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Katter fighting for fairer location classifications for teachers
Tuesday, 11 Mar, 2025
Member for Kennedy Bob Katter is supporting calls for Mount Isa and Cloncurry to be classified as ‘very remote’ so teachers can access the federally funded Reduction of Higher Education Loan Program (HELP). “We have written to the minister for education requesting an urgent review of the location classification systems in use and how we […]
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Crime Crisis Continues Across Townsville
Tuesday, 11 Mar, 2025
Townsville’s crime wave shows no sign of slowing, prompting Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, to call on the Crisafulli Government to adopt stronger measures, including Castle Law, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, and Bush Sentencing. Despite a change of government, Mr. Dametto said the city’s crime statistics are as alarming as […]
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Govts fail the north – still waiting for relief
Wednesday, 5 Mar, 2025
As North Queensland marks one month since record-breaking floods devastated the region, the answer is becoming more clear as to why Category D funding has taken so long to be activated. It is standard procedure for state governments to request this funding from the commonwealth, and past disasters of this nature and magnitude have seen […]
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INTERVENTION CALL AS ANOTHER MINER BITES THE DUST
Tuesday, 4 Mar, 2025
A fourth mining company has fallen victim to what Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has described as the “state-sanctioned economic shackles” eroding the future of the North West, prompting calls for urgent intervention by the Crisafulli LNP Government. In addition to re-iterating his calls for a fast-tracking of the CopperString project, […]
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Katter demands Medicare review as breast screening returns to Cairns
Tuesday, 4 Mar, 2025
Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has welcomed news that Cairns, as of this week, has a reinstated breast screening service, however, he is livid that government would risk the lives of our mothers, sisters, wives and daughters by not reviewing Medicare rebates in line with cost of living increases. “Once upon a time, we […]
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Federal Government Flood Recovery Funding Fails North Queenslanders
Friday, 28 Feb, 2025
The Federal Government’s flood recovery grant system has failed North Queenslanders, with absurd eligibility criteria leaving individuals, businesses and primary producers without the support they desperately need after the recent devastating floods. Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto MP, has slammed the red tape restricting disaster recovery payments, describing […]
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