Friday, 29 May, 2020
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter said today was a sad day for regional journalism and democracy with the end of printed editions of many regional newspapers including the Northern Miner, Atherton Tablelander, and Innisfail Advocate in his electorate. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/28052020-Opportunity-for-regional-newspapers-to-be-resurrected-on-an-owner-operator-basis.pdf" title="28052020 Opportunity for regional newspapers to be resurrected on an owner-operator basis"]
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Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have today reacted with anger and despair to the news that dozens of regional and rural community newspapers in Queensland will close, as the nation’s largest news outlet moves to a primarily digital model of publishing. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200528-RK-media-release-KAP-calls-for-community-newspaper-start-ups-002.pdf" title="20200528 - RK media release - KAP calls for community newspaper start-ups […]
Read moreThursday, 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)"]
Read moreMonday, 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_"]
Read moreMonday, 25 May, 2020
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"]
Read moreMonday, 25 May, 2020
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"]
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