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State drags feet with Wallaman Falls visitor facilities upgrade
Wednesday, 23 Feb, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has slammed the State Government for its delay with visitor infrastructure upgrades at Australia’s highest single-drop waterfall, Wallaman Falls. In the Queensland Budget 2020-2021, the Townsville region was allocated $600,000 in 21/22 out of $2m total spend to upgrade visitor infrastructure at Wallaman Falls, […]
Read moreBank Biting the Dust an Indication of Market Failure
Wednesday, 23 Feb, 2022
Georgetown’s last remaining bank branch, the Bendigo Bank, has this week announced it will be closing its doors, leaving community members with a 400-plus kilometre round trip to get to their next closest bank. Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said there was no doubt that the closure was a prime example […]
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Politics Unplugged: KAPcast with Robbie Katter hits the airwaves
Wednesday, 23 Feb, 2022
A fresh take on the news and events of the world is now live with the “KAPcast with Robbie Katter” podcast hitting Facebook and RSS feeds on Saturday night. The podcast promises to feature Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader Robbie Katter taking an honest and forthright view of the issues affecting everyday Australians. Episode […]
Read moreKAP seeks to repeal Labor’s destructive reef regulations
Tuesday, 22 Feb, 2022
The Palaszczuk Labor Government’s agricultural industry-destroying Great Barrier Reef (GBR) regulations will come under attack this week as Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) seeks to repeal legislation that demonises farmers and restore balance to the Queensland’s misguided environmental laws. KAP Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto’s Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of Great Barrier Reef […]
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Daylight savings would cement split in State: KAP
Tuesday, 22 Feb, 2022
Councillor Adrian Schrinner is not the “Mayor for Queensland” and should tread carefully on applying a south-east centric view to state-wide issues like daylight savings, Katter’s Australian Party Leader Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter, speaking in response to the Brisbane Lord Mayor’s calls for a new referendum on introducing Daylight Saving Time (DST) in […]
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KAP candidate criticizes government duplication of quarantine facilities while ignoring Nth Queensland Homeless
Sunday, 20 Feb, 2022
KATTER’S Australian Party (KAP) candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, says the point-scoring and bickering between the Queensland State and Federal Governments over the building of quarantine facilities for international arrivals is sickening to behold in light of their inaction on the housing crisis in regional towns and cities across the country. Mr Hawks said […]
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