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Aussie industries crippled as Govt sells off advantage
Wednesday, 8 Dec, 2021
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said Australia’s economies and industries would continue to suffer if the nation remained beholden to the international market for key commodities like urea. He said was deeply alarmed that, despite global demand for urea skyrocketing, Queensland’s only manufacturer of the product had announced it would close […]
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Bank Branch closures a symptom of market failure
Tuesday, 7 Dec, 2021
Postcode discrimination, bank branch closures and an ever-reducing appetite to lend to the bush are symptoms of market failure in the regional banking sector, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Speaking following the news that Charleville and Longreach, in Queensland’s south and mid-west, would lose their local Suncorp Bank branches […]
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KAP calls for regions to have their say on health
Tuesday, 7 Dec, 2021
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs are calling on the community to ensure their voices are heard regarding current health issues being experienced in regional Queensland. The Health and Environment Committee is conducting an inquiry into the provision of primary, allied and private health care, aged care and NDIS care services and its impact on the […]
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The North Queensland Voice
Thursday, 2 Dec, 2021
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Read moreGrog ban and lack of employment pathways drives youth crime in North Queensland
Thursday, 2 Dec, 2021
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says youth crime is getting worse in North Queensland because there is a lack of employment opportunities for young people, and a ban on alcohol in the First Australian community areas has driven the ‘no-hoper mob’ to major towns like Mareeba, Mount Isa, Cairns and Townsville. “Crime is getting worse because […]
Read moreStatement from Robbie Katter MP
Thursday, 2 Dec, 2021
Katter’s Australian Party MPs have today provided their full support to calls for a Royal Commission into Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission. The CCC, as the State’s primary counterpoint to corruption and the abuse of power in the public sector, must be beyond reproach and always operate with complete impartiality. Queenslanders have put their faith […]
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