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Sunday Trading Ban Extension of Cold Comfort
Wednesday, 16 Feb, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has labelled the Queensland Parliament inquiry’s recommendation that the “big corporates” ban on Sunday trading in the regions be extended only until August, 2023 as bittersweet. Mr Katter thanked the Employment, Education and Training Committee for its efforts during the Inquiry into the operation of the […]
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No justification for keeping “no jab, no job” mandates
Wednesday, 16 Feb, 2022
The Queensland Government must move to out-law “no jab, no job” mandates alongside the scrapping of mask rules and vaccination requirements to enter public venues, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said. The call comes following reports that the Queensland State Government will contemplate lifting a number of COVID-19 restrictions following a fall in case numbers […]
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Solve Social Housing Crisis by Thinking “Inside” the Box: KAP Candidate
Wednesday, 16 Feb, 2022
They’ve been around since at the 1950s, revolutionized global trade, transformed logistical operations world-wide and are now finding themselves stacked like toy blocks in “green” developmental projects across the country. Virtually unseen half a century ago, they are now ubiquitous in junk yards, rail sidings and second-hand scrap dealers all over the country, rusting hulks […]
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Dametto calls for State to match Feds funding: COVID breath tests
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 […]
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Bring the backpackers back, says Katter
Monday, 14 Feb, 2022
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 […]
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PM calls on the Qld Government to get behind the Hughenden Irrigation Project (HIPCo)
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 […]
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