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Queensland Community Safety Bill risks being swept through by inappropriate committee process
Friday, 24 May, 2024
The first and only round of public hearings and briefings by the Community Safety and Legal Affairs Committee (the Committee) in relation to their examination of the Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024 are underway in Brisbane today. So far, the Committee has heard from various stakeholders at the morning’s public hearing proceedings including Shooters Union […]
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Dametto Renews Calls for 120km/h Speed Limit on Overtaking Lanes
Friday, 24 May, 2024
Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto has renewed his calls from 2023 for an increased speed limit of up to 120 kilometres per hour for overtaking lanes along the Bruce Highway. The Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Minister at the time rejected Mr Dametto’s proposal claiming that speeding increased crash […]
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Set North Queensland Free! Katter calls for a separate North Queensland state
Friday, 24 May, 2024
North Queenslanders and the Australian people are being shortchanged by the untapped potential of North Queensland, The Leader of Katter’s Australian Party (KAP), Robbie Katter has declared. On Wednesday, the KAP leader moved a motion in the Queensland Parliament to take the necessary steps to form a separate state of North Queensland, in accordance with […]
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Inland Queensland’s water safe from Glencore’s pollution – war yet to be won: Katter
Friday, 24 May, 2024
It’s possibly the first rational and sensible decision to come out of the Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (DESI) in years, but reading that Glencore have been denied permission to pollute our pristine water is music to my ears, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter has said. Glencore subsidiary […]
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Regional landholders facing Armageddon of invasive weeds
Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
North West Queensland private landholders are under siege from invasive weeds, abandoned by a neglectful Queensland government that has turned a blind eye to their struggles, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter said. “After years of neglect and underfunding by the Queensland government, invasive weeds are running rampant on state-owned […]
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KAP Unveils Hard-Hitting Crocodile Control and Conservation Bill
Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
State Member for Hill, Shane Knuth, today, introduced into parliament, the KAP’s Crocodile Control and Conservation Bill 2024, designed to address the escalating human-crocodile conflict in North Queensland. Responding to constant calls from North Queensland communities, the new bill places a premium on human life by implementing aggressive measures to mitigate the risks posed by […]
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