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KAP Welcomes Savannahlander Funding – But Warns It’s Just the Start!
Thursday, 14 Aug, 2025
Katter’s Australian Party MPs Shane Knuth (Hill) and Robbie Katter (Traeger) have welcomed news that disaster recovery funding will be delivered to repair a key bridge along the iconic Savannahlander rail line, but say the State Government must commit to significantly more investment to secure the future of the full service. Queensland Rail will undertake […]
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Australia should stand with Israel
Monday, 11 Aug, 2025
FEDERAL Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, has slammed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s plan to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN in September, calling it “dangerous” and “not an Australian position.” “Israel is surrounded by over a million people in Muslin countries, many of which are committed to the destruction of Israel and the Jewish […]
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Ride on Cowboy – Community-Run Mount Isa Rodeo Kicks Off
Friday, 8 Aug, 2025
“Like a phoenix from the ashes, Mount Isa’s rodeo is back, and has found its community spirit again,” the Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Member for Traeger said on the opening day of the 2025 Mount Isa Rodeo. “It wasn’t quite ten months ago that I got the phone call I had been dreading, […]
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Step Forward for Spanish Mackerel Catch Limits
Friday, 8 Aug, 2025
Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has welcomed the announcement that catch limits for Spanish mackerel will increase by the end of the year, calling it a positive step forward for commercial and recreational fishers across Queensland. A 2025 stock assessment revealed the Spanish mackerel population has likely doubled since the controversial 2021 biomass estimate of just […]
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Katter: “Act now or Australia will lose”
Thursday, 7 Aug, 2025
BOB Katter the Federal Member for Kennedy, is hopeful that today’s “innovation and technology” roundtable, will result in some real solutions to the current crisis in Mount Isa and broader issues with metal processing in Australia. "Minister Ayres is talking the talk. We now need him to walk the walk," said Mr Katter. "Mount Isa, […]
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Resignation of CEO might finally allow for CopperString
Wednesday, 6 Aug, 2025
KATTER’S Australian Party Federal MP Bob Katter has welcomed the resignation of Powerlink’s CEO Paul Simshauser. Particularly if it means that somebody might actually take the bull by the horns and build the vital CopperString electricity link between Townsville and Mount Isa. “Two and a half years after the CopperString decision was approved – and […]
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