KAP calls to expedite Forrest Beach Telstra Macro Tower
Hinchinbrook MP and KAP Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto and Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter are calling on Telstra to […]
Charters Towers Hospital maintenance costs skyrocket
Recent data has shown the large accumulation of maintenance required across North Queensland hospitals, with Charters Towers Hospital at the
Townsville: A city under siege
The last week in Townsville has seen back-to-back home invasions, robberies, assaults and even a homicide, leaving the State Member
Katter demands action on banking reform
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP Bob Katter has called for urgent reform of Australia’s Banking sector arguing that it is
Lack of GPs forces Cardwell Family Practice to shut the doors
State Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, was saddened and disappointed upon hearing the Cardwell
Local league legends battle against blood cancer
CASSOWARY Coast’s biggest rivalry is set to reignite with a generous undertone as the region’s two rugby league clubs go
Calamity would follow criminal age change
More than 2,500 young criminals, indicted for crimes that involve violence, robbery and drug use, would walk scot-free each year
Australia’s food security not for sale
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter is demanding the sale of strategic agricultural assets to a foreign company be swiftly
Adult penalties the only option for irremediable youth offenders
Violent and cold-blooded youth offenders who commit vicious and callous crimes should be punished to the full extent of the
Resi-care a symptom of society’s broken family views
A frustrated Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter will write to Queensland Child Safety Minister Craig
Increased speed limits on overtaking lanes the key to safer travel
Hinchinbrook MP and KAP Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto is calling on the Queensland State Government to take proactive measures to
Cardwell Mountain Bike Trails well on track
What was once a vision for Cardwell locals and members of the Community Bike Trails Action Group has progressed through
Housing crisis not the time for NCC changes
The Victorian State Government has recently announced that it will delay the implementation of key provisions of the National Construction
Questions raised over slimy Spanish mackerel data
The decision made by Queensland Fisheries to drastically reduce Spanish mackerel quotas across Eastern Queensland, will come into effect on
Gulf station workers left washed up in flood funding
To add insult to injury after delivering “stuff all” to the flood-ravaged Gulf, Queensland Government red tape is making it
Why superfunds should invest in resources
NORTH Queensland is the key to achieving the nation’s goals of developing critical mineral industries for batteries, EVs and technology,
Keep cash alive rally instils ‘confidence’ in 3000 petitioners
CASSOWARY Coast residents fighting to keep cash alive are quietly confident their local government will reverse a decision to go
Katter calls on tourists to “GET UP TO THE GULF”
North Queensland’s tourism season is well underway, but small local businesses are reporting one of the slowest starts in years with visitors merely trickling through the doors.
“Patients left languishing as SEQ Olympics scores”
Katter’s Australian Party MPs have slammed the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s “callous” decision to pour regional coal royalties into funding their Brisbane Olympics dream instead of adequately addressing the deficits of the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme (PTSS).
Charters Towers pens petition for new hospital
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter is elevating community demand for a new hospital in Charters Towers by sponsoring a petition launched by Charters Towers Regional Council.
$30m announced for renewable fuel – NQ sugar primed to deliver
KATTER’S Australian Party (KAP) MP Bob Katter has 30 million “sweet” reasons to celebrate today as his party’s staple emissions reduction and fuel sovereignty policy received a major boost.
The Voice: Beware the Shiny Bauble
The idea that there is a silver bullet to solving the deep-seated challenges and the lack of opportunities facing First Australian communities, especially in regional and rural Australia, while well-intentioned is naïve and ill-informed.
“Katter calls for inquiry into kids’ care at QCGS”
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has called for an independent inquiry to be held in the operation of the Queensland Children’s Gender Service.
Media Release: Atherton Hospital extra staffing
Member for Hill Shane Knuth said after many years of lobbying, the $86.4 million upgrade to the Atherton Hospital is almost complete with the opening, just around the corner.
‘It’s ridiculous’: Bodycams have no place in battle
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter has slammed the “ridiculous idea” of soldiers wearing body cams when in combat.
The Voice – Another ‘government department’
WITH the passing of the Voice Referendum today, Katter’s Australian Party MP Bob Katter has questioned the huge cost in time and money on what is, essentially, “the establishment of another government department.”
“Leave our kids alone: warning on trans push”
The passage of Labor’s radical Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 2023 – which enables kids as young as 12 to alter their birth certificate and change their sex – will cause untold harm to vulnerable kids further erode the integrity of Queensland’s child psychiatry sector, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has warned.
Good Australians: Paronella Park owners still ‘on a journey’ after 30 years
THIRTY years ago, the owners of one of Queensland’s most prolific attractions set on a journey around Australia, yet after three decades in business in Far North Queensland, they claim that “journey hasn’t come to a rest.”
2023-24 State Budget lacks middle ground
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has labelled the 2023-24 Queensland Budget as “hit and miss” when it comes to cost-of-living relief and investment in the regions.
Hinchinbrook Island’s Thorsborne Trail scores $1.5m in 2023-2024 State Budget
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is thrilled to announce Hinchinbrook Island’s Thorsborne Trail has been allocated $1.5 million to upgrade and build new nature-based experiences and facilities in the 2023-2024 State Budget.
What State Budget Means for Traeger: Katter
The recent state budget announcement was filled with cash splashes across the state, but according to Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter, there are still key areas crying out for help.
Golden opportunity lost as labor squanders Regional Riches
North and regional Queenslanders have been left feeling neglected as the State Government opts to have its cake and eat it too, allocating rich coal royalties to what is more a “climate change Budget” than one designed to improve the lives and futures of all Queenslanders.
Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme increases leave Queenslanders high and dry
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto states the 2023-2024 State Budget leaves patients high and dry following funding increases to the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme (PTSS) rates.
State budget fails to deliver CT scanner for Ingham Hospital
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is extremely disappointed that funding for a computed tomography (CT) scanner for Ingham Hospital was neglected in the 2023-2024 State Budget.
Cheaper drugs’ hard to swallow for family chemists
“We’ve seen this nightmare before,” Father of the House and Kennedy MP Bob Katter says on the proposed changes to pharmacy dispensing, comparing the move to the fateful deregulation of Australia’s major industries.
Radical rethink needed as Qld squanders royalties
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has called for a radical rethink of Queensland’s future budgets and the introduction of a Western Australia-styled “Royalties for Regions” program.
Burdekin wall increase will benefit China’s solar panels, not farmers: Katter
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter fears the biggest winner from raising the Burdekin Dam wall will be the solar panel industry in China, and not North Queensland’s agriculture sector as he questions the real motive of the investment.
More Out-Of-Control burns heat up pressure on Gov
Not even one month after an uncontrolled fire on Government land triggered Traeger MP Robbie Katter to request an inquiry into the State Government’s aggressive take-up of land without properly resourcing it, several more blazes have broken out.
Dametto welcomes the 2023 sugar cane crushing season
Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is thrilled to welcome the 2023 sugar cane crushing season.
National park destroyed in suspected back burn ‘gone wrong’
A FAR North national park has been left in ruins, with the once vibrant jungle now portraying scenes of a post-apocalyptic film sparking calls for greater resources to national park management or a return of the land to private grazing hands.
Topaz community working to establish the Topaz Rural Fire Brigade
The Topaz community has come together in an effort to get first responders to incidents in their community quicker by working towards establish the Topaz Rural Fire Brigade.
Bush kids deserve choice in education: Katter
The news that the Palaszczuk Labor Government will increase the Living Away From Home Allowances Scheme (LAFHAS), up $4,000 in 2024, has been welcomed by outback politician Robbie Katter.
Statistics won’t support phasing out cheques in rural, regional Australia
PHASING out cheques will be detrimental to rural and regional transactions and their respective local economies, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) is warning.
Ongoing frustration over Bruce Highway roadworks near El Arish
Road users have been left angry with the constant road works on the Bruce Highway.
POLL: Do you think the “woke brigade” is actively trying to tear down Australia’s proud military tradition?
The modern woke generation consider it a sport to pick on anyone who represents nationalism, a proud Australia. We should revere those who generate money, protect our country and produce wealth for us.
Australia is an ‘industrial backwater’ as Katter looks to Brazil
KATTER’S Australian Party MP and long-term ethanol advocate Bob Katter is calling on the government to part ways with its colonial mentality and stand up against the major corporations to build sovereign fuel capacity.
KAP warns against ‘Budget for Brisbane’
Billions of dollars will be poured in the State’s coffers by coal and mining royalties in the coming financial year, prompting Katter’s Australian Party KAP MPs to call on all rural and regional politicians to back their communities before Brisbane ahead of next week’s Queensland State Budget.
Labor Unites to Cripple Queensland’s Wild Caught Seafood Industry
A decision by the State and Federal Labor Governments to reduce commercial fishing activities in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park has sent shockwaves throughout the industry with plans to ban all gillnet fishing by mid-2027.
Port Hinchinbrook – Right Project, Wrong Time
The normalisation of Port Hinchinbrook at Cardwell continues however, after a lengthy due diligence process the marina property and freehold land which is the property of Passage Holdings Limited will remain under the control of liquidators after Queensland development company, Consolidated Properties Group, made the commercial decision to not enter into a contract to purchase the Port Hinchinbrook assets.
State Government misses the mark on housing crisis
A recent survey conducted by the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) showed that 80 per cent of landlords were considering selling their investment properties due to the threat of further rent reforms by the State Labor Government.