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Opportunity Knocks, Just Add Water, Cut Red, Green Tape: Katter
Farmers and graziers across Queensland are bursting at the seams with potential, but until the policy settings around access to water and vegetation management, nothing will materialise, the Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter joined the North West Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils and mayors for their Disaster and Agriculture forum in Julia creek and heard of the opportunities and innovation that is ready to go. “The time for studies and consultants’ reports is well and truly over. If anyone needs to know what needs to be done, ask the experts –…
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DR JILLIAN SPENCER STOOD FOR CHILDREN WHEN THE SYSTEM STOOD AGAINST HER
Shane Knuth, Member for Hill, says today’s settlement between Queensland Health and Dr Jillian Spencer marks a watershed moment and should spell the end of the failed gender affirmation model used on Queensland children. Mr Knuth said Dr Spencer had been proven right after years of standing almost alone against what he described as an ideology that had overtaken clinical judgement. “History belongs to those who stand against the tide because they know it’s the right thing to do,” Mr Knuth said. “Dr Jillian Spencer is one of those people.” “She sacrificed her career because she refused to abandon her…
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GOVERNMENTS DECADE LONG CROCODILE COMPLACENCY COULD COST REGIONAL QUEENSLAND AN OLYMPIC EVENT
Queensland’s refusal to take meaningful action on the exploding crocodile population is no longer just a public safety issue, it is rapidly becoming an international embarrassment that could cost Rockhampton an opportunity to host Olympic rowing events in 2032. Member for Hill Shane Knuth said successive Labor and LNP Governments had ignored repeated warnings from regional Queenslanders for more than a decade, despite continually putting practical solutions before Parliament. “I have introduced consecutive Private Members’ Bills to overhaul crocodile management after years of campaigning for action. This would have introduced a zero-tolerance policy for crocodiles and allowed active culling programs…
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Take the Royalties Foot of the Throat of Queensland Jobs: Katter
Thousands of high paying coal jobs remain on the brink while the LNP blindly continue Labor’s crippling royalties scheme, the Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter, speaking in Mackay sounded the alarm that while Queensland kept the developed world’s highest taxing coal royalty scheme in place, whole regions throughout Central Queensland are at risk of serious decline. “Big coal companies need to pay their way and contribute to the state, but when the top tier of Queensland’s royalties are nearly four times the rate of New South Wales, it’ll be no…
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More Aussie Food Producers with Back Against the Wall as Dangerous Imports Flood in: Katter
Why are Australian farmers expected to meet some of the world’s toughest regulatory and food safety standards, while lower-cost imports can compete on the same supermarket shelf without being produced under the same standards? The Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has asked. The peanut industry, predominantly based around Wide-Bay Burnett and Tablelands districts in Queensland, is at a crossroads, with only one processor left in Australia, and more reports of illegal imported peanuts putting the industry at risk from both disease and inferior quality cheap product. Mr Katter echoed the calls of KAP Federal Member…
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Government Inaction to Reverse Demise of Australian Grown Food on the Menu Exposed: Katter
When you can’t order a single piece of Australian Seafood at the pub, that’s when you know the Woke brigade are winning in their quest to shut down the Australian food industry. Yet the Queensland government is refusing to act – aligning themselves with Labor’s ideologically driven quest, the Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. “Thanks to KAP’s seafood labelling push we can now see where the seafood at restaurants around Australia is from, but it sure paints an ugly picture,” he said. From 1 July this year, all restaurants, cafes, pubs and other…
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LNP Refuses to Take Indian Uranium Riches: Katter
After seeing the Australian and Indian Prime Ministers shaking hands on a uranium agreement the Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has asked why Queensland can’t participate. Australia and India have signed an historic Nuclear Cooperation Agreement allowing export of uranium from Australia to India. India used 1,884 tonnes of uranium in 2025, worth approximately $600 million. “What a farcical situation we have, where on one hand Australia and India’s Prime Ministers are signing deals and shaking hands on uranium, while on the other Queensland’s government refuses to even utter the word ‘uranium’, let alone lift the ridiculous…
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More Headlines, Still Not a Drop of Extra Fuel: Katter
