Thursday, 27 Mar, 2025
State Member for Hill Shane Knuth has slammed the Federal Government’s decision to landlock 30 million hectares of bushland, warning it will worsen the nation's feral pig crisis and lead to environmental devastation on an unprecedented scale. Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s announcement to lock up land equivalent to the size of New Zealand is nothing short of an […]
Read moreThursday, 27 Mar, 2025
Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has praised the efforts of government services and community groups in reducing the rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and rheumatic fever by half in the First Australian populations of Mornington Island, Doomadgee and Mount Isa. “While this is a fantastic outcome moving towards closing the gap, we need […]
Read moreWednesday, 26 Mar, 2025
Queensland’s regions will be bled dry and the State’s already-struggling economy could cross the Rubicon as a result of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Speaking in response to the Crisafulli LNP Government’s Olympic Plan, unveiled yesterday, Mr Katter said the Premier’s announcement that […]
Read moreTuesday, 25 Mar, 2025
Katter's Australian Party Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, has issued a critical response to the 2025 Federal Budget, highlighting serious concerns about its lack of proactive infrastructure planning, onerous regulatory overreach, and obvious lack of investment in agriculture and mining industries. "The 2025 Budget reveals a government more focused on reactive policies rather than […]
Read moreSaturday, 22 Mar, 2025
Seasonal rain has seen the Bruce Highway cut once again north of Ingham at the Seymour and Gairloch crossings, leaving North Queenslanders stranded, businesses crippled, and supply chains in chaos. Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto has slammed the continued delays to the Gairloch Project (which encompasses the notorious Seymour […]
Read moreFriday, 21 Mar, 2025
Struggling outback mines are at risk of being prematurely moth-balled by administrators seeking the “path of least resistance” whereby closure is quicker than negotiating terms with a new buyer, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter, who has this week written to the Queensland Miniter for Natural Resources and […]
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