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Nick Dametto MP – Opinion Piece – Victoria’s gas and energy shortage becomes a Queensland problem.
Tuesday, 25 Jun, 2024
The extent of Australia's escalating energy crisis is clearly on display in Victoria with the state at risk of running out of gas by the end of this winter – and should serve as not only a stark warning for the rest of the nation but also a wake-up call for Queensland who is on […]
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‘Gutless’ supermarket review will mean little for grocery prices and suppliers: Katter
Tuesday, 25 Jun, 2024
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter has labelled the Federal Government’s response to escalating grocery prices as “gutless,” after it failed to adopt any substantive measures following the Grocery Code of Conduct Review. The review conducted by former Labor Minister Craig Emerson recommended the current voluntary code of conduct be made mandatory, and fines of […]
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Support for Katter’s FNQ tunnel grows as existing routes fail
Tuesday, 25 Jun, 2024
KATTER’S Australian MP Bob Katter says support for a tunnel and new highway to connect resource and produce-rich inland Far North communities with the coast is rapidly growing after multiple failures on existing routes. Mr Katter said the travel time between Mareeba and Cairns should be about 25 minutes, via the Kennedy Hwy connecting to […]
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On the track to nowhere – solutions, not announcements needed: Katter
Friday, 21 Jun, 2024
A flashy announcement of a simple study into the previously panned TEARC is nothing but a baseless announcement - the reality still bites that fewer and fewer companies want to use the Mount Isa line in the first place, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter has said. “The ignorance, of […]
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Competition is consumer’s friend, government is not: Katter
Friday, 21 Jun, 2024
Competition is the consumer’s friend – that’s the sentiment welcomed by the Federal Government after consumer group CHOICE handed down its first supermarket grocery comparison report this week. “But then why is the government not enforcing this ‘competition’ it’s happily welcoming,” Katter’s Australian Party MP Bob Katter asks. CHOICE chief executive Ashley de Silva said […]
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Labor’s failures leave youth justice workers in harms way
Friday, 21 Jun, 2024
Youth workers at Townsville’s notorious Cleveland Youth Detention Centre have suffered serious injuries allegedly at the hands of violent youth criminals armed with makeshift weapons. Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader lashed out at the State Labor Government claiming that situations like this were created by the pressure cooker environment of traditional […]
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