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Govt. assistance needed as Fall Armyworm spread continues
Friday, 21 Jan, 2022
FEDERAL Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter MP, has written to the State and Federal Governments requesting that the sprays used to exterminate the Fall Armyworm be subsidised as they cost farmers more than $600 per litre. Mr Katter’s request comes following a new outbreak of the pest in Far North Queensland at the Basilisk Blooms […]
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Put your support where your fork is, Premier: KAP
Friday, 21 Jan, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party is this year looking forward to strong support from the Palaszczuk Labor Government towards its pro-Australian seafood labelling bill, which is designed to increase consumer awareness, support Australian industries and create more local jobs. KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter’s Food (Labelling of Seafood) Amendment Bill 2021, which is currently open […]
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End vaccine mandates
Friday, 21 Jan, 2022
Member for Hill Shane Knuth is calling on the State Government to end mandates and follow the lead of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnston who has announced the end of face masks and vaccine passports. With double vaccination rates reaching 90 per cent, it is time to end the mandates and for life to go […]
Read moreTime for Qld to check out of compulsory tracing app: KAP
Thursday, 20 Jan, 2022
Redundant compliance measures such as the Check-In Queensland app must be ditched as the State moves towards the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic – living with the virus – Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. Mr Dametto said the State Government had tested the public’s patience and trust […]
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KAP candidate says local MP’s comments about Palm Island a cop out
Thursday, 20 Jan, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, says the Herbert incumbent’s remarks with respect the federal government response to Palm Island’s COVID outbreak, reported in the Townsville Bulletin on Thursday, [1] are a deflection of government’s responsibility in supporting First Australian communities. “Listening is all good and well, and it should go without […]
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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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