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Katter: Fruit trees and vegetable seeds planted on Mornington Island to combat poor diets
Sunday, 3 Apr, 2022
MORNINGTON ISLAND locals have planted fruit trees and vegetable seeds in backyard gardens to combat poor diets that lead to chronic health conditions such as malnutrition, diabetes, and kidney disease, which reduces the life expectancy of residents. In late 2018 Kennedy MP, Bob Katter received a promise from the Prime Minister for the establishment and […]
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Bush battles bank as state focuses on city renters
Friday, 1 Apr, 2022
While regional Queenslanders struggle to put a roof over their heads amid acute housing shortages and impossible lending terms, the Palaszczuk Government has been sitting on its hands and ignoring the bush in favour of expanding the city. When queried by Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter, the Queensland Treasury admitted […]
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Vax mandates remain as Labor extends emergency powers
Thursday, 31 Mar, 2022
Queenslanders will continue to live indefinitely with the vaccine mandates imposed by the Chief Health Officer after the Palaszczuk Labor Government used its numbers in the Parliament to reject an opportunity to debate Katter’s Australian Party’s amendment designed to scrap them. This evening the Queensland Parliament debated the Palaszczuk Labor Government's Public Health and Other […]
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Far North Health left to Care for itself: KAP
Thursday, 31 Mar, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party candidate for Leichhardt, Rod Jensen, says Far North Queenland’s long-term health needs have been ignored in favour of short-term ‘sugar hits,’ following the release of the federal budget on Tuesday. Mr Jensen said budget measures to address the cost of living, such as cuts to fuel excise and pay-outs for pensioners, were […]
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Cyclone Reinsurance Pool gets green light from Federal Parliament
Thursday, 31 Mar, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has celebrated the Reinsurance Pool for Northern Australia passing its last parliamentary hurdle, the Senate, by popping a bottle of Golden Drop Mango champagne with neighbouring Dawson MP, George Christensen. The cyclone reinsurance pool which will bring down the cost of living in North Queensland, is the result of a decade […]
Read moreKAP comes out swinging at budget blunder for trucking operators
Thursday, 31 Mar, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, is describing the federal budget’s failure to scale back heavy vehicle road user charges in line with cuts in fuel excise as a kick in the guts to an industry already on its knees. Mr Hawks said challenges such as skyrocketing diesel and fuel additive Adblue […]
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