It’s difficult to watch as the government is observing the sugar industry’s demise while refusing to lift a finger on a biofuel mandate, a costless measure that would give the whole industry new life. The Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. The government announced support for a waste processing plant with ‘future phases create bio methanol and Sustainable Aviation Fuel’ with the headline ‘home-grown biofuels’. “The amount of spin they’re having to use to make it look like they’re doing anything on fuel security would make Shane Warne proud,” Mr Katter said. “It’s verging on…
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Remote Students Still Stranded, Planes Flying Empty in Government Rort: Katter
One year after Member for Traeger and Katter’s Australian Party Leader Robbie Katter MP demanded action on the divisive and wasteful government-funded school charter flight system, locals are reporting no change. Mr Katter said the decision to limit government-funded charter flights exclusively to Indigenous ABSTUDY students, while handing the contract to an offshore operator and broker, left students stranded and local businesses stripped of work. Over the past 12 months, planes had been booked unnecessarily, with one aircraft reportedly flying from Brisbane to Horn Island with no passengers to collect, incurring a public bill of $100,000. Mr Katter said the…
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Olympic Drain on Rest of Queensland: Katter Sounds Alarm
Origin day should be a day that unites Queenslanders, but there’s more and more of a Brisbane vs the rest divide emerging with the government laser focused on the Olympics, the Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. “As construction starts on the new stadiums Queenslanders were told won’t be built, anyone outside of the Brisbane Bubble needs to brace for years of infrastructure and development pain,” he said. Construction Skills Queensland are forecasting a shortfall of 35,000 construction workers by next financial year, exacerbated by the 8,000 workers needed to build Olympic infrastructure…
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Nowhere to hide: Govt must make public imported peanut results
North Queensland Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has demanded the FederalAgriculture Minister make public the “deeply concerning” findings of Government investigationsinto imported peanuts for Australian farmers “who every right to know whether their industry hasbeen exposed to a biosecurity threat”. After meeting with the Federal Minister in Canberra last week, Mr Katter has formally requested inwriting the Department of Agriculture’s full transparency on the results of investigations, alongsidean immediate halt to peanut imports where Australia’s biosecurity cannot be guaranteed. “Australia has strict biosecurity rules for a reason. They exist to stop dangerous pests and diseasesgetting into this country before they…
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Remote Sentencing, Break Bail, Good. Castle Law Next: Katter
Sending recidivist bail-breaking criminals straight to jail can only be seen as a good move and should be part of a suit of deterrents and rehabilitation, the Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said, responding to the LNP’s latest attempt to curb youth crime. The state budget contained funding for adoption of KAP’s Relocation Sentencing policy, and the KAP’s Castle Law Bill is before Parliamentary Committee. “Dangerous kids need to be locked up, so it’s good to see the government deciding to stay true to their word on this one,” Mr Katter said. “They’ve…
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Is government secrecy hiding failures on northern borders?
Is the public being left out at sea over illegal boats entering Australian waters in Far North Queensland KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter asked Parliament on Thursday. “We have heard that Australian Border Force intercepted a people smuggling boat in Gulf of Carpentaria waters near Weipa recently, yet we, who live in FNQ are being kept in the dark. “The lack of openness is a huge slap in the face to locals who live near these ocean borders and we need answers, not silence,” Mr Katter said. In a parliamentary question in writing, tabled on Thursday, Mr Katter…
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Phosphate Deal Keeps Critical Asset in Australian Hands: Katter
North West Queensland will be letting out a sigh of relief at the news that Phosphate Hill has successfully being handed over to another Australian company and will continue its critical operations, Leader of the KAP and State Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. Queensland based Ryowa (a wholly owned subsidiary of Mayfair) has completed the purchase of the Phosphate Hill mine and fertiliser operation, 170km South of Mount Isa, from Dyno Nobel. “Phosphate Hill is more than a mine and a fertiliser plant – it’s an intrinsic link in the chain that is the powerhouse of the North…
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Katter welcomes Phosphate Hill sale as victory for North West
