Private banks are abandoning rural Australians at an alarming rate and are relying on public-owned infrastructure – namely the Australia Post network – to plug the local service deficits left in their wake, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said.
THE closure of multiple branches of a major Australian bank in North Queensland has been labelled a “dangerous” set back for the region, while prompting calls from Katter’s Australian Party to reinstitute a public “people’s” bank.
RESIDENTS in populated areas of North Queensland have shared worrying stories of calls to emergency services dropping out due to poor mobile service which Kennedy MP Bob Katter has long pleaded with governments to improve.
Thousands of regional Queenslanders who travel vast distances to receive medical treatment unavailable to them in their hometowns are being let down by Queensland Health which has not increased the Patient Transport Subsidy Scheme (“PTSS”) for the past 10 years, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said.
PROUD Australian and Federal MP Bob Katter has weighed in on the Australia Day debate and has proposed two days of celebration, respect and remembrance.
Police officers are being dispatched from Townsville in an attempt to help tackle Mount Isa’s spiralling youth crime crisis, but Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter wants more.
North West Queensland had untold resources to offer the world in “new economy minerals” like copper, cobalt, zinc and vanadium for the production of batteries and devices and can feed global technology demand, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said.
MEMBER for Kennedy, Bob Katter, has praised the Federal Government for its announcement to fast-track the commission of a $1 billion sea mine program[1] designed to protect Australia’s vast coastline from foreign threats.
The ugly face of the state’s youth crime crises has again reared its head over the weekend with young criminals taking advantage of the bustle of the Goldfield Ashes in Charters Towers.
Another Queensland life has been tragically lost to youth crime, enraging Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs who said the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s perverse apathy towards the crisis has left Queensland communities in a “death spiral”.
A North Queensland MP desperate to save his cousin and other critically-unwell Australians wants every man, woman and child to be able to receive a free cheek swab kit in the post to see if they can give the gift of life.
Throughout North Queensland, and extending as far south as Stradbroke Island, there have been more than 105 crocodile sightings in the last month, sparking calls by Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs for the Government to stop prioritising crocodiles over human lives and get serious about crocodile management.
The youth crime crisis has not only once again revealed the Queensland Labor Government’s ineffective way of dealing with a problem but also exposes their disregard to the regions.
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto visited the Forrest Beach BMX tracks after being invited by a young local to inspect the facilities and discuss funding options for the beachside track.
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is eagerly awaiting the resumption of State Parliament when it is anticipated the Palaszczuk Government will introduce new legislation labelled as the “most comprehensive response to youth crime in Queensland”.
NOT a single effort has been made by Australia’s major parties to invest in reliable, low-cost and low-emission power sources while poor government policy has led to gas producers closing their doors to domestic markets.
Last year the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) announced that more than half of Queensland’s Driver Reviver sites, including the newly refurbished Frances Creek site south of Ingham, will close this year because they no longer meet health and safety regulations and are financially unviable.
Tailored tax system could boost fertility rates and ease nation’s population woes
BANNING foreigners from purchasing Australian real estate will create an immediate short-term solution to the nation’s housing crisis and offer long-term protection for Australians looking to enter the property market, Kennedy MP Bob Katter says.
The unspeakable tragedy that occurred in Brisbane on Boxing Day
The Queensland Youth Justice Minister must immediately commit to a radical overhaul of the State’s youth justice system if she is to retain her position and any semblance of respect from the community, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said.
AUSTRALIA’S relation repair with China is like feeding a crocodile, and if anyone knows a thing or two about the apex predators, it’s North Queensland MP Bob Katter.
Kennedy MP Bob Katter constructed a nativity scene on his property to remind everyone of the true meaning of Christmas.
Member for Hill Shane Knuth said the completion of the Feluga intersection upgrade was a great Christmas present for locals.
A “Christmas crackdown” by the State Government on point-to-point transport operators is aiming fire at cabbies for engaging in the very same behaviours that underpin the business model of rideshare drivers like Uber.
Race clubs across the Traeger electorate have received significant cash injections from the state governments Country Racing Program Funding as 2022 comes to an end.
Member for Hill Shane Knuth has today (Thursday, December 15) spoken out about the incident on Wednesday, where a large crocodile attacked and ate a 45kg Labrador while on a family walk at a popular park.
POWERING North Queensland should be a priority following the “energy deal” struck between the State and Federal Governments which will lead to additional Commonwealth funds for Queensland infrastructure projects.
Essential utility workers, such as linesman and electricians, are being hamstrung in their ability to provide emergency repair services in North Queensland as a result of unrelenting youth crime, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said.
The Federal Government’s decision to establish an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) armed with heavy handed and domineering powers should have all developers and those in agriculture deeply concerned according to Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP’s.
Katter’s Australian Party is flagging a proposal incentivising Year 12 students to take up the forgotten “wet” trades of bricklaying, concreting and scaffolding in a transitional schedule strategically-timed with the winter weather.
The “dam-phobic” and “anti-development” Palaszczuk Labor Government has surprised no one today with its announcement that it will not build the Bradfield Scheme, or any of its revised versions, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said
Queensland residents are $185 million out of pocket this Christmas thanks to revenue raising tactics enforced by the Palaszczuk Government through the introduction of mobile phone and seatbelt detection cameras, Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said.
The $4.5 billion extra royalties windfall that will be paid to the Queensland Government this financial year must be solely invested in regional Queensland, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have said.
The Deputy Premier has come good on a previous commitment to support the crucial seawall at the entrance of Enterprise Channel, Lucinda. During Parliament on Friday, the Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Deputy Premier, Steven Miles, committed to cover the cost for the final studies required to progress the project through the final approval stages, a cost estimated at almost $400,000.
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter says an ANZ service’s decision to cancel phone banking to the Australian shooting sector is born out of ignorance and recklessly virtue-signalling on an issue that contributes nothing to public safety.
The RSPCA would be stripped of its law enforcement and prosecutorial powers under amendments to be pursued today by Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs in the Queensland Parliament.
The State and Federal Labor Governments have confirmed that they will bow down to the United Nations at the cost of Queensland’s agricultural industry following the release of the most recent UNESCO report recommending that the Great Barrier Reef (“GBR”) be added to the ‘in danger’ list.
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has called on the Prime Minister to include an alternative question in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum.
Mount Isa City and Cloncurry Shire councils could assume responsibility for the North-West local water assets for a small sum and leave struggling residents far better off financially, Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said.
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has called on the Federal Government to introduce a suite of laws to provide food security in Australia for both farmers and customers as living costs cripple family budgets.
A FRUSTRATING lack of resources and an underwhelming effort to process visa applications is costing North Queensland and the nation critical healthcare professionals during a severe shortage.
Katter’s Australian Party MPs have launched an appeal to both the Queensland and Federal Governments for a $20 million annual commitment to go towards a feral pig eradication fund in response to the growing threats posed by the five million-plus wild pigs in North and Far North Queensland.
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has awarded the Palaszczuk Government an “Academy Award” for hypocrisy as the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) launches a campaign against the new royalties regime.
TWO formerly “invisible” Indigenous women from Far North Queensland have put the Federal Government’s promise to listen to First Nations Australians to the ultimate test by travelling to Parliament from their remote communities to share their voice.
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto, has lashed out at the Palaszczuk Government over the controversial response to the recent 400-page report following an inquiry into Queensland Police responses to domestic violence and an organisational culture of sexism, racism and misogyny.
Mount Isa residents are expressing their frustrations regarding people crossing the border from Northern Territory and entering Queensland, moving into the beds of the Leichardt River to live, leaving residents wanting more to be done to remove them.
AUSTRALIAN farmers already suffering from worker shortages will be dealt a major blow after the Federal Government moved to remove important labour requirements that obliged backpackers to serve time in rural and regional areas.
REVELATIONS that Far Northern parental figures are at times forcing their kids to commit crimes has led to a survey of previously incarcerated school students stating they would prefer relocation sentencing instead of jail, just to break away from their social structures.
Despite heady estimates of a peak 45,000 renewable energy jobs across Australia by the mid-2020s, the sector is still only delivering Queenslanders a few hundred full-time jobs.
