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KAP promises to move on trans ban in sport
Friday, 22 Apr, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has pledged to move legislation in the Queensland Parliament to ban trans women from participating in female sports if the “corrosive, unfair and woke” trend is not outlawed by the next Federal Parliament. Mr Katter said he had been prompted to revisit the issue – which […]
Read moreEnd of era for family doctors hard to fathom: KAP
Thursday, 21 Apr, 2022
KATTER’s Australian Party (KAP) candidate for Dawson, Ciaron Paterson, says the potential closure of Bowen’s only remaining GP clinic sends a message about how dire the GP shortage is in regional Australia, and is calling on the federal government to undertake urgent action to address the growing gaps in primary health care. “Bowen, the second […]
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Coalminer Ciaron Paterson digs in for the KAP in Dawson
Thursday, 21 Apr, 2022
Mackay-based Coalminer Ciaron Paterson is Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP) candidate for the seat of Dawson at the May 21 federal election, running alongside truckdriver Clynton Hawks in Herbert, ex-NRL player Rod Jensen in Leichhardt, and party founder Bob Katter in Kennedy. Mr Paterson says he’s proud of his working-class roots, and has worked hard […]
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Spanish mackerel consultation is invitation only
Thursday, 21 Apr, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, is infuriated after hearing that Fisheries Queensland will hold an ‘invitation only’ consultation meeting between the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) and selected fishers in Townsville today regarding the Spanish mackerel fishery. Information circulating from the Queensland Seafood Industry Association is that only […]
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Federal Labor plan to lock in FNQ’s economic demise with Kuranda plan
Thursday, 21 Apr, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, said Labor’s announcement of $200m to upgrade the Kuranda Range Road would lock in Far North Queensland’s economic demise, and instead the high-speed, $1.5 billion Bridle Track Tunnel should be built, opening up the Chillagoe Minerals Province and expanding farming in the Tablelands and Gulf, to a port at Cairns or […]
Read moreKatter calls for $200 a fortnight boost to the age pension
Wednesday, 20 Apr, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says the 2.6 million people on the age pension should receive an increase of $100 a week ($200 a fortnight), which would support older Australians dealing with the soaring cost of living. To pay for the $14 billion a year policy, the Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP says the Federal Government […]
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