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has welcomed the completion of the sale of Phosphate Hill, celebrating it as a major win for North West Queensland workers, industry and the future of Australian fertiliser production. Mr Katter said the announcement represented the culmination of years of relentless campaigning to keep one of Australia’s most strategically important industrial assets operating. “This is wonderful news for North West Queensland,” Mr Katter said. “For years we’ve been bashing the doors down, that if Australia wanted to keep industry alive, governments had to step in and secure a future for assets like Phosphate…
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NORTH QUEENSLAND SOLD OUT: LNP’S BETRAYAL COSTS THE NORTH A PARLIAMENTARY SEAT
KAP Member for Hill, Shane Knuth, has launched a blistering attack on the Queensland Redistribution Commission (QRC) after its final decision today to abolish the electorate of Hill, accusing the Commission of ignoring overwhelming public opposition, while rewarding South-East Queensland with even greater political power. Mr Knuth also squarely blamed the Liberal National Party, whose submission to the QRC specifically called for the abolition of Hill despite fierce opposition from North Queensland communities, councils and residents. “The QRC has made a shocking decision that weakens North Queensland’s voice in Parliament and sends yet another seat to South-East Queensland,” Mr Knuth…
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Regional Queensland Sold Out to Shore-Up Brisbane Votes: Katter
It’s no surprise that the LNP have done exactly as Labor did and are more concerned about winning government than with ensuring equitable representation around Queensland, Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said, digesting the final report from the Queensland Redistribution Commission. The LNP have successfully influenced the Queensland Redistribution Commission to abolish a KAP seat, and shift boundaries to move LNP booths to benefit LNP candidates. “Culling Shane’s seat, yet again, making the rebadged Traeger electorate even harder to service, and gifting Charters Towers to the resources minister because the Coal-belt in his…
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LNP, Labor Snub $19 Billion Queensland Opportunity: Katter
The day after the state budget was handed down, both Brisbane’s LNP and Labor refused to restart a $19 billion uranium industry, the Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said, responding to the response to the KAP’s motion in Queensland Parliament. The KAP moved a motion in parliament calling for the lifting of a ban on uranium mining. “I just don’t understand why we’re looking a $19 billion gift-horse in the mouth, when the treasurer is scrimping and saving for every dollar to pay for the Olympics,” Mr Katter said. ”The LNP had an…
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BUDGET PTSS INCREASE A DISGRACE – REGIONAL QUEENSLANDERS PAYING FOR OLYMPICS WHILE SICK PATIENTS SUFFER
Katter’s Australian Party MP and Member for Hill, Shane Knuth, has slammed the Queensland Government’s Budget changes to the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme (PTSS), describing the 11cent travel allowance increase as a “pittance” that completely fails to address the crippling costs faced by regional Queenslanders forced to travel for medical treatment. Mr Knuth said the Government had once again ignored repeated warnings the PTSS is no longer fit for purpose, leaving rural and regional patients thousands of dollars out of pocket when accessing specialist medical care in centres such as Townsville, Cairns and Brisbane. “The fuel rate has crawled from…
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Budget Delivers Cursory Wins, While Major Projects Continue to Lack Confidence: Katter
The KAP’s court-ordered Circuit Breaker Relocation Sentencing policy to address youth crime has pleasingly been adopted, with the rollout funded into future budgets, yet confidence in the full construction of CopperString remains as low as ever, the Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said, digesting the 2026-27 Queensland State Budget. Court-ordered Circuit Breaker Relocation Sentencing will continue to rollout, with $80 million allocated.“We’ve welcomed the government’s approach to rolling out court-ordered Circuit Breaker Relocation Sentencing, something the KAP first offered to Queensland more than a decade ago,” Mr Katter said.“The most important components to…
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Day of Reckoning Approaches – Olympics Before Regions?
When the government came to power by winning regional seats, they said ‘they’d govern from the regions’. Well tomorrow is their day of reckoning. Do they govern for the regions or for Brisbane? The Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. More than half of the LNP members are from outside SEQ, while only four are in Brisbane “The big test for this government is they going to choose regional and rural Queensland, or focus on Brisbane and the Olympics just as Labor did? Mr Katter said. “The Premier started down a very slippery slope when he…
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KNUTH DEMANDS SHARK ACTION!
