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QLD’S RAPID VIRUS TESTS STILL OFF LIMITS TO AUSSIES
Wednesday, 21 Jul, 2021
Two locally-developed rapid COVID-19 testing kit that have been provided Queensland Government funding remain unused in Australia despite the crisis crippling the nation and ongoing reports of states and territories failing to meet testing demand. The COVID-19 Home Test, developed and produced by Brisbane-based biotech company Ellume, was provided an unspecified funding injection last year […]
Read moreDARK AGES DESCEND ON REGIONS AS BRISBANE PARTIES
Wednesday, 21 Jul, 2021
The “dark ages” will descend this evening on North and regional Queensland should Brisbane be successfully awarded the 2032 Olympic Games, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have warned. KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said fanfare, financial trickery and creative spin was being used by the Palaszczuk Labor Government to justify the $17.8 billion invoice […]
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Old Tully Road intersection to be accessed by TMR
Tuesday, 20 Jul, 2021
Cassowary Coast residents have spoken out about the norther end of the Old Tully Road and Bruce Highway intersection that they believe is a death trap. State Member for Hill Shane Knuth recently meet with a number of concerned residents at the intersection and listened to their concerns before taking to the Department of Transport […]
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FERAL PIGS A THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT? NO KIDDING!
Tuesday, 20 Jul, 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_row admin_label="Row" _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_post_title author="off" categories="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.0.105" title_text_align="center" title_text_color="#273775" title_font_size="35px" text_orientation="center" title_text_shadow_style="preset2"][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.6.5" text_font="Arial||||||||"]State Member for Hill Shane Knuth isn't surprised at news released by the ABC today, that new research from the University of Queensland, reveals the environmental threat from feral pigs is far […]
Read moreDAMETTO APPEALS FOR CLARITY ON EXEMPTION DECISIONS
Monday, 19 Jul, 2021
The Chief Health Officer should provide clarity to Queenslanders around the criteria she applies when deciding who should and should not be granted hotel quarantine exemptions, Katter’s Australian Party Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. Mr Dametto has today written to CHO Dr Jeanette Young, who will later this year become the Queensland Governor, seeking […]
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Queensland strikes right balance on “big kids’ toys”: Dametto
Friday, 16 Jul, 2021
Queensland’s measured approach to the thriving gel blaster industry should be an example to other states who have opted for draconian measures that outlaw or severely restrict what is fundamentally a toy, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. Mr Dametto said that he, and the KAP, believed in the core values […]
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