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Amy Aquilini

Wednesday, 20 Oct, 2021

In September of 2013, I had a traumatic quad bike accident, that left me with a brachical plexus injury to my right arm and a traumatic brain injury. I spent quite a bit of time at the Townsville hospital in recovery. I’m so grateful for the team there. I spent a fair bit of time […]

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Chamber backs Dametto’s First Home Owners’ Grant amendments

Wednesday, 20 Oct, 2021

MEMBER for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto is calling on the State Government to include amendments to the First Home Owners’ Grant (FHOG) in the 2022/2023 Budget as a regional Queensland specific Covid-19 recovery initiative. Mr Dametto stated that Covid-19 has forced financial hardship on many Queenslanders causing challenges to save house deposits for new homes. “The […]

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Farmers feral over frozen pig funding – Katter questions Ag Minister

Wednesday, 20 Oct, 2021

KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has penned a Question with Notice to the Federal Minister for Agriculture asking him to explain why a nearly $30 million pool of funding is still sitting in the kitty since May, when it could be put to use to help farmers prevent catastrophic feral pig damage to their crops. The […]

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Closing the coal industry, a national security threat – Katter

Monday, 18 Oct, 2021

The do-no-gooders and the Lilly-pad Lefties are running around screaming for the closure of the coal industry. Do they seriously think we are going to tell India, China and the rest of Asia that they can't buy any of our coal? There is no way that India can afford $90 a megawatt hour for solar. […]

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Carrot and stick measures needed to improve rural health delivery

Friday, 15 Oct, 2021

KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says ‘carrot and stick measures’ are needed to improve rural and regional health delivery, including increased bulk billing rebates for rural and regional general practitioners (GPs) based on remoteness, and incentives and directives to attract Australian-trained and foreign doctors to the regions. The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP presented these ideas […]

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Gairloch Flood Immunity Upgrade project gets the go ahead

Thursday, 14 Oct, 2021

PLANNING works for a long-term solution to improve flood immunity at Gairloch section of the Bruce Highway are imminent, signaling a huge win for the Hinchinbrook electorate, State Member Nick Dametto has said. During Question Time today, Member for Hinchinbrook Mr Dametto asked Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey to provide an update […]

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