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Spanish stitch-up continues as Qld Fisheries skews data
Wednesday, 13 Apr, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has backed a Cairns game fishing leader’s condemnation of the Labor Government for allegedly manipulating data and siding with anti-fishing groups to slash Spanish Mackerel quotas. The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) is proposing to radically reduce commercial Spanish mackerel catches by 75-90 […]
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Forgotten opportunity of biofuels is a national shame: KAP
Wednesday, 13 Apr, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party MPs have labelled the Prime Minister’s propping up of Australia’s two existing oil refineries as “maintenance of the status quo”, and a move that would do little to genuinely improve the nation’s fuel security.[1] KAP Federal MP for Kennedy, Bob Katter, said there should be a ban on the export of Australian […]
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Impending closure of Spanish mackerel fishery smells ‘fishy’
Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2022
The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) and North Queensland-based business owners and commercial fishermen have today slammed the Queensland Government for what has been labelled the “devastating mismanagement” of the Spanish mackerel fishery and proposed quotas reductions. Information circulating from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries proposes to reduce, from July 1, the total allowable catch […]
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Telco Growing Pains for Revitalised Mining Town
Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2022
The construction of the Ravenswood Gold mine is well advanced and has brought much prosperity to the region, however accompanying this growth has been a strain on the local telecommunications. With the long-term outlook of this mine looking promising, their needs to be action on these services. There are currently around 500 contractors working on […]
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Hop into Hinchinbrook this Easter
Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is encouraging North Queenslanders to take advantage of the eased COVID-19 restrictions and explore Hinchinbrook during the Easter school holidays and upcoming long weekends. Hinchinbrook is home to Australia’s largest single drop waterfall, an abundance of National Parks, tranquil waterfalls, iconic fishing spots, and […]
Read moreKAP Candidate tells LNP to ‘Read the Room’ on Housing Crisis
Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, says the LNP’s plans to exacerbate the housing crisis in Townsville shows the party is not listening to the concerns of residents. At a time of record low housing vacancy rates, Mr Hawks says recent announcements to bring more workers to the region will worsen housing […]
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