Wednesday, 2 Jun, 2021
FARMERS and landowners will be muzzled from having their say on a Bill that will repeal Labor’s farm-destroying Reef regulations after a request for regional hearings was denied by Health and Environment Committee Chair Aaron Harper. In a letter to Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto, Mr Harper said there was no need to have regional hearings for Mr Dametto’s Environmental […]
A proposed US import ban on kangaroo products has been described as ideological warfare by Katter’s Australian Party MPs, with the party throwing its support behind the roo export industry as it continues to grapple with the fall-out of the COVID-19 crisis. The meat and product ban, termed the Kangaroo Protection Act, is currently being […]
Tuesday, 1 Jun, 2021
State Member for Hill Shane Knuth has hit back at insulting comments made by Federal Agricultural Minister David Littleproud in relation to the proposed importation of limes from Mexico as condescending to local lime producers. Mr Knuth said serious concerns were raised by industry representatives on the bio-security risks to the local industry by the importation of limes from […]
After decades of lobbying the push for more parking at the Innisfail Hospital is a step closer with representatives of Good Counsel Primary, Cassowary Coast Regional Council and Member for Hill Shane Knuth having a successful meeting with the Minister for Health office and the Minister for Transport office this week. Mr Knuth said he had raised the matter in parliament, tabled a […]
A deadly tick-born disease that kills around 10 per cent of afflicted dogs and has already made its way to Queensland has exposed the nation’s biosecurity weaknesses, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter said vets across North Australia were alarmed by the rate at which ehrlichiosis was killing […]
Monday, 31 May, 2021