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Jensen says sealing Ootann Road key to unlocking Cape cattle
Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
KATTER’S Australian Party (KAP) candidate for Leichhardt, Rod Jensen, says a rapid expansion of the cattle industry in the north is dependent on sealing the Ootann Road. The Mareeba shire-owned road is a critical connector between the Burke Development Road and the Kennedy Highway to the south. “Cape York mostly is not good for growing-out […]
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KAP Candidate says changing federal government procurement policies key to tyre recycling sustainability
Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, has identified the proposed Lansdown eco-industrial precinct as the perfect location for a tyre recycling facility in Townsville. However, he says the key to removing used tyres from the waste stream remains a commitment by the federal government to set targets for the use of recycled […]
Read moreFLINDERS OVERTAKING LANES ON ROAD TO NOWHERE
Monday, 9 May, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has slammed the Department of Transport and Main Roads for its snail’s-pace approach to installing potentially lifesaving overtaking lanes on the Flinders Highway between Townsville and Charters Towers. The desperately-needed upgrades had been in the works for almost two years, with DTMR Minister Mark Bailey confirming […]
Read morePolitical games must end with Port Hinchinbrook funding
Monday, 9 May, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, is calling on the Federal Government to officially announce the funding secured for Port Hinchinbrook’s Sewerage Treatment Plant and the One Mile Creek emergency dredging project. In the Cassowary Coast Regional Council meeting on the 28th of April, it was confirmed Council was still […]
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The wait is almost over for Ingham’s Charity Bull Ride
Sunday, 8 May, 2022
The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is excited to join a mix of locals and a radio celebrity to raise funds for charity at the annual Ingham Sugar City Rodeo. In just under a week the Hinchinbrook MP will pull on the spurs and once again ride a […]
Read moreKAP slams banks, insurers ignorant to “get woke, go broke” rule
Sunday, 8 May, 2022
BOTH Federal Labor and the LNP must commit to intervene in the growing failure of “woke” banks and insurers to adequately service Australia’s in-demand fossil fuels sector, Katter’s Australian Party Senate candidate Robert Lyon has said. Mr Lyon, a salt-of-the-earth cane farmer from North Queensland, said the new-age adage of “get woke, go broke” […]
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