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Minister considering CT Scanners for Ingham & Charters Towers
Wednesday, 16 Mar, 2022
FEDERAL HEALTH MINISTER, Greg Hunt, is considering funding new CT (Computed tomography) scanners for the Ingham and Charters Towers hospitals, after the lack of imaging services in these North Queensland towns was raised with him by Kennedy MP, Bob Katter in a meeting last month. Minister Hunt’s Department has received and is assessing the funding […]
Read moreBuild it and they will come: KAP says housing ADF personnel in CBD key to its re-vitalisation
Wednesday, 16 Mar, 2022
KATTER’S Australia Party (KAP) candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, is calling for the Federal Government to build high-density defence housing in Townsville’s abandoned CBD. The housing of troops in the CBD will bring more foot traffic into the heart of Townsville, boosting small businesses’ economic recovery as we start the road to rebuilding our city […]
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Katter calls for new Mount Isa army base
Monday, 14 Mar, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has renewed[1] his call for one-thousand troops to be stationed at a new army base in Mount Isa, north west Queensland, following the Federal Government’s announcement last week it wants to increase the size of Australia’s armed forces.[2] Mr Katter, who has sent a letter to Defence Minister Dutton, said Australians will […]
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Kuranda Range alternate must be given highest priority
Monday, 14 Mar, 2022
KAP State and Federal MPs, Shane Knuth and Bob Katter, are demanding that both levels of government place the highest priority on building an alternate route to the Kuranda Range Road, after yet another accident occurred on the dangerous stretch of highway this morning.[1] Kennedy MP, Bob Katter, said it was a farce that the […]
Read moreFarmers Given a Voice as Vote on KAP Bill Looms
Monday, 14 Mar, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs are calling on all elected rural representatives to stand up against “reef ignorance”, as the Party’s Reef Regulations Reversal Bill is debated – and possibly voted on – in Parliament this week. KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said the resumption of debate on the bill would be another […]
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Dametto heads back to the cane fields ahead of reef regs vote
Friday, 11 Mar, 2022
With a vote on his Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) Amendment Bill 2021 approaching, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has this week gone back to the grassroots reasons behind the bill. On Thursday Mr Dametto held an on-farm meeting with local growers in […]
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