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Katter lashes PM over Hells Gates broken promise
Wednesday, 23 Mar, 2022
BOB Katter, Federal Member for Kennedy, has lashed the Prime Minster of Australia for backing the wrong horse on the Hells Gates Dam project and has warned that unless the dam is built to a height of 395m, as opposed to a significantly smaller project announced today, then he would flex his powers, clear his […]
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Dametto demands support for landholders battling erosion
Wednesday, 23 Mar, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto utilised last week’s Parliamentary sitting to call for funding for the Herbert River Improvement Trust. In a Question on Notice Mr Dametto asked the Hon. Glenn Butcher what funding and grant opportunities were currently available to assist the Herbert River Improvement Trust to help […]
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Former Cowboy, Rod Jensen, saddles up for the people of Leichhardt
Wednesday, 23 Mar, 2022
FORMER North Queensland Cowboy, Rod Jensen, is running for Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) in the seat of Leichhardt at the upcoming Federal Election and will campaign strongly on economic development, improving Far North Qld’s health and aged care systems, overhauling the vocational education for young people, and Indigenous adoption laws and regulations. Born on the […]
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Statement from Robbie Katter MP
Wednesday, 23 Mar, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party is welcoming of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of $5.4 billion in funding for Hells Gates Dam. We appreciate the fact that, today, the Federal Government have committed money towards what can only be described as the kind of nation-building infrastructure the KAP – and we believe the Australian people – dream […]
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PM’s Hells Gates plan won’t facilitate the Bradfield Scheme dream
Wednesday, 23 Mar, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, is opposed to the proposal of a low-level dam at the Hells Gates site (less than 395m above sea level), with irrigation on unreliable basalt rock country beside the upper Burdekin River, for which the Prime Minister has announced $5.4B in funding.[1] Mr Katter said the proposal drawn up by Townsville […]
Read moreQLD Upper House abolition anniversary a chance for reform
Tuesday, 22 Mar, 2022
Tomorrow marks 100 years since the formal abolition of the Legislative Council, the former Upper House, which left Queensland with the only unicameral state parliamentary system in the country. Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said, while the last thing people wanted was more politicians, the occasion marked an opportune time to […]
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