Saturday, 1 May, 2021
$3 million in funding towards a water assessment on the Tablelands is set to begin, after Member for Hill Shane Knuth was notified by the Minister for Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water the electorate would be one of only three (3) in the state which had been granted funding. Member for Hill Shane Knuth said […]
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HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has accused the State Labor Government of bureaucratic laziness in its failure to remove an over-the-top requirement preventing the construction of large farm sheds in Queensland. Mr Dametto said he and Hinchinbrook Mayor Ramon Jayo had hit a number of road blocks in attempting to identify a workaround to the Queensland Development Code that currently requires overzealous fire suppression systems for simple farm vehicle storage sheds […]
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THE Federal Government needs to “put up or shut up” with a promised $1.5 million to dredge Cardwell’s One Mile Creek still nowhere to be seen, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said the Cardwell community was tired of waiting for the promised funds while boaties continued to be locked out at low tide from leaving […]
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[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_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 admin_label="Text" _builder_version="4.6.5" text_font="Arial||||||||"]FRESH off his visit to Boulia, the most southern town in his electorate of Kennedy, Bob Katter has commended the local council for fighting like tigers to pursue funding to improve the […]
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FEDERAL Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter has applauded the announcement today that famers impacted by Tropical Cyclone Niran on March 3 will now have access to $75,000 grants to get back to producing. The Category D grants of up to $75,000 can be used to help impacted primary producers cover the costs of getting their […]
Read moreThursday, 29 Apr, 2021
A sceptical Bob Katter, KAP Federal Member for Kennedy has dismissed the claims made by several coalition MPs this week that a reinsurance pool to tackle high insurance prices in the north is likely to happen, saying “we will believe it when we see it.” Mr Katter has been a leading voice on the issue […]
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