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Weapons licence applications denied legal representation
Wednesday, 15 Mar, 2023
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.
Read moreCalls to appoint Governor-General to coordinate Gulf flood recovery
Wednesday, 15 Mar, 2023
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.”
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Heartbreak for Katter as first ‘voice’ test fails
Wednesday, 15 Mar, 2023
The first test of a "voice" to Parliament failed last night thanks to the major parties and the Greens, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter’s Working with Children (Indigenous Communities) Amendment Bill 2021 was voted down last night by Labor and the LNP. The Greens also refused to […]
Read moreBureaucratic stone-walling sending gun shops to the wall
Wednesday, 15 Mar, 2023
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.
Read moreKnuth welcomes increase in indigenous land and sea ranger numbers
Tuesday, 14 Mar, 2023
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.
Read moreKatter calls out inadequate hardship payments for flood affected
Monday, 13 Mar, 2023
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.
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