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Re-heated election promise a band-aid fix to broken Youth Justice system
Thursday, 10 Feb, 2022
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 […]
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Community ignored over Chalumbin Windfarm concerns
Thursday, 10 Feb, 2022
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. […]
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CT scanners a necessity for northern communities
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 […]
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Dametto calls for turning lane at Five Mile Creek, Bruce Highway
Wednesday, 9 Feb, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is calling for a turning lane at Five Mile Creek Road along the Bruce Highway following numerous near misses and fatalities on the Ingham to Cardwell stretch. Mr Dametto said that this section of the Bruce Highway was extremely dangerous as motorists come to […]
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Tully Tigers President, Anthony Emmi, receives Good Australian Award
Tuesday, 8 Feb, 2022
TULLY TIGERS Rugby League Club President, Anthony Emmi, has been presented a Good Australian Award for his services to rugby league in the region. Mr Emmi was presented the award by Cassowary Coast Council Deputy Mayor, Barry Barnes, and Hill MP, Shane Knuth, on Saturday night (5/2/2022) during the Tully Tigers Jersey Auction. The Good […]
Read more$124m the annual cost of Govt’s lack of integrity
Tuesday, 8 Feb, 2022
An incredible $124 million, facilitating the full-time employment of more than 800 staff, is the annual cost of the Queensland Government’s lack of integrity and accountability, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter said based on 2020-21 Annual Reports, 801 FTE staff and $124.6 million was being allocated to […]
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