Friday, 1 Mar, 2019
KAP Leader and Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has today applauded the Prime Minister for heeding KAP’s calls for farming assistance and announcing a Rural Reconstruction Board. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190301-Katter-secures-2b-Federal-finance-fund-to-rebuild-the-North-West.pdf" title="20190301 Katter secures $2b Federal finance fund to rebuild the North West"]
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THREE towns in Kennedy have together been awarded just under $550,000 funding in a competitive Federal Government grant program which will be spent on upgrades, all-weather infrastructure, lighting and scoreboards to foster sporting events. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190301-Kickin’-goals-Kennedy-awarded-400k-in-sport-infrastructure-grants-MR.pdf" title="20190301 Kickin’ goals! Kennedy awarded $400k+ in sport infrastructure grants MR"]
Read moreThursday, 28 Feb, 2019
THE Federal Government’s decision to initiate formal action through the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against India’s sugar subsidies is a welcome move for local growers, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20190228-Dametto-welcomes-sugar-subsidy-escalation.pdf" title="20190228 Dametto welcomes sugar subsidy escalation"]
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Member for Hill Shane Knuth MP is concerned children have been stuck on school buses in North Queensland in up to 50 degree heat for nearly one and half hours at a time, twice a day, no air-conditioning and little ventilation - with reports from students in tears and nearly passing out from heat exhaustion. […]
Read moreWednesday, 27 Feb, 2019
HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto fears cane farmers will suffer from even more bureaucratic green tape if a Bill introduced by Labor in parliament today is eventually passed. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190227-Enviro-Bill-another-attack-against-farmers.pdf" title="20190227 Enviro Bill another attack against farmers"]
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State KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has called on the Palaszczuk Government to prove its position on the future of the state’s resource sector. [pdf-embedder url="https://kap.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190227-RK-media-release-Resource-sector-support-must-be-more-than-words.pdf" title="20190227 - RK media release - Resource sector support must be more than words"]
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