Friday, 20 May, 2022
Differentiated pensions, housing supplements or Job Seeker payments for regional residents are potential outcomes of the Katter’s Australian Party’s call for regional and remote Australia to be included in the consumer price index (CPI). KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said a suite of policy changes were required to establish a taxation and economic […]
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, has called on billionaire and Australian senate hopeful Clive Palmer to negotiate a solution with the parched landholders who want access to more water but are unable to secure it due to issues created by his failed Yabulu Nickel refinery. On the 21st […]
Thursday, 19 May, 2022
KATTER’S Australian Party candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, wants federal government cash for macro-algae bioremediation upgrades to each of the region’s wastewater treatment plants (WTTP) to reduce nutrient discharge into the reef lagoon. Mr Hawks said $32 million would upgrade WTTP plants in the Hinchinbrook, Charters Towers, Burdekin and Townsville council areas, including […]
Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
KATTER’S Australian Party candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, is demanding the major parties join him in supporting an initiative of the Queensland Trucking Association aimed at boosting the number of experienced truck drivers on the road, potentially bring down insurance costs for transport operators, and improve safety. The QTA’s Jobs Ready Program aims to […]
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, has called on the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) to hold a consultation session for all stakeholders to have their concerns heard regarding the proposed Spanish mackerel quota reductions which may be effective as of 1st of July 2022. The Queensland Fisheries […]
Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
The Palaszczuk Government needs to put its ego aside and agree to trial the kind of alternative sentencing options, such as ‘on-country sentencing’, for recidivist youth offenders that are being spear-headed in other states, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Yesterday, The Australian reported that Western Australia’s Labor State Government […]