Katter’s Australian Party MP and Member for Hill, Shane Knuth, has called for immediate action on shark numbers, accusing the Government of still wanting to hide behind studies, workshops and bureaucracy while Queenslanders face increasing risks on the water. Mr Knuth’s call comes following three recent fatal shark attacks and mounting reports from recreational fishers, commercial operators and spear fishers who report shark numbers have exploded to alarming levels along the Queensland coastline and popular recreational and commercial fishing spots Speaking after raising the issue recently in Parliament in a question to the Minister for Fisheries, Mr Knuth said fishers…
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Un-Australian Desertion of Queenslanders in Times of Need: Katter
It’s simply un-Australian for the Federal Government to be slashing disaster and recovery funding for Queensland, the Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. “Mayor Barry Hughes is spot on when he says the Federal Government, after flying in for TV stories while there was flood water all around have now ‘they’ve turned their back on us when it comes to disaster recovery’,” Mr Katter said. The Federal Government have refused to fund restocking grants for flood devastated farmers in North West Queensland, while also announcing swathes of cuts and changes to arrangements for…
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Show Me the Poles and Wires, Give Western Link Confidence: Katter
More announcements, still no poles and wires! The Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter said in response to the Treasurer’s announcement on CopperString in Townsville. “You have to ask yourself, is the LNP serious about building CopperString, or are they just like Labor? He said. The KAP leader, while acknowledging the investment in the forward budget, was frustrated there were still no poles and wires, and the miners in the west were no more confident of ever being connected to the NEM, despite $403 million being allocated in the 2025-26 financial year. “If there’s been…
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LNP Backs Big Gas Companies Over Queensland Industry, Jobs: Katter
There’s two metrics that matters when it comes to gas for Queensland industry, that’s price and supply, Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. “All the talk about drilling, approvals, and even gas taxes miss the point if they aren’t paired with an emphasis on reducing the price paid by Queensland industry,” he said. The KAP leader asked the Natural Resources minister if he would level the playing field for Queensland industrial users who are forced to pay more than $16/PJ for our own Queensland LNG, while international competitors are only paying $6/PJ. “The former Labor state government refused to entertain reserving gas for our domestic use and capping the price, and we now have…
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Turn tables on ‘man slaughter’ after sharks kill 3 in 3 weeks
8 June 2026: After the third horrific death in as many weeks of another spearfisher mauled by a shark this weekend, Federal North Queensland MP Bob Katter has demanded government scientists and fisheries officials start prioritising human life over protection of maneaters by helping to restore Australian shark fisheries – which play an integral role in balanced management of shared marine environments – amid escalating reports of exploding populations and aggressive depredation at epidemic levels in recreational hotspots. Leading calls for an immediate cull and regulatory reform following a Far North Queensland spearfisher’s tragic death on 24 May – the weekend…
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Minister’s Word Spaghetti Avoids the Truth – Abortion Rules Changed Under LNP: Katter
Despite filling his speech with lot of words, the Minister misled Queenslanders by refusing to address the Government’s progression of Labor’s pro-abortion trajectory, Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. The Health Minister spoke to a totally different health department document and deliberately obfuscated around the truth that the LNP have removed a condition of employer approval from the administering of the life ending drug, MS-2 Step that the former Labor government introduced access to. “The blatant avoidance of the issue simply sums up this government’s attitude to tackling the hard issues in this…
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KAP Tries to Help LNP Keep ‘No Change to Abortion’ promise’, Save Lives of Unborn Queenslanders
Why would the LNP be signing off on removing conditions for Midwives to administer abortion pills? Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has asked. The Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Amendment Regulation 2026, Subordinate Legislation No. 16 of 2026, was tabled in the House on 3 March 2026. Part 2 commenced on 1 March 2026 and clause 5 updated the approved versions of several Extended Practice Authorities, including the Extended Practice Authority Midwives from version five to version six. “It’s quite technical, but in the update from version five to version six, the Minister has signed into regulation…
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Stop Surveying Victims and Start Fixing the Revolving Door: Katter
KAP Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has slammed the LNP’s new community crime survey, saying North Queenslanders already gave politicians their answer loud and clear years ago. “The Member for Hinchinbrook went to the recent by-election promising to fight for stronger bail laws and give North Queenslanders a seat at the table,” Mr Katter said. “Well having to raise a petition hardly sounds like having a seat at the table. “People in North Queensland have already spoken. They’ve spoken through election results, community outrage and the 113,000 signatures on KAP’s Castle Law petition. “They don’t want another survey.…
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Victims’ Commissioner or Criminals’ Commissioner – Which is it?
