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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 […]
Read moreMOST VULNERABLE DENIED VOICE IN VAD DEBATE
Friday, 16 Jul, 2021
First Australians, poorer Queenslanders and those in remote communities will be among those most at risk of feeling forced into doctor-assisted suicide if Voluntary Assisted Dying laws pass the Queensland Parliament, Katter’s Australian Party Leader Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter said while the Palaszczuk Labor Government was seeking to circumvent Commonwealth laws that prevent […]
Read more$75K DISATER RELIEF FUNDING RELEASED AND APPLICATION PERIOD EXTENDED
Friday, 16 Jul, 2021
Member for Hill Shane Knuth has given Cassowary Coast growers some welcome, financial years news, with the final approval for the release of $75k in disaster relief funding. Mr Knuth said he had been advised by the Minister for Agriculture that QRIDA will be immediately contacting those who had applied for funding because of damage […]
Read moreKatter calls for AEMO CEO to be sacked, following 100% renewables comment
Thursday, 15 Jul, 2021
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter has called for the sacking of the CEO of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), Daniel Westerman, after he made a comment that the national power market operator had set itself the goal ‘to be able to handle 100 per cent renewable energy on the grid by 2025.’ Mr Katter said […]
Read moreProgress on proposed inland highway from Cairns to Mareeba
Wednesday, 14 Jul, 2021
THE Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has confirmed a new inland highway between Mareeba and Cairns would likely link up to the Bruce Highway somewhere between Cairns and Gordonvale. Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, and State Member for Hill, Shane Knuth, met with TMR engineers today to get an update on the […]
Read moreGel blasting industry on the rise
Wednesday, 14 Jul, 2021
HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto, fights for law abiding gel blaster owners as he re-iterates that gel blasters are a toy, not a weapon. “In my opinion gel blasters look very similar to the toy guns you can buy in a children’s toy store. Will the Government start banning those next because they look like a weapon?” Insiders have estimated the […]
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