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Keith Ballard: Celebrating Mt Isa racing legend’s last laps this weekend
Sunday, 17 Nov, 2024
KEITH Ballard, based in Mt Isa, is the oldest active jockey in Australia – and this weekend, he will take the reins for the last time before he retires from professional racing. At 71 years of age, Mr Ballard has competed in almost 10,000 races in a career spanning 55 years. When reflecting on the […]
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Katter demands an end to the Charters Towers bat plague
Friday, 15 Nov, 2024
KATTER’s Australian Party MP Bob Katter is demanding immediate action to rid Charters Towers of plague-like flying fox populations once and for all. “Once again, flying foxes have returned to Charters Towers, stripping our fruit trees, placing our residents in danger and restricting the use and enjoyment of public areas,” lamented Mr Katter. The town […]
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KAP presents a plan that could run rings around the Olympics
Friday, 15 Nov, 2024
After further reports of more government overspending on the Brisbane 2032 Games, KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has publicly slammed the Crisafulli government alongside KAP MPs Robbie Katter (KAP leader and Member for Traeger) and Shane Knuth Member for Hill. On Monday this week, the Courier Mail advised of a $500 million cost […]
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RE: Bruce Hwy claims 33 lives: Premier vows to fix deadly ‘goat track’ (13 November 2024)
Thursday, 14 Nov, 2024
Letter to the Editor - RE: Bruce Hwy claims 33 lives: Premier vows to fix deadly ‘goat track’ (13 November 2024) I refer to the recent article “Bruce Hwy claims 33 lives: Premier vows to fix deadly ‘goat track’. It certainly has been another year of tragedy on the Bruce Highway with thirty-three lives lost already. […]
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Dametto Calls on LNP State Government to Back Port Hinchinbrook Plan
Tuesday, 12 Nov, 2024
Over the past seven years, Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto has worked closely with local, state and federal governments to address the longstanding issues related to the Port Hinchinbrook development. Mr Dametto is now calling on the new LNP government, led by Premier David Crisafulli, to adopt the strategy previously adopted by the outgoing state […]
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Dametto Urges Crisafulli Government to Go All the Way – Implement Castle Law and Relocation Sentencing
Monday, 11 Nov, 2024
With youth crime continue to spiral out of control across Queensland, Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto is calling on the Crisafulli Government to adopt Castle Law as part of the ‘Making Queensland Safer’ legislation and to work collaboratively with the KAP in the design of a Relocation Sentencing strategy […]
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