It seems the so-called Victims’ Commissioner needs to scrub up on the definition of victim, because in my book home invaders are not victims, Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. Despite the Victims’ Commissioner’s remit to be “advocating for victims’ rights” and providing advice on “improvements to policy, practices, procedures and systems to uphold the rights of victims and better meet their needs,” the Commissioner has failed to support Castle Law. “In what world does a Victims’ Commissioner side with Criminals?” the KAP leader asked. “I mean, I can accept that the legal…
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Katter demands shark culling laws after another North Queensland death
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has called for urgent changes to Queensland’s shark management laws following the tragic death of a North Queensland spear fisherman in a fatal shark attack near Mission Beach today. Mr Katter extended his condolences to the victim’s family and the local community. “This is a completely unnecessary heartbreaking tragedy, and all North Queensland mourns with this family tonight. “We understand there be more clarity over the coming days about what eventuated, but locals have been raising concerns about the exploding shark populations, particularly bull sharks, which are completely out of control, for years. “Gererd Pike, a…
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Government Devoid of Answers Need Not Look Further Than Castle Law: Katter
Queenslanders are sick and tired of newspaper and social media headlines from the Government about being tough on crime, while our homes continue to be invaded, Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. The Parliamentary Committee Inquiry into KAP’s Castle Law Bill received over 700 submissions, the overwhelming majority of which were supportive. “The government has done little more than tinker around the edges of our Crime Crisis here in Queensland,” Mr Katter said. “It was only in February that the LNP and their backbenchers were all over social media holding ankle bracelets, touting…
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KAP TABLES ETHANOL AND BIOFUELS BILL TO STRENGTHEN FUEL SECURITY AND END GOVERNMENT WEAKNESS
Katter’s Australian Party MP and Member for Hill, Shane Knuth, is tabling the Liquid Fuel Supply (Ethanol and Other Biofuels Mandate) Amendment Bill 2026 this week in State Parliament, declaring Queensland can no longer afford to leave its fuel security in the hands of overseas oil companies and weak government policy. The KAP’s Bill comes amid support from major agricultural and manufacturing bodies, including the National Farmers’ Federation, GrainGrowers, Australian Sugar Manufacturers and CANEGROWERS, jointly calling for immediate national ethanol and biodiesel mandates to strengthen Australia’s fuel security. Mr Knuth said the Bill was designed to finally enforce and strengthen Queensland’s failing ethanol…
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KAP Biofuels Bill Chance for Government to Put Words into Action: Katter
The Brisbane major parties need to get over their egos and remember they govern for Queensland, not for political point scoring, Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter praised the KAP’s Member for Hill, Shane Knuth, for tabling a biofuels mandate bill that would force big oil companies to use more ethanol and biodiesel, kick starting a revitalisation of the biofuels industry in Queensland. “If the government is too scared to act, or put its shoulder to the wheel, then the KAP will,” Mr Katter said. “The agriculture industry is backing it,…
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Budget a ‘giant disappointment’ on nation-building self-sufficiency
24 April 2026: As the world’s rules-based order unravels, the Federal Budget reveals a nation still trying to find quick fixes instead of investing in self-sufficiency for sustainable economic resilience. “This is a giant missed opportunity to utilise our own natural resources and invest in domestic power plants, refineries and biofuels that future-proof our energy security,” said veteran North Queensland MP Bob Katter. “More must be done to reserve Australia’s natural resources for domestic use, as the lifeblood for our rural and regional communities to not just survive but thrive. But it’s clear we’re nothing more than a quarry to…
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Proof of Gas Reservation Rollout in the Price Pudding: Katter
After years of LNP and Labor both chasing the free market dream, the Federal Government seem to have listened, but the only measure of success it if gas prices substantially come down, Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. “The KAP have been warning successive governments for more than a decade of the impending doom facing industry from high gas prices and pushing solutions such as a Gas Reservation Policy to address the supply and price of gas,” he said. Mr Katter spoke in Queensland Parliament on 11 September 2013 saying solutions were urgently…
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Katter backs in farmers’ pre-Budget ethanol plea to fuel our future
