Tuesday, 18 Jan, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has been buoyed by a strong show of support for his Blue Card Bill, which is designed to get some of the State’s most vulnerable people out of the welfare system and into stable employment. Mr Katter said he was pleased to see submissions to the […]
Monday, 17 Jan, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is encouraging home buyers to make regional Queensland home as prices soar in the state’s south east. Mr Dametto is also urging the State Government to expand the First Home Owners’ Grant to support people making the move. According to QBE’s Australian Housing Outlook […]
Thursday, 13 Jan, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says the closure of Atherton’s Village Kahawa café[1] is just one of the many casualties of the Labor State Government’s extreme covid mandates, with thousands out of work and businesses closed. Mr Katter said that the State Government was walking on thin ice by imposing Covid rules which have seen the […]
Wednesday, 12 Jan, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, is writing to the Federal Government calling for the final 10 kilometre stretch of the Hann Highway (Kennedy Development Road) between the Lynd and Hughenden to be sealed. The Kennedy Developmental Road (Hann Highway) works are currently funded under the Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative. The $50 million project to […]
Tuesday, 11 Jan, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says the Labor State Government is stunting Far North Queensland’s growth by pushing ahead with plans to upgrade the Barron River Bridge, rather than building a new superfast highway (known as the Bridle Track or Kuranda Bypass) from the Tablelands to Cairns, which would cut travel times in half and allow for more freight carrying capacity.
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, has panned the federal government’s proposed extension to transport workers of changes which ease quarantine rules for those working in food distribution and warehousing to address supermarket shortages. [1] Mr Hawks, a trucking operator, said bringing those changes to transport workers would put the lives of […]