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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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2025 Federal Budget: “The country is playing catchup and chasing our tail”
Tuesday, 25 Mar, 2025
Katter's Australian Party Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, has issued a critical response to the 2025 Federal Budget, highlighting serious concerns about its lack of proactive infrastructure planning, onerous regulatory overreach, and obvious lack of investment in agriculture and mining industries. "The 2025 Budget reveals a government more focused on reactive policies rather than […]
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Dametto Blasts Successive Government Inaction on Gairloch and Seymour Project
Saturday, 22 Mar, 2025
Seasonal rain has seen the Bruce Highway cut once again north of Ingham at the Seymour and Gairloch crossings, leaving North Queenslanders stranded, businesses crippled, and supply chains in chaos. Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto has slammed the continued delays to the Gairloch Project (which encompasses the notorious Seymour […]
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