After spending half his 50-year political life fighting to secure a home-grown supply of cleaner and greener biofuels, Federal MP Bob Katter has backed in an historic alliance of agricultural heavyweights united behind a national ethanol mandate – to protect our health and enable our iconic feedstock industries to deliver greater fuel self-sufficiency – at the highest levels of government. Following direct discussions with Canberra in the wake of yesterday’s joint plea by Australia’s peak grain and sugarcane representatives for sustainably produced ethanol-blended petrol to be mandated nationwide, the North Queensland MP called on the Federal Government to “provide reassurances…
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Divided govts must hold hands to future-proof powerhouse
AUSTRALIA’S longest-standing Member of Parliament, Bob Katter, has called for “unification in the national interest” between the major parties divided in running the country and state of Queensland “to finally future-proof the world-class North West Minerals Province” via an East Coast energy grid connection. The Federal Member for Kennedy has written to the Prime Minister to formally request his Labor Government work in unity with Queensland’s Liberal-National counterparts, on behalf of the Australian people, to build the CopperString transmission line as “not a project that can – or should – be left to drift” and “national priority”. “By recognising our…
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307 Days and Counting: Katter Calls Out Inaction on CopperString
Words don’t build power lines! Clear direction and firm delivery deadlines do, the KAP Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter has said. “It’s been 307 days since the Premier first stood in Parliament to announce the welcome funding allocation to CopperString, but there’s been nothing tangible since,” Mr Katter said. “The Premier as usual gave a good answer in words, but none of it is backed by any action on the ground. He even publicly backed my call for Federal funding. “But all we can see on the ground is a workers camp with no workers. “Labor also tried…
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Statement Bob Katter – Prioritise Australia first with the immediate introduction of a reserved resources policy
VETERAN Federal MP Bob Katter has pleaded with government to finally prioritise Australia first with the immediate introduction of a reserved resources policy to secure our national energy needs, while globetrotting politicians scramble to stockpile month-by-month supplies of foreign-owned fuel at international crisis prices underwritten by taxpayers. After decades of fighting for our natural resources to be set aside to satisfy domestic requirements before foreign-funded exploitation and export, the North Queensland MP of half-a-century is enraged that the long-overdue national reserve resource policy for gas – finally announced by Government at Christmas – is still not in place despite emergency…
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Katter Writes to PM, Formally Requests Federal Funding for CopperString
Responding to reports from North West Mayors, Traeger MP and KAP Leader Robbie Katter has formally written to the Prime Minister to urgently request federal funding for CopperString. After the Premier doubled down on the importance of CopperString to Queensland, the Queensland Treasurer has also failed to tell the Queensland Parliament if the Government has formally requested Federal Funding for the Nationally significant CopperString project. “My local Mayors have come back from a delegation to Canberra and tell me the Federal Government haven’t received any formal requests for funding for CopperString,” Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger…
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Katter to move for post-war protection against public persecution
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter will introduce laws to protect the identity of war veterans from summary judgement by media, and ensure all legal matters involving warfare decision-making by deployed Defence Force personnel go to a court system judged by their peers – other combat soldiers using war-time standards – when Parliament resumes for Budget week in May. Announcing the private member’s bill being drafted to cover veterans if they faced legal challenges from war service, Mr Katter today said he was “enraged by the erosion of the rule of law” in Australia since the arrest of scapegoated…
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CopperString Critical to Save Million Litres of Diesel Per Week: Katter
More than 1.2 million litres of diesel every week could be back in the hands of our truckies and farmers if we had CopperString to Mount Isa, Robbie Katter, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader, and Member for Traeger has said. A survey of power-isolated mines in the North West Minerals Provence has revealed 13 triple road trains a week are needed to generate on-site electricity, with that figure set to more than double to 30 triple road trains weekly, in the next five years as mines expand, while CopperString is not delivered. “It’s beyond belief that we are going to…
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Plea to PM: ‘Secure fuel supply soon or sugar season will go sour’
