Thursday, 28 May, 2020
It would seem tokenism prevails with our governments’ treatment of First Australians. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200527-Letter-to-the-Editor-Defeat-of-the-KAPs-Blue-Card-Bill-002.pdf" title="20200527 - Letter to the Editor - Defeat of the KAP's Blue Card Bill (002)"]
Monday, 25 May, 2020
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter flanked hundreds of First Australians at a roadblock outside Yarrabah today to protest the State Government’s continued “lock down” of Indigenous communities, labelling the rule a case of “brutal paternalism”. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200525-Power-sick-Premier-locks-down-locks-up-locks-out-First-Australians_.pdf" title="20200525 Power-sick Premier locks down locks up locks out First Australians_"]
HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has called for an urgent funding boost to the State Government’s COVID-19 Adaption Grant Program, after thousands of businesses missed out due to funds being exhausted. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200525-Businesses-left-in-the-lurch-after-grant-program-closes.pdf" title="20200525 Businesses left in the lurch after grant program closes"]
THE State Labor Government has failed to reassure North Queenslanders how it will keep them safe after thousands signed two parliamentary petitions demanding tougher penalties for criminals. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200525-Labor-misses-mark-in-crime-petition-response.pdf" title="20200525 Labor misses mark in crime petition response"]
Yesterday, the QLD Premier announced at a press conference that the 2032 Brisbane Olympic bid had been paused; it followed a statement from Kennedy MP, Bob Katter on Wednesday that called on the Premier to scrap the bid entirely as it is an 'absorb money' project that will not assist QLD in its economic recovery […]
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter said the next person to talk about Australia’s ‘clean, green image’ should be shot by the firing squad, after the Agriculture Minister axed a biosecurity levy designed to protect Australian farmers from pests and diseases. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/22052020-Littleproud-fails-Aussie-farmers-again-by-axing-the-biosecurity-levy.pdf" title="22052020 Littleproud fails Aussie farmers again by axing the biosecurity levy"]