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Katter requests flood support to include power outage impacts and agriculture losses
Friday, 28 Feb, 2025
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has called on the prime minister to urgently address the financial hardships faced by farmers and small business owners in the wake of recent natural disasters, particularly the severe flooding and power outages that have crippled communities across Northern Queensland. In his latest correspondence to the prime minister, Mr Katter has […]
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Katter gives dept a good kick
Thursday, 27 Feb, 2025
FEDERAL Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has called on the Department of Infrastructure to make haste and determine the outcome of the Queensland Regional Precincts and Partnerships Program (rPPP) grants and declare the successful applicants before the federal election is called and before caretaker mode is enforced. “Grant recipients have been revealed in other states […]
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Katter supports AgForce on live sheep
Wednesday, 26 Feb, 2025
Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter, whose electorate has about 2.5 million head of cattle, strongly supports recent statements by AgForce slamming the Commonwealth decision to ban live sheep export by sea from 2028. AgForce CEO, Michