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KATTER SAYS SOLUTION TO TELECOMMUNICATION OUTAGES CAN BE FOUND IN COPPERSTRING
Friday, 17 Sep, 2021
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter, says Copperstring has the potential to resolve telecommunication outages and create significant additional optic fibre capacity which would enhance the entire corridor between Townsville and Mount Isa. Robbie Katter, said, “Recent outages in the North West stretching from Mount Isa to Julia Creek and McKinlay […]
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Pocketknife prosecution demonstrates our loss of Aussie values – Bob Katter
Wednesday, 15 Sep, 2021
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has called on everyone who has a drop of Australian blood in their veins to stand up and fight for their freedoms because they’re quickly vanishing, after a 74-year-old man was prosecuted in Chinchilla, south-west Queensland, for carrying a pocket knife.[1] Wayne McLennan told the Country Caller that he has carried […]
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DAMETTO DEMANDS GOVT OWN UP TO CRIME CRISIS
Wednesday, 15 Sep, 2021
Labor MPs have sought to deny the severity of North Queensland’s crime crisis by shouting down debate and claiming legal concerns during a speech delivered to the Parliament this week by Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto, speaking about escalating crime in Townsville and Mackay, made reference to juvenile offenders hunting down police officers in […]
Read morePALLIATIVE CARE DENIED VITAL FUNDING BY LABOR
Tuesday, 14 Sep, 2021
Katter’s Australian Party MPs have today forced the State’s MPs to show their hand on delivering equitable, quality palliative care to all Queenslanders. Unfortunately all Labor MPs denied the delivery of this vital service, and instead opted to push on with their Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Bill 2021 which will provide euthanasia as an legal […]
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Labor avoids here and now problems while pushes on with Ingham bypass
Tuesday, 14 Sep, 2021
INGHAM small businesses have been left feeling gutted following news the Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Minister will forge ahead with the Ingham bypass, Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said. TMR has advised it will commence planning and consultation on the planned bypass between Ingham and Cardwell later this year, in a bid to flood proof […]
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SCIENCE IS UNSETTLED BUT GROWERS BEAR THE BRUNT
Tuesday, 14 Sep, 2021
The draconian reef regulations that could blow a $1 billion-plus hole in the Queensland economy over the next 10 years will have no real impact on the health Great Barrier Reef (GBR), independent scientist Dr Peter Ridd has said. Speaking in support of KAP Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto’s Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of Great […]
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