John says there's a number of things today in Cairns Post mentioning the Prime Minister's visit to Cairns to bring the money.
Residents can have say on hospital situation (Northern Miner, September 6)
MEMBER for Traeger Robbie Katter is calling for the community to have a say on the need for improved hospital facilities in Charters Towers. Mr Katter said the current hospital had not been significantly upgraded in many decades and a wind-back of services in recent years was of real concern to locals, particularly due to the region's ageing population and low-socioeconomic levels.
Katter loses five staff (North West Star, September 6)
KATTER'S Australian Party state leader and member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said he won't apologise for Senator Fraser Anning despite losing staff in state parliament over the matter. His statement came after Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed she will withdraw funding for staff allocated to the Katter's Australian Party.
Farmer happy as political doubts persist (Northern Miner, September 6)
FARMERS have warmly welcomed a report which identified key new irrigation projects which could provide a $5.3 billion boost to the state economy as locals warn dams are usually little more than mirages on the federal election campaign landscape. "I won't believe it until I hear a D-9 bulldozer firing up," said Robbie Katter, the state member for the far north western seat of Traeger which would benefit enormously from irrigation projects.
Shane Knuth – State Member for Hill
05th September 2018, 1:15pm
Media Conference outside Parliament House to reintroduce KAP’s fair milk price logo bill
KAP’s Knuth says Premier punishes bush (Innisfail Advocate, September 5)
HILL MP Shane Knuth has accused Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk of "punishing" the people of regional and rural Queensland by withdrawing funding for five Katter's Australian Party workers. The funding was withdrawn in the wake of Fraser Anning's maiden speech.
Knuth in snipe at protest (Townsville Bulletin, September 7)
KATTER'S Australian Party MP Shane Knuth has told a group of protesters who interrupted a media conference they were "lucky" there were cameras recording during a heated exchange outside Parliament House. "You're lucky you've got the cameras around, mate," Mr Knuth called out at the group of six vocal protesters, whose chants caused the media conference to stop and be moved.
Push for milk pricing logos (Burdekin Advocate/Townsville Bulletin/Sunraysia Daily, September 7)
KATTER'S Australian Party MPs will try once again to legislate non- mandatory price signalling logos on milk amid a push from the state's dairy farmers for a levy to help farmers gripped by drought. Hill MP Shane Knuth said he would reintroduce legislation that failed to gain traction in parliament in 2016.
Call for 10c milk levy as dry hits (Cairns Post, September 6)
ONGOING dry conditions across Queensland are forcing dairy farmers to thin herds and reach out in a social media marketing campaign aimed at increasing the cost of a litre of milk by 10 cents. The campaign, which kicked off on Monday, has gained the support of Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud and the KAP Member for Hill, Shane Knuth.
Southern Cross Sunshine Coast, Brisbane/Sunshine Coast/Townsville./Bundaberg/Mackay/Cairns/Darwin Nine News Sunshine Coast at 18:08
There has been a fiery face-off between Bob Katter and a band of his loudest and fiercest critics. The man at the centre of it all is Senator Fraser Anning. When anti-Adani protesters from the Socialist Alternative crashed his media conference, the veteran MP fired straight back, while Member for Hill [Shane Knuth] even threatened to get physical. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has slashed the funding for the four KAP staff after the party refused to condemn Anning's now infamous 'Final Solution' speech.
Nick Dametto – State Member for Hinchinbrook
- Provided comments to the Herbert River Express on a Facebook poll run by the paper which showed almost 80 per cent of respondents supporting a croc cull in waterways.
- Spoke out in support of Katter’s Australian Party’s “He Said She Said” in a media release. The Bill will protect an individual’s right to use traditional, gender-based language and protect businesses and other organisations from disadvantage in the provision of facilities and services that exclusively recognise gender as either male or female.
Robbie Radel – KAP Candidate for Callide
ABC Wide Bay, Bundaberg, Rural Report at 06:20
Pre-recorded interview with Central Queensland Dairy Fresh co-founder Robbie Radel. Goetze says Norco, the country's largest co-op, says the drought levy is not the answer and that processors need to increase their base price. She notes Norco will make an announcement on its price lift on Friday. Radel says he started his business to get away from the big processors. He thinks the 10-cent a litre drought levy is a start, but he doesn't think it will solve the industry's problems either. He notes it will only help those who are supplying the major processors. He says those who are not financial members of Qld Dairyfarmers' Organisation aren't entitled to claim the levy.