Thursday, 26 Oct, 2023
Turning the tide on bush towns bleeding their youths to the cities is a key focus for Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter, who has this week introduced his Education (General Provisions) (Extension of Primary Schools in Remote Areas) Amendment Bill 2023. The Bill is designed to provide additional schooling options […]
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs used Question Time in the Queensland Parliament to this week force the Premier to come clean on her involvement in the Commonwealth Government’s plot to destroy the futures of many North Queensland farmers and commercial fishers. Last week, Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter MP, tabled a letter in the Commonwealth […]
Final days: Fresh caught barramundi off the menu By this time next week, the barramundi season will be closed on Queensland’s east-coast and with gill net bans coming into effect on 31 December, this is the last week many commercial fishers will operate. The future of hundreds of affected fishers and their families remains in […]
Wednesday, 25 Oct, 2023
NORTH Queensland’s natural assets are the answer to nation’s electricity woes following regular warnings from regulatory authorities about power shortages, and constant delays and cost blowouts associated with “nation-building” project – Snowy 2.0. The troubled 2200mw hydro project which was set to be powering about three million homes next year has blown out from about […]
Friday, 20 Oct, 2023
Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and State Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto MP, hosted a roundtable discussion with Ingham child care centres regarding the extensive waitlists causing pressures for mothers returning to work. The Hinchinbrook MP said with a high demand of child care and limited spaces, many families are waiting months or in some […]
The Palaszczuk Labor Government, and in particular Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick, have in recent days been complicit with Glencore in the signing of an entirely unnecessary “death warrant” for the city of Mount Isa. On behalf of the community of Mount Isa, and the 1,200 jobs that hang in the balance, this needs to be […]