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Kennedy electorate road upgrades roll on, but more to be done
Wednesday, 30 Mar, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has welcomed a substantial amount of funding for roads and highways around the Kennedy electorate contained in the 2022 Federal Budget, but says the fight for the Bridle Track Tunnel from Cairns to Mareeba (Atherton Tablelands) goes on. Nearly $70m in funding will be spent to upgrade the Flinders Highway in […]
Read moreKAP candidate says dedicated ‘disaster force’ needed for emergency response
Tuesday, 29 Mar, 2022
KATTER’S Australian Party candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, says growing regional instability and the increasing incidence of natural disasters are the reasons why the Australian federal government needs to bring back a national disaster and emergency response organisation. Mr Hawks said the current arrangement of using the military to supplement the ad-hoc co-ordination of State-based […]
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Telecoms, irrigation projects, and doctor training, top budget wins for Kennedy Electorate
Tuesday, 29 Mar, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has welcomed significant announcements for North Queensland in the Federal Government’s budget, including a whopping $1.3 billion telecommunications package to expand mobile and internet coverage in the regions, $99.3 million to increase the number of medical students studying in rural and remote locations, and commitments for the construction of Charters Tower’s […]
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LNP and Labor refuse to support Queensland farmers
Tuesday, 29 Mar, 2022
Queensland farmers have this evening been abandoned by both major parties, with the LNP and Labor voting against Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP) Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) Amendment Bill 2021. The Greens also voted against the Bill, while PHON Mirani MP Steve Andrew backed the KAP. Earlier in the […]
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Qld Labor refuse to act on Kuranda Range as deaths continue
Tuesday, 29 Mar, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says the Queensland Labor Government is the most arrogant he has encountered in his nearly 50 years of political life, as it refuses to act on the dangerous Kuranda Range Road despite another tragic death yesterday.[1] “How many more Martyrs must we have before the Queensland Government wakes up?” Mr Katter […]
Read morePrivatisation fall-out sends cattle trains off the rails
Monday, 28 Mar, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has called for immediate intervention from the State Government in the indefinite shutdown of cattle freight on the Great Northern Line (GNL), labelling the fiasco as the “ongoing fall-out of Labor’s failed privatisation of the State’s rail lines”. Mr Katter’s office has received a series […]
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