Monday, 14 Feb, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is calling for the State to match a Federal Government grant to support an Australian-based company with the development of their COVID-19 breath test. A Sunshine Coast company has developed a device that can deliver results in under a minute with approximately 98 per […]
AS Australia’s international border reopens, Kennedy MP, Bob Katter, says any new tourism campaigns aimed at overseas tourists must have a specific focus on attracting backpackers, and the process of getting into Australia must be streamlined. North Queensland’s economy has traditionally had a major reliance on backpackers as they fill key hospitality, farming and tourism […]
Thursday, 10 Feb, 2022
IN RESPONSE to a question from the Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pleaded with the Queensland Government to get behind the Hughenden Irrigation Project (HIPCo) so that dozers can get on the ground and construction can begin. The irrigation scheme involves a 200,000 ML dam and would unlock 11,000 hectares […]
Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is sceptical of today’s announcement that Townsville police numbers will be bolstered and said even an “army” of officers would be unable to quell the region’s youth crime crisis without a radical overhaul of the Queensland Youth Justice system. Mr Dametto said that on the […]
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says Far North Queenslanders should be giving it to the State Government for allowing corporations, some foreign-owned, to build windfarms beside the world heritage rainforests and jungles of the region. The company behind the Chalumbin windfarm proposal refused to speak to a group of Ravenshoe residents yesterday, instead seeking one-on-one conversations. […]
Wednesday, 9 Feb, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, will be knocking down the door of the Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, pleading the case for CT scanners to be installed at the Ingham and Charters Towers hospitals after hearing harrowing stories of local patients waiting hours for treatment due to the lack of technology. A CT scan or computed […]