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Hinchinbrook’s sugarcane industry faces worker shortages
Monday, 23 May, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, is calling for experienced workers to relocate to Hinchinbrook for the sugarcane season as the industry faces challenges with worker shortages.
Read moreKatter says beware of disingenuous Get Up
Friday, 20 May, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says GetUp is one of the major forces wanting to take away the rights First Australians have had for 40-thousand years, and says the political organisation is promoting political parties like Labor who have restricted land ownership and enforced alcohol bans on First Australians in the community areas.
Read moreKAP Herbert candidate backs job lot funding for algae wastewater upgrades
Friday, 20 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, Townsville and Palm Island council […]
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KAP PITCHES “PRO-REGIONS” TAX POLICY TO NEXT FED GOVT
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 […]
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KAP calls on Clive Palmer to “leave some water for the rest of us”
Friday, 20 May, 2022
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 […]
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KAP Herbert candidate backs job lot funding for algae wastewater upgrades
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 […]
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