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KAP backs bank deal but demands long-term solution for regions
Thursday, 13 Feb, 2025
FEDERAL Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, has commended the government's deal with the major banks to ensure regional bank branches remain open, but has called for a long-term solution. "I've got to pay credit to the government here," Mr Katter said. "They've moved against going cashless and they've moved against the closure of regional banks." […]
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ALBO WARNED REX RESCUE IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Thursday, 13 Feb, 2025
Nationalising failed Rex Airlines, plagued with an ageing fleet off Saab 340B turboprops that have significant limitation in hot north Australian conditions, is flogging a dead horse, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have said. KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said a straight buy-out, amounting to a golden handshake for an airline that has […]
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NORTH AT THE MERCY OF MOTHER NATURE WITHOUT BRADFIELD: KAP
Wednesday, 12 Feb, 2025
The visionary Bradfield Scheme – which by design diverts excess floodwaters from the upper Tully, Herbert and Burdekin river systems – could have ameliorated the devastating 2025 North Queensland floods had it been built, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter said the failure of successive state and […]
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“SPARE CHANGE” NEEDED TO FINISH FLOOD-IMMUNE HANN HW
Wednesday, 5 Feb, 2025
A strategic “inland highway” built by the US Army during World War II is the key to keeping North Queensland connected during future flood events, Katter’s Australian MPs have said. Responding to the recent floods that have caused devastation across the coast and catastrophically damaged the Bruce Highway at Ollera Creek, KAP Leader and Traeger […]
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North Qld celebrates as ADF called in to reconnect the Bruce
Wednesday, 5 Feb, 2025
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, believes that common sense has prevailed as the federal government today announced the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been called in to deliver temporary repairs to the Ollera Creek Bridge - reinstating the now-cut Bruce Highway between Townsville and Ingham. After calling on the federal government to deploy […]
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Katter calls on PM to deploy army, fast-track disaster relief
Sunday, 2 Feb, 2025
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, has spoken to the Prime Minister tonight to inform him of the unprecedented situation in north Queensland following the severe flooding event, with the destruction of the Bruce Highway at Ollera Creek Bridge cutting off a critical transport link between Townsville and the northern communities. Mr Katter has […]
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