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Cynical Katter slams treaty “tick and flick”
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has slammed the Palaszczuk Queensland Government for playing shallow “tick and flick” politics with the plight of First Australians, lashing the lack of Indigenous community consultation on Labor’s “landmark” Path to Treaty Bill.
Australia won’t accept religious persecution as Katter calls for Sikh support
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter swapped his Akubra for a turban to stand alongside hundreds of Sikh protestors outside Federal Parliament on Wednesday who were rallying to highlight alleged genocide and human rights breaches by the Indian Government against Sikhs and Australians in the nation’s northern state of Punjab.
Army troops called to clean up flooded gulf
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has used a media conference in Cairns this morning to heighten calls to deploy Australian Defence Force (ADF) troops to the mammoth flood clean-up in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
“Scary”: Calls for $75m in basic upgrades to reduce flood impacts in Gulf
A FEAR of larger and more frequent flooding has motivated leaders from multiple inundated Gulf shires to travel to Federal Parliament and plead with the Government for critical support in preparing for “the next big one.”
Dametto gets the ball rolling on Ingham TAFE campus
KATTER’S Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and State Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto is optimistic that drastic improvements necessary to breathe new life into the Ingham TAFE campus is another step closer following recent meetings between TAFE, Departmental staff and the Minister for Employment, Small Business and Training, the Hon. Di Farmer.
Bob and Robbie Drag Ministers to See Gulf Floods
THE long process of rebuilding community infrastructure, businesses and livelihoods will soon be underway at Burketown in the Gulf – one of the hardest hit parts of the region during the recent flooding.
KAP makes moves to combat youth crime
The Palaszczuk Government failed Queenslanders and all victims of youth crime today when they declined to allow amendments to be introduced into Parliament that would have created meaningful change and curbed the youth crime epidemic.
KAP backs Petford Revival
THE KATTER’S Australian Party Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter, has hailed a proposed plan by a charity to build on Geoff Guest’s Petford Youth Training Camp (YTC) concept as a perfect complement to the party’s Re-location Sentencing policy, and is urging the Queensland Government to consider it as a part of the solution to the growing youth crime problem in Queensland.
Weapons licence applications denied legal representation
Member for Hill Shane Knuth, in a question to the Minister for Police today, called on the Minister to instruct Weapons Licencing to drop its objections to QCAT, to allow applicants legal representation at hearings regarding Weapons Licence application refusals.
Calls to appoint Governor-General to coordinate Gulf flood recovery
KATTER’S Australian Party is calling for an authority to be established in North West Queensland to coordinate the Gulf flood recovery as the region prepares to take disaster relief funding “into its own hands.”
Heartbreak for Katter as first ‘voice’ test fails
The first test of a “voice” to Parliament failed last night thanks to the major parties and the Greens, Katter’s
Bureaucratic stone-walling sending gun shops to the wall
Queensland’s licensed gun dealers, at the centre of the State’s firearm registration system, are threatening to walk away from the industry due to inexplicable approval processing delays that are driving their businesses into the ground, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have warned.
Knuth welcomes increase in indigenous land and sea ranger numbers
An increase in funding from the State Government towards employment of more Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers, has been welcomed by Member for Hill Shane Knuth.
Katter calls out inadequate hardship payments for flood affected
The hardship payments of $180 for individuals and $900 for families currently being offered by the state government to those affected by the flooding in North West Queensland have been labelled as a nice gesture, but pointless.
Flooded remote, isolated communities’ desperate plea for assistance
MPs Bob and Robbie Katter visited Far North-West Queensland’s remote Gulf communities which have been isolated for months following record summer rainfall, and operating on limited basic goods and government support.
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Australia Post banking expansion in ‘national interest’: Katter
Australia Post’s future lie in the ability of the public-owned service to diversify and meet the needs of a modern-day nation that is being strangled by grotesque free-marketeers, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said.
Knuth calls for statewide telestroke service
Member for Hill Shane Knuth has called on the State government to immediately implement a state-wide Telestroke Service.
The National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) is a farcical “woke” $15bn bureaucratic junket: Katter
THE National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) has become a farcical “woke” and “leftist” run $15bn bureaucratic junket, more concerned with inclusivism and appeasing minority groups than genuinely delivering nation-building projects.
Knuth hits out at Reserve Bank of Australia and big businesses
Member for Hill Shane Knuth has today labelled the latest RBA interest rate rise as a kick in the guts for millions of Australians.
MAYOR’S SUPPORT FOR CHANGE A SIGN OF THE CRIME TIMES
Long-serving Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill has thrown her support behind Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP’s) Relocation Sentencing Policy, publicly advocating for the alternative sentencing model alongside a raft of other changes in a bid to address youth crime.
CopperString will spark Nth Qld’s ‘industrial might’ to life
NORTH Queensland is set to realise its “industrial might” as its mineral and energy-rich towns eagerly await to be connected and contribute to the national energy grid.
KNUTH CALLS FOR MASS CULLS OF FERAL ANIMALS IN QUEENSLAND
State Member for Hill Shane Knuth has hit out at the Queensland Government for “falling asleep on the job” when it comes to eradicating feral animals, despite continual calls to action from the KAP, councils and property owners in North Queensland.
Funding needed to target uni students for bone marrow donations
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter is pushing for the allocation of funding towards the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) and to kickstart a national university college campaign which could potentially save the lives of thousands of Australians living with blood cancer.
