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Free market policies break the backs of Aussie avocado farmers
Wednesday, 19 Jan, 2022
THE MAJOR party’s obsession with free markets and free trade continues to break the backs of Australian farmers, with reports surfacing that Australian avocado farmers are ploughing their crops into the ground[1] whilst the big supermarkets import 30 percent of the avocadoes sold in Australia from overseas.[2] Kennedy MP, Bob Katter, said thanks to the […]
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Government does handstand (not backflip) on telehealth
Tuesday, 18 Jan, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has welcomed the Federal Government’s change of heart on telehealth in the form of funding[1] to support GPs over the next six months (after the Government had previously cut support on January 1[2]), but the North Queensland MP says funding should be ongoing not temporary. Mr Katter has also labelled the […]
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KAP’s Blue Card Bill gets vital backing
Tuesday, 18 Jan, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has been buoyed by a strong show of support for his Blue Card Bill, which is designed to get some of the State’s most vulnerable people out of the welfare system and into stable employment. Mr Katter said he was pleased to see submissions to the […]
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Dametto pushes south east QLD home buyers to relocate as prices soar
Monday, 17 Jan, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is encouraging home buyers to make regional Queensland home as prices soar in the state’s south east. Mr Dametto is also urging the State Government to expand the First Home Owners’ Grant to support people making the move. According to QBE’s Australian Housing Outlook […]
Read moreLocal café one of many casualties of Labor Govt’s extreme Covid policies
Thursday, 13 Jan, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says the closure of Atherton’s Village Kahawa café[1] is just one of the many casualties of the Labor State Government’s extreme covid mandates, with thousands out of work and businesses closed. Mr Katter said that the State Government was walking on thin ice by imposing Covid rules which have seen the […]
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Katter calls for final stretch of the Hann Highway (Kennedy Development Road) to be sealed
Wednesday, 12 Jan, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, is writing to the Federal Government calling for the final 10 kilometre stretch of the Hann Highway (Kennedy Development Road) between the Lynd and Hughenden to be sealed. The Kennedy Developmental Road (Hann Highway) works are currently funded under the Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative. The $50 million project to […]
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