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PATIENTS FORCED TO TRAVEL FOR DIALYSIS AS GOVERNMENT LEAVES LOCAL RENAL CHAIRS UNUSED
Monday, 31 Mar, 2025
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) and Member for Traeger has called for an urgent expansion of the renal dialysis service in Charters Towers, arguing that local patients should not have to endure exhausting travel to Townsville for treatment when the infrastructure already exists in their own community. Mr Katter said one of his proudest achievements has […]
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Katter responds to opposition budget reply
Friday, 28 Mar, 2025
FEDERAL Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has welcomed key elements of the opposition's budget reply speech, particularly the commitment to a reserve resource policy (RRP)—a policy Katter has championed for over 15 years. The policy works to ensure a percentage of Australia's natural resources, in this case, gas, are reserved for domestic use before being exported. It […]
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Katter says the Gulf was built on buffel, Brahman and bitumen
Thursday, 27 Mar, 2025
Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has voiced strong opposition to the proposed listing of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) as a Weed of National Significance (WoNS), highlighting its vital role in Australia's beef industry, urging the government to abandon the proposed listing. "Buffel grass wasn't brought here by accident – it was introduced because it's […]
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LANDLOCK PLAN WILL FUEL FERAL PIG CATASTROPHE
Thursday, 27 Mar, 2025
State Member for Hill Shane Knuth has slammed the Federal Government’s decision to landlock 30 million hectares of bushland, warning it will worsen the nation's feral pig crisis and lead to environmental devastation on an unprecedented scale. Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s announcement to lock up land equivalent to the size of New Zealand is nothing short of an […]
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Katter praises close the gap initiative, but market gardens are crucial
Thursday, 27 Mar, 2025
Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has praised the efforts of government services and community groups in reducing the rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and rheumatic fever by half in the First Australian populations of Mornington Island, Doomadgee and Mount Isa. “While this is a fantastic outcome moving towards closing the gap, we need […]
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BRISBANE 2032 WILL BASTARDISE QLD ECONOMY: KATTER
Wednesday, 26 Mar, 2025
Queensland’s regions will be bled dry and the State’s already-struggling economy could cross the Rubicon as a result of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Speaking in response to the Crisafulli LNP Government’s Olympic Plan, unveiled yesterday, Mr Katter said the Premier’s announcement that […]
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