Doomagee in everyday essentials crisis: Katter
The closure of Savannah Way due to long-term flooding has left the town of Doomadgee without everyday essentials and skyrocketing prices.
“GROUND ZERO” FAILED AS MPS FIFO ON YOUTH CRIME
The outback town labelled “ground zero” of Queensland’s spiralling youth crime crisis has been ignored and its residents treated like “second class citizens” according to a furious Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter.
Crime in the North
Member for Hill Shane Knuth welcomes the chance for a public hearing to be held in Cairns to discuss the Strengthening Community Safety Bill 2023.
NO ONE WINS WITH LOSS OF THALANGA MINE: KATTER
The closure of the Thalanga Mine outside of Charters Towers late last year has been labelled a “mining industry murder” by Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter, who last week in the Queensland Parliament highlighted the impact the closure will have on the local economy.
Northern suburbs gridlock needs fast-tracked solution
Have your say: Northern Beaches gridlock needs a fast-tracked solution
Stop gambling superannuation balances and build national infrastructure: Katter
SUPERANNUATION should be invested in government-guaranteed endeavours to ensure security of retirement funds for Australians, while also contributing towards nation-building projects, Kennedy MP Bob Katter says.
KATTER CALLS FOR SPORT CENTRE IN MOUNT ISA
The significant amount of money the Olympics is set to cost Queenslanders seems to be at the forefront of everyone’s minds, but none more so than Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter.
KAP: Have your say on new youth justice reforms before it’s too late
Katter’s Australian Party MPs have accused Labor of trying to “whitewash” the community consultation process relating to the Government’s proposed youth justice laws.
CROCODILE ISSUES CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED
Member for Hill Shane Knuth has today hit out at the State Government for their lack of urgency towards the growing risk of crocodile attacks and sightings in the Far North, likening it to their apathy on youth crime.
GLIMMER OF HOPE AS D’ATH PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR CHEEK SWAB DONOR RECRUITMENT
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has used Question Time this morning to call on the Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath to take action on the issue of blood cancers and a shortfall in bone marrow transplants.
Australia’s ‘worthless’ free trade agreements killing agriculture
THE Federal Government’s free-trade deals aren’t “worth the paper their written on,” Kennedy MP Bob Katter says as large farming corporations struggle to turn profits and consider selling, amid export bans on their produce.
KAP’s pledge to make North’s crime crisis cries heard in Parliament
With the Queensland Parliament sitting tomorrow for the first time in three months, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs are promising to set the bar high for action on the youth crime scrouge destroying lives and lifestyle across the state.
SECONDARY SCHOOLING OUT OF REACH FOR SMALL TOWNS
The transition of year 7 into secondary school in 2015 was welcomed by many, however Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has expressed his concerns, describing it as another thump in the chest for battlers in rural and remote areas.
KAP WILL NOT SUPPORT “SEPARATIST” VOICE
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) has announced its MPs will not support the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Major bank postpones branch closure following KAP pressure and calls for State-owned service
A MAJOR Australian bank’s decision to pause its regional branch closures has been welcomed by Kennedy MP Bob Katter, who along with the Katter’s Australian Party has been strongly speaking against the financial “abandonment” of regional Australia.
Dugald River mine collapse update from Kennedy MP Bob Katter
Kennedy MP Bob Katter said his thoughts were with families, friends and colleagues of the missing miners at Dugald River and would provide any assistance possible in search efforts.
KATTER LAUNCHES LAST DITCH APPEAL FOR LUI’S SUPPORT
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has issued a last-ditch appeal to garner Labor’s support for his Blue Card Bill by writing to Member for Cook Cynthia Lui, who represents around a dozen of the communities where the “life-changing” legislation would apply.
WESTPAC CAVES ON REGIONAL QUEENSLANDERS
Katter’s Australian Party leader Robbie Katter is astonished at the bold and highly misguided decision of Westpac Bank to close their branch in Cloncurry.
A national firearm register won’t prevent future tragedies
Katter’s Australian Party and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto has called out those who have pledged support for a national firearms register to explain how it would have prevented last year’s triple shooting tragedy in Wieambilla which saw two police officers and a civilian gunned down with illegal weapons.
How will an ‘inquiry’ actually fix cost of living crisis?
HOW a Coalition and Greens-led “cost of living inquiry” will help struggling Australians is beyond Kennedy MP Bob Katter, who is calling for immediate action.
“SIN CITY” LABEL SUMS UP MOUNT ISA’S NT CRISIS: KATTER
Queensland-Northern Territory (NT) border towns including Camooweal, Urandangi, Dajarra and Mount Isa must be safe-guarded from the consequences of the Northern Territory’s backflip on prohibition, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said.
Money to assist blood cancer already exists – just allocate it Minister: Katter
THOUSANDS of lives could potentially be saved each year if the Federal Health Minister agrees to allocate revenue already collected by the Commonwealth, to a recruitment campaign encouraging Australians to join the bone marrow donor pool, which could help cure illnesses such as blood cancers.
Grower concern rises in wake of Sugar Terminal Limited announcement
Last month’s announcement by Sugar Terminals Limited (“STL”) that the company will be insourcing its sugar terminal operations has left cane grower groups outraged as they demand more clarity from the corporate sugar giant as to what the future will hold for sugar growers.
Westpac walks away from regional Queensland
The alarming trend of regional bank closures is making it increasingly difficult for non-metropolitan based businesses and residents to access their banking needs. The latest announcement from Westpac to close its doors in Ingham from the 19th of May this year has left customers and bank employees high and dry.