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KAP calls on Minister to scrap gillnet fishing bans
Saturday, 11 Nov, 2023
The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) is calling on the Fisheries Minister, Mark Furner MP to immediately withdraw the decision to ban gillnets in areas of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) from 31 December 2023. The calls come amidst rising industry tension leading into the end of the year with all impacted fishers still clueless about […]
Read moreOP-ED Proposed Knife Bans – A Blunt Tool Against Youth Crime
Saturday, 11 Nov, 2023
Draft laws are expected to be introduced into the Queensland Parliament before the end of the year that will seek to ban the sale of knives, replica firearms, gel blasters and other bladed items to minors. The proposed new laws stem from a spate of serious knife related offences in the south-east including the tragic […]
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Youth crime too tough for Labor
Saturday, 11 Nov, 2023
The Queensland Labor Government have confirmed they won’t be coming out with any new strategies to try and reduce youth crime as Youth Justice Minister Di Farmer lays the blame on the judiciary for failing to adequately impose Parliament’s laws. In Townsville on the weekend, a young mother was injured after she fought back against […]
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KAP Candidate Promises to put Mundingburra Back on Track
Wednesday, 8 Nov, 2023
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) have gone to new heights to announce their candidate for Mundingburra, Mr Michael Pugh. Mr Pugh is a father who has a work history ranging from managerial positions in the petroleum industry to the disability sector. He is no stranger to a hard day’s work but is best-known by Townsville locals […]
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KATTERS CALL OUT QLD ON BUSHFIRE CULPABILITY
Tuesday, 7 Nov, 2023
Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteer numbers have been allowed to nearly halve in the past two decades, exposing outback Queensland to indefensible risk and undermining the narrative that governments are genuinely concerned by the rate of natural disasters increasing due to “climate change”, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said. KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie […]
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Government’s solution to fix infrastructure blowout… has blown out: KAP
Monday, 6 Nov, 2023
A 90-day review into federal infrastructure projects which aimed to claw back issues regarding blowouts, has, ironically blown out itself bringing nation-building works to a standstill, Katter’s Australian Party says. The current Federal Labor Government accused its predecessors of a “blowout” of works under the $120bn Infrastructure Investment Program (IIP) increasing from 150, to […]
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