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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 […]
Read moreLabor Govt. stunting the Far North’s growth with Barron River Bridge plan
Tuesday, 11 Jan, 2022
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says the Labor State Government is stunting Far North Queensland’s growth by pushing ahead with plans to upgrade the Barron River Bridge, rather than building a new superfast highway (known as the Bridle Track or Kuranda Bypass) from the Tablelands to Cairns, which would cut travel times in half and allow for more freight carrying capacity.
Read moreKAP candidate says change to self-isolating criteria for truckies wrong move
Tuesday, 11 Jan, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) candidate for Herbert, Clynton Hawks, has panned the federal government’s proposed extension to transport workers of changes which ease quarantine rules for those working in food distribution and warehousing to address supermarket shortages. [1] Mr Hawks, a trucking operator, said bringing those changes to transport workers would put the lives of […]
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KAP Warns of Big Corporate Tactics to Protect Monopoly over Power in North West
Tuesday, 11 Jan, 2022
With State Government commitment to connecting the North West Minerals Province (NWMP) to the National Grid, KAP is warning of big corporate moves to protect the current monopoly over the power market in the North West, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter has said. The building of a 1,000 kilometre transmission […]
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