Saturday, 12 Aug, 2023
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter hosted the Australian Prime Minister for one of the country’s most iconic and largest events at Mount Isa, while recognising the region’s economic value towards the nation. Mr Katter and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended the 2023 Mount Isa Rodeo, which also celebrated the mining city’s 100th birthday. Prior […]
Friday, 11 Aug, 2023
Stakeholders, representatives and supporters of the seafood industry will rally together at Queensland’s Parliament House on the 22nd of August 2023 to protest against the State and Federal Labor Governments’ decision to ban all gillnet fishing by mid-2027. Queensland Fisheries admitted that the decision was made by multiple levels of government in response to international […]
Thursday, 10 Aug, 2023
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter said he would be supportive of the Coalition’s disallowance motion (now delayed) on the government's 60-day dispensing policy, fearing the changes would destroy communities and create a pharmaceutical “big two”. The proposed changes set for September 1 will allow patients to purchase 60 days’ worth of medication with one […]
Wednesday, 9 Aug, 2023
Outback communities across Queensland are doomed to remain dry and under-developed as a result of the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s “dam-phobia”, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. The outback MP, fresh from questioning Queensland Water Minister Glenn Butcher during Budget Estimates last week, said this dam-phobia was now firmly embedded […]
Friday, 4 Aug, 2023
Member for Hill Shane Knuth has called on the Federal Minister for Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek to deny approval for Chalumbin Windfarm on the Atherton Tablelands. Mr Knuth said the media announcement this week from Queensland's Deputy Premier Steven Miles was a warning shot to the Federal Government. "It's no coincidence the State Government […]
Thursday, 3 Aug, 2023
The community-led battle to save the mining town of Glenden from impending demolition represents a “sliding door” moment for the Queensland Government, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said. Mr Katter, who lives in the North-West mining community of Mount Isa and has long spoken out against fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) workforce practices, said […]