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KAP continues calls to scrap all COVID-19 mandates
Monday, 7 Feb, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is calling for the Premier to scrap all COVID-19 mandates following today’s announcement that the COVID check-in app is now only needed at venues that require proof of vaccination. Mr Dametto said that KAP will continue to fight to end COVID-19 vaccination mandates throughout […]
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Governments Bright Idea a Pest Fest
Monday, 7 Feb, 2022
As local land holders continue the fight to keep weeds and pests under control in the North West region, the Queensland Government has purchased 35,300 acres of land to become National Park. ‘The Lakes’ property, North of Hughenden has been purchased by the Queensland Government who have opted to turn it into National Park. Rangers […]
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Community Leaders Meet to Push for Gulf Academy
Monday, 7 Feb, 2022
Community leaders from across the Lower Gulf of Carpentaria are travelling to Brisbane to meet with Commonwealth and Queensland Government officials on Wednesday to progress their proposal to establish a Gulf Academy in the Region. Welcoming the initiative, the Member for Traeger, Mr Robbie Katter MP, said “For decades the communities of the Lower Gulf […]
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Fall Armyworm threatens future of North QLD ag industries
Monday, 7 Feb, 2022
FOR more than two years the Fall Armyworm has been decimating maize crops on the Atherton Tablelands, and now farmers are considering moving into other crops. A shortage of maize production will have a major impact on the dairy, beef, chicken and pork industries as maize and corn silage is a feed-source for these animals. […]
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Katter issues ultimatum to Qld Transport Minister on Cairns to Mareeba highway
Friday, 4 Feb, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has issued an ultimatum to the Queensland Transport Minister; ‘request Federal Government support for a new road from Cairns to Mareeba, or resign as Minister’. In today’s Cairns Post (04/02/2022), Minister Bailey said, “If Bob Katter was truly serious about solutions, he should do his job in Canberra and actually secure […]
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KAP warns Government on sugar (tax) addiction
Friday, 4 Feb, 2022
A campaign launched by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) agitating for the Australian government to put a tax on sugar has been met with heavy criticism by Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto MP. The AMA’s social media campaign is the latest push by the doctor’s lobby group to sway […]
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