Newsroom
MEDIA RELEASES
Farmers feral over frozen pig funding – Katter questions Ag Minister
Wednesday, 20 Oct, 2021
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has penned a Question with Notice to the Federal Minister for Agriculture asking him to explain why a nearly $30 million pool of funding is still sitting in the kitty since May, when it could be put to use to help farmers prevent catastrophic feral pig damage to their crops. The […]
Read moreClosing the coal industry, a national security threat – Katter
Monday, 18 Oct, 2021
The do-no-gooders and the Lilly-pad Lefties are running around screaming for the closure of the coal industry. Do they seriously think we are going to tell India, China and the rest of Asia that they can't buy any of our coal? There is no way that India can afford $90 a megawatt hour for solar. […]
Read more
Carrot and stick measures needed to improve rural health delivery
Friday, 15 Oct, 2021
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says ‘carrot and stick measures’ are needed to improve rural and regional health delivery, including increased bulk billing rebates for rural and regional general practitioners (GPs) based on remoteness, and incentives and directives to attract Australian-trained and foreign doctors to the regions. The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP presented these ideas […]
Read more
Gairloch Flood Immunity Upgrade project gets the go ahead
Thursday, 14 Oct, 2021
PLANNING works for a long-term solution to improve flood immunity at Gairloch section of the Bruce Highway are imminent, signaling a huge win for the Hinchinbrook electorate, State Member Nick Dametto has said. During Question Time today, Member for Hinchinbrook Mr Dametto asked Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey to provide an update […]
Read more
QLD FAMILIES DEVASTATED BY TAXI LICENCE LOSSES
Wednesday, 13 Oct, 2021
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs are calling on Transport Minister Mark Bailey to attend a court-ordered mediation and negotiate a fair compensation package for devastated Queensland taxi licence owners. KAP Leader Robbie Katter, speaking from Parliament House said, “Mum-and-Dad Queensland small-business owners have lost everything - there are so many stories of trails of destruction […]
Read more
State Government holds the keys to rural housing crisis fix
Wednesday, 13 Oct, 2021
MEMBER for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto will request a meeting with Treasurer Cameron Dick to call for an amendment to the First Home Owners’ Grant Policy that would make buying a home in regional Queensland more attractive. Last week community leaders stated Western Queensland is struggling to grow regional centres due to the lack of housing […]
Read more