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OP-ED FROM ROBBIE KATTER MP Labelling of Seafood Amendment Bill 2021
Friday, 26 Aug, 2022
At Katter’s Australian Party, we have a full policy agenda and, in the Queensland Parliament, we punch above our weight in the type and volume of legislation we try to put forward because we believe there is a really significant tranche of Queensland that is not being represented by the type of bills the Palaszczuk […]
Read moreJim Ryall receives Good Australian Award for role as pioneer of Australian aquaculture
Thursday, 25 Aug, 2022
AQUACULTURE pioneer and prawn and fish farm architect, Jim Ryall, has been presented with a Good Australian Award by Cairns City Council Mayor, Bob Manning. The Good Australian Award, instituted by Kennedy MP, Bob Katter, recognises hardworking and honest North Queenslanders, and recipients of the award can use the post-nominal letters G.A. after their name. […]
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BATTLE LOST BUT WAR WAGES AGAINST BIG CORPORATES
Thursday, 25 Aug, 2022
The Palaszczuk Labor Government has given major supermarkets and large corporate retailers the green light to encroach on the previously protected small private enterprise, representing a huge blow to business diversity in outback towns. Up until now, a number of rural and regional Queensland towns[1] were subject to trading hours regulations that prevented major […]
Read moreKAP calls on pollies to throw seafood sector a line
Wednesday, 24 Aug, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader Robbie Katter is calling on State Labor MPs to throw a line to Queensland’s commercial fishing sector by supporting a “no-brainer” bill that would ensure all seafood sold at cafes, restaurants and fish and chip shops is labelled with its country of origin. Mr Katter’s pro-Aussie seafood legislation, known as […]
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Shane Knuth appalled with State Government cutting teachers pay checks
Wednesday, 24 Aug, 2022
Member for Hill Shane Knuth said the Founding Fathers of the Labor movement would be turning in their graves over how far the party had fallen from its traditional values. This was in response to the revelations of a letter, leaked to media, of correspondence from the Education Department to severely penalise and docks […]
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Premier must step in over pay docking disgrace
Tuesday, 23 Aug, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party MPs have called for the Premier and Queensland Education Minister to immediately intervene in the “demoralizing and farcical” disciplinary action being taken by its education department that would see the pay of teachers who chose not to be vaccinated against COVID-19 docked over 18 weeks. The hundreds of State-employed teachers, who were […]
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