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Katter demands increased defence spending in the north: “We’re unlikely to be fighting penguins in Antarctica… the threat is in the north”
Tuesday, 24 Jun, 2025
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has warned that Australia is ill-equipped to go to war, with the majority of defence assets concentrated in the southern portion of the country. The time is now to secure Australia's strategic defence ports. As recently as late last week, Mr Katter held discussions with the Deputy Prime Minister, making representations […]
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Hinchinbrook’s Coastal Lifestyle Gets a Lift from State Budget
Tuesday, 24 Jun, 2025
Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has welcomed several small but necessary projects for the Hinchinbrook electorate included in this year’s State Budget. While not major funding announcements, the projects will directly improve the liveability and recreational appeal of key coastal communities. Among the wins are: $200,000 for shade cover installation at the Taylors Beach playground. $200,000 […]
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Katter Slams Divisive and Dysfunctional School Charter Flights
Thursday, 19 Jun, 2025
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter has condemned the new school charter flight arrangement as a system that fosters division and fails to meet the needs of remote communities. Mr Katter said the model – which restricts access to government-funded flights to only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students […]
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Lifting Investment Warnings Is a Start, but Fishers Need More Than Promises
Thursday, 19 Jun, 2025
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has welcomed the LNP Government’s move to scrap the long-standing investment warnings placed on Queensland’s commercial fishing sector but says further action must come swiftly if the industry has any chance of surviving the damage left behind by Labor. Mr Dametto said that over […]
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Katter furious: No justice for graziers devastated by 2011 ban
Wednesday, 18 Jun, 2025
FEDERAL Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has expressed extreme disappointment and rage at the Federal Court's failure to grasp the true scale of devastation caused by the Gillard Government's short-lived 2011 live export ban. Katter accused the Court of "turning their backs on those who bore the brunt of a government blunder" by underestimating the […]
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State Budget Must Deliver for Rural Patients on Travel Subsidy Shortfall
Wednesday, 18 Jun, 2025
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is calling on the Crisafulli Government to deliver a fairer deal for rural and regional patients burdened with high out-of-pocket medical travel costs, by locking in an increase to the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme (PTSS) in next week’s State Budget. Mr Dametto said it […]
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