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, has delivered an urgent warning to Australia’s Prime Minister that without immediate intervention, rocketing fuel costs and unresolved supply shortages are critically threatening the viability of Australia’s sugar industry now and into the future. In urgent discussions with the PM about the unfolding threat hanging over the iconic North Queensland industry, while Australians reconsidered their travel plans heading into Good Friday, Mr Katter emphasised the escalating concerns of local cane growers and industry more broadly through representations by Queensland Cane Agriculture and Renewables – warning the 2026 sugar harvest is now at serious…
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Fuel Security Warnings Not New – Now It’s Gone to Custard: Katter
“If things turn to custard, you’re likely to have a problem,” John Blackburn, Ret. Vice Air Marshall said, almost four years ago on a podcast hosted by Robbie Katter, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader, and Member for Traeger. “John sent the warning loud and clear in 2022 and has continued to since – Australia is far from prepared for global shocks to the fuel market like we’re seeing now,” Mr Katter said. “The free marketeers have been caught with their pants down, and the rest of Australia are the ones left to pay. “We had eight refineries in Australia, using…
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‘The people forced their hand’ on fuel excise, road charge
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has declared the Government’s decision to finally halve their fuel excise at the bowser, and suspend the heavy vehicle road user charge, as a win for Australia’s transport industry and regional communities who refused to back down. The decision to halve the 52c litre fuel excise on every litre sold for three months follows mounting national pressure, as surging fuel prices and crippling supply shortages cut deep and wide to increasingly disrupt everyday life and threaten livelihoods nationwide. “Today’s decision has only happened because Australians stood up and demanded action,” said Mr Katter…
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Katter Continues 14 Years of Calls for National Fuel Security via Robust Ethanol Mandate
Yesterday in Parliament the Premier stood on Labor’s position and refused to commit to taking tangible action on fuel security by implementing a robust ethanol mandate, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader, and Member for Traeger has said. In opposition the LNP put three bills into Parliament to implement an ethanol mandate, then refused to support the KAP bill in 2014. “The fuel crisis is well beyond party politics now,” Mr Katter said. “I’ve presented this solution to Queensland Parliament more than 20 times in my 14 years in this job, and instead of investing in our fuel security for times…
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Petition Demands Urgent Action on Dangerous Whiting’s Crossing
Member for Hill Shane Knuth has today tabled a Queensland Parliament petition backed by more than 1,200 local residents calling on the State Government to urgently fund repairs and upgrades to Whiting’s Crossing on the Tully–Mission Beach Road. The petition highlights growing community concern about the safety and reliability of the ageing bridge, which has become increasingly dangerous for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. Mr Knuth said the message from the community was loud and clear. Whiting’s Crossing is no longer fit for purpose and immediate action is needed. “This is not a new issue. I have been relentlessly advocating for upgrades…
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Ethanol in biofuels mix of fuel security solutions to supply crises
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter today joined independent Parliamentarians from across Australia to demand the urgent implementation of self-sufficient national fuel solutions that properly protect families, farmers, transport and regional industries from being crippled by global oil crises. Together, the North Queensland MP and fellow crossbenchers – from the country electorates of Mayo in South Australia and Calare in New South Wales, along with the Hobart-based MP for Clark, and the Western Sydney MP for Fowler – today outlined a number of domestic fuel security solutions that the Government has refused to take up in recent weeks, including:…
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Government Inaction on Innisfail Helipad Putting Lives at Risk
Member for Hill, Shane Knuth, has slammed the Queensland Government on its latest response to a Question in parliament on reinstating the Innisfail Hospital helipad. Mr Knuth said the issue has dragged on for years, forcing critically ill patients to be transported more than 6 kilometres from the Innisfail Aerodrome to the hospital. “I have lobbied both the former and current governments relentlessly, yet we continue to be stonewalled while lives are put at risk,” Mr Knuth said. “Instead of fixing the problem, the Government continues to hide behind feasibility studies, reports and bureaucratic excuses. The money spent on these…
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