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Pandering to UNESCO, not science, behind gillnet bans: Katter
Friday, 1 Mar, 2024
The Queensland State Government’s determination to implement gillnet-free fishing zones in the Gulf of Carpentaria has no scientific basis and will bring economic devastation to communities in the Gulf, Robbie Katter said. “Queensland Fisheries has failed to furnish any analysis or evidence demonstrating the significant and irreversible environmental harm caused by net fishing. Consequently, there […]
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Bring back $25 subdivisions: Katter questions lack of land availability in ‘empty country’
Friday, 1 Mar, 2024
AN estimated 95 per cent of Australia’s land mass is deemed “empty,” yet the Federal Government is choosing to inflame competition for housing and land in already overcrowded cities and regions, Katter’s Australian Party MP Bob Katter says, who recalls blocks of landing going for about $7000 each. It comes as Mr Katter supported crossbench […]
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KAP: TMR must prioritise major road projects in disaster prone FNQ
Thursday, 29 Feb, 2024
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP’s have travelled to Cairns this week to meet with Far Northern community representatives frustrated by the significant delays and impediments of many vital road infrastructure projects that link Cairns to prime agricultural areas north and west of the city. The discussions centred around projects essential for Cairns and inland areas, […]
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Parliament stunt exposes ‘piggy’ supermarket profits
Wednesday, 28 Feb, 2024
Kennedy MP Bob Katter and Clark MP Andrew Wilkie dressed as pigs and walked the halls of Federal Parliament on Wednesday to resemble the supermarkets with their “snouts in the trough” – allegedly underpaying their producers and price gouging off their consumers. Mr Katter said it should be noted that he and his crossbench colleague […]
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No expense spared for Woodford’s new youth detention
Wednesday, 28 Feb, 2024
The State Government have recently announced the start of construction on their new $620 million dollar youth detention centre in Woodford which will consist of 80 beds at a staggering cost of over $7.8 million per bed, a price tag that has infuriated people across the State. Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader […]
Read moreQantas investor’s grandson labels $1.2bn profit as ‘ironic’
Tuesday, 27 Feb, 2024
THE grandson of one of Qantas’ early investors has labelled the airline’s $1.2bn underlying half-year profit as “ironic,” stating it was once acceptable for the carrier to report losses, so long it provided an essential service to regional Australians. Katter’s Australian Party MP Bob Katter, whose grandfather was that investor, said now the self-proclaimed “spirit […]
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