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GROWERS FIGHT BACK ON INDUSTRY-DESTROYING LAWS
Monday, 20 Sep, 2021
Dozens of cane growers and Burdekin region community members have had their angst heard this morning at an industry-led public forum on the KAP’s Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) Amendment Bill 2021. The Bill, introduced to the Queensland Parliament by Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto, will completely reserve Labor’s reef […]
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ATTACK ON DAIRY FARMERS A DISGRACE
Friday, 17 Sep, 2021
State Member for Hill Shane Knuth has today spoken openly and passionately about his disgust at the forced abandonment by Queensland Dairy Organisation (QDO) of their Fair Go Dairy logo. The logo was an initiative to allow consumers to be able to identify which milk sold in supermarkets, offered a fair farm gate price back […]
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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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