KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter is backing a newly-created petition which is calling on Cassowary Coast Regional Council to reverse its decision of going cashless at its facilities.
A SNEAKY clause included in the Australia-UK Free Trade agreement has regional Australia feeling anxious about its future workforce supply with Kennedy MP Bob Katter calling for either a “handbrake” on the deal or a government-funded campaign to address labour shortage concerns.
Katter’s Australian Party MP Bob Katter said the Voice to Parliament, which passed the lower house on Wednesday “made him uncomfortable,” as he didn’t believe it would address the needs of the “fair dinkum First Australians” in the community areas he represents.
Member for Hill Shane Knuth welcomed recent news of the new Northern Parks regional director Matt Brien giving a commitment to improving cattle management and working with graziers to avoid shooting cattle in National Parks.
A report published today by the Justice Reform Initiative highlights the ineffectiveness of Queensland’s traditional correctional and detention systems and supports principles of alterative detention models with a focus on alcohol and drug treatment.
“Price caps, but better” – Katter’s Australian Party MP Bob Katter is urging the Albanese government to make its resource price caps more effective by immediately introducing a Reserve Resource Policy (RRP) which provides a fixed price and supply for coal and gas.
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, wasted no time in parliament this week meeting staff of the newly appointed Health Minister and also directing a Question Without Notice to the Minister during Question Time on Thursday.
Another widespread power outage at Diamantina Power Station, affecting the entire North West power system from Mount Isa to Cloncurry, has highlighted the issue with APA’s unregulated monopoly, says Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter.
Legislation was passed in the Queensland Parliament this week making various changes to corrective services legislation within Queensland. One such change was to criminalise the act of adult prisoners gaining access to restricted areas of correctional centres, namely rooftops.
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter says the “marathon” bureaucracy battle being fought to build the mid-west’s Hughenden Irrigation Project (HIPCo) has been recently buoyed by the Albanese Federal Government’s re-commitment to its $170 million funding pledge.
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) have joined forces with other members of the Queensland crossbench to fight for better nation building infrastructure in the regions.
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter is frustrated with the “revolving door” of youth crime policy, sympathising with Queensland’s juvenile offenders caught up in the system, following an alleged break into his Mount Isa electorate office late Sunday night.
JUST one day after the $5.5m announcement for North Queensland water planning, Kennedy MP Bob Katter put that commitment to the test by inviting the Federal Environment and Water Minister to tour Big Rocks Weir at Charters Towers.
The recent car thefts in Mingela and Ravenswood have led to further concern surrounding the states youth crime crisis for Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter.
A NEW campaign has been launched in opposition of a major wind farm proposal in a small but passionate Far North Queensland community, as residents rallied against the “forest destroying” development.
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has threatened to declare war with the state and federal governments if there is any attempt to raise the Burdekin Dam wall, warning growers are at risk of losing their farms if the project ever sees the light of day.
As Labor’s long overdue cabinet reshuffle unfolds, Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto holds little faith that the cabinet redesign will have the desired impact on crime, health and housing in the north.
The recent announcement of the Federal Budget included some amendments to the Home Guarantee Scheme, and other policies were announced affecting homebuyers and homeowners, however according to Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter the net still needs to be cast wider.
OPTIMISTIC North Queenslanders set to welcome a new major supermarket in Townsville should be cautious about real impacts the grocer’s introduction will have on their budgets, Katter’s Australian Party MP Bob Katter warns.
AUSTRALIANS will be slugged with a hidden increase to the cost of their fruit, vegetables and most goods with the Federal Government’s plan to raise an additional $1.1bn through the Heavy Vehicle Road User charge.
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has labelled the 2023-24 Federal Budget as “unimaginative,” one that robs “Peter to pay Paul” and one that creates no money-making projects.
The complete decentralisation of State Government departments to cities like Townsville and Cairns, or a North Queensland Parliamentary Council that would allow NQ-based MPs only to vote on issues and projects in the region, have been floated today as “self-governance” options by Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs.
REGIONAL North Queenslanders have been provided the guarantee of physical bank branches, previously slated for closure, following Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP) negotiations with a major operator.
Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto saved his best ride for last on the weekend and successful raised $2,940 for Audrey’s Angels of Hope.
Queensland’s personalised transport services sector has declined at such a rate that low taxi availability – especially in relation to wheelchair accessible vehicles – has left some Queenslanders feeling like prisoners in their homes.
North Queenslander homeowners have been desperately waiting for the day when the cyclone reinsurance pool kicks in and insurance premiums start to drop.
Processing times for new licence applications and permits to acquire at Queensland’s Weapons Licensing Branch (WLB) are edging towards being the lowest in almost a year but the battle necessary to fix WLB’s woes is far from over warns Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto.
Youth crime in Queensland has surged to catastrophic levels following the tragic and senseless crash in Maryborough over the weekend that left three people dead and another critically injured. The vehicle that caused the carnage was allegedly stolen and being driven by a 13-year-old boy who was known to police.
A 329 per cent increase[2] in Queensland crocodile sightings during the decade to 2021 should deeply alarm the Palaszczuk Labor Government, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said.
The Cloncurry Chamber of Commerce is calling on the state government to deliver an expansion to the current hospital within the booming town.
The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, gears up to ride for charity one last time at Ingham’s Sugar City Rodeo.
A PROPOSED major change to the way medication is dispensed has caused grave concerns throughout the nation’s pharmacies with the industry reporting more patients will miss out on life-saving products if an increase is allowed.
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter is ready to pull the trigger on past foolish defence spending, calling for an emergency parliamentary debate to determine who was responsible for previous failures, following a Defence Strategic Review which echoes his countless cries of years gone by.
The announcement of almost $500,000 in funding this week to be delivered to two programs aimed at targeting youth offending in Townsville and Mount Isa is another band aid on the State’s crime crisis wound, said Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter.
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has called on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to open up its purse strings and ensure outback Queensland councils, including those who communities were devastated by flood events earlier in the year, are not forgotten.
IF one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electric and hybrid vehicles is heavily investing resources towards low-emission biofuels, then Australia’s politicians ought to follow, Katter’s Australian Party MP Bob Katter says.
The KAP has issued a warning to the State Government over its apathy and inaction on crocodile management, despite three reported crocodile attacks already this year in the Far North.
In dismal scenes last night, the LNP showed its true colours and sided with Labor as both parties voted down the Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP) Private Members’ Motion on a widely-supported solution to youth crime.
Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, is calling on Telstra to hold a meeting with Forrest Beach residents who have been dealing with long-standing connectivity issues for years.
Queensland’s track record of failing to meet its own legislated ethanol mandate looks set to continue following a recent lack of support for Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP’s) Liquid Fuel Supply (Minimum Biobased Petrol Content) Amendment Bill 2022 (the Bill) by the Transport and Resources Committee (the Committee).
Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter is calling on the state government to lodge an enquiry into their aggressive reach to obtain more land for under resourced national parks.
Northern suburbs in Townsville have seen a significant increase in population over recent years which has led to severe congestion during peak traffic times. Residents and road users are being encouraged to support a petition to urge Transport and Main Roads Minister, Mark Bailey to fast-track the necessary infrastructure upgrades along the Bruce Highway and Woolcock Street.
State Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, has sponsored a Queensland Parliament petition calling for more full-time doctors in rural medical practices including but not limited to Cardwell, Ingham, Tully and Mission Beach.
Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, gears up to ride for charity one last time at Ingham’s Sugar City Rodeo, Charity Bull Ride.
The loss of Cloncurry’s last remaining Biosecurity Queensland officer – which has shut down the local Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) office – could not have come at a more delicate time, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has warned.
The Katter’s Australian Party is opposing the Queensland ALP’s Bill to amend the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 (BDMR Act) to “strengthen the legal recognition of trans and gender diverse people.”
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter is ramping up pressure for the Palaszczuk Labor Government to deliver a new hospital to Charters Towers.
A national firearm register will be a fruitless waste of taxpayer money unless the Queensland’s Weapons Licensing system undergoes a major overhaul.
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