Monday, 14 Jun, 2021
Katter’s Australian Party MPs are calling on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to relax onerous rules around shark harvesting in a bid to save fledgling fisheries, including the prized Spanish Mackerel. KAP Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto urged Queenslanders to “save a Mackerel, eat a shark” as was the usual practice of years gone by when flake […]
Mornington Island Mayor, Kyle Yanner, said he was given a great boost of confidence when he heard Acting Prime Minister, Michael McCormack, say ‘things must change ‘whilst on the Island during a visit yesterday with Indigenous Affairs Minister, Ken Wyatt. Mornington Island has extreme rates of diabetes and malnutrition, which results in residents having a […]
Sunday, 13 Jun, 2021
Fish and chip shops across the North are grappling with the shock news that Queensland’s much-loved Spanish Mackerel fishery industry is on the brink of collapse. Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said one way or another, the Spanish Mackerel industry was in jeopardy due to systemic regulatory and management failures […]
Friday, 11 Jun, 2021
Member for Hill Shane Knuth has written to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, expressing deep concerns over the management of the Spanish Mackerel Fishery along the East Coast by Fisheries Queensland. Mr Knuth's office has been contacted by commercial and recreational fishers concerned at a possible closure of the Spanish Mackerel fishery in 2022. […]
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader Robbie Katter is revved up to announce prominent North Queensland business leader Chris Carney, of Mike Carney Motors, as the new National President of the KAP. Mr Katter said the recruitment of Mr Carney solidified the KAP as the dominant political party in North Queensland, and the only one that […]
Tuesday, 8 Jun, 2021
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter says a new study by the University College of London that found vegan diets are leading to children growing up shorter and with less bone minerals, should be utilised by Australia’s meat industries to aggressively market its top-quality products around the world. “The UK has recently left Europe’s common market, and […]