Friday, 21 Jan, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party is this year looking forward to strong support from the Palaszczuk Labor Government towards its pro-Australian seafood labelling bill, which is designed to increase consumer awareness, support Australian industries and create more local jobs. KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter’s Food (Labelling of Seafood) Amendment Bill 2021, which is currently open […]
Member for Hill Shane Knuth is calling on the State Government to end mandates and follow the lead of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnston who has announced the end of face masks and vaccine passports. With double vaccination rates reaching 90 per cent, it is time to end the mandates and for life to go […]
Thursday, 20 Jan, 2022
Redundant compliance measures such as the Check-In Queensland app must be ditched as the State moves towards the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic – living with the virus – Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. Mr Dametto said the State Government had tested the public’s patience and trust […]
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, says the Herbert incumbent’s remarks with respect the federal government response to Palm Island’s COVID outbreak, reported in the Townsville Bulletin on Thursday, [1] are a deflection of government’s responsibility in supporting First Australian communities. “Listening is all good and well, and it should go without […]
Wednesday, 19 Jan, 2022
THE MAJOR party’s obsession with free markets and free trade continues to break the backs of Australian farmers, with reports surfacing that Australian avocado farmers are ploughing their crops into the ground[1] whilst the big supermarkets import 30 percent of the avocadoes sold in Australia from overseas.[2] Kennedy MP, Bob Katter, said thanks to the […]
Tuesday, 18 Jan, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has welcomed the Federal Government’s change of heart on telehealth in the form of funding[1] to support GPs over the next six months (after the Government had previously cut support on January 1[2]), but the North Queensland MP says funding should be ongoing not temporary. Mr Katter has also labelled the […]