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Herbert Sugar Industry Soured by Wilmar’s Arrogance
Wednesday, 14 Aug, 2024
Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, has launched a scathing attack on Wilmar in the wake of the multinational company’s decision to not allow workers to vote on the recommendations handed down by the Fair Work Commissioner. Mr Dametto said the pay dispute between Wilmar and mill workers had […]
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Katter backs bill to rein in student visas and halt immigration surge
Wednesday, 14 Aug, 2024
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has warned that student visas are a backdoor pathway to permanency. He warns that an immediate pull-back is needed, particularly from countries that don’t share the same values as Australia, while Australia is enduring a housing and affordability crisis. Speaking in the House of Representatives on the Education […]
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Mount Isa’s Future is Mining – Glencore need to get on board or get out: Katter
Tuesday, 6 Aug, 2024
The Katter’s Australian Party Leader and member for Traeger, Robbie Katter MP has today joined the Clean Economy Jobs, Resources and Transport Committee to hear the peak mining representative body and Glencore fail to justify the offshoring of 1,200 Queensland jobs, and leaving valuable critical minerals unrealised in the ground at Mount Isa. “It’s bewildering […]
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Gulf communities battling dangerous weather blackspot
Monday, 5 Aug, 2024
North West Queensland communities need to be given a fighting chance during severe weather events with the help of a doppler weather radar in the Gulf, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter. Mr Katter recently met with the Croydon Shire Council, where they voiced their concerns about the urgent need […]
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Vale Olympic Games: Men must not compete in Women’s events
Friday, 2 Aug, 2024
The Katter’s Australian Party Leader, Robbie Katter MP has today declared that the Olympic games are dead. “I am beyond disgusted to see footage of a man in a boxing ring punching a woman, and to see this condoned by the Olympics – I have no words,” the Queensland State Member for Traeger said. “I […]
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Katter welcomes new Mount Isa base: funded from resource sector
Wednesday, 31 Jul, 2024
The Mount Isa based Member for Traeger, and Katter’s Australian Party leader, Robbie Katter has today joined community members and leaders at the turning of the first sod of the new Mount Isa base for the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) and LifeFlight. “This new, state of the art base will mean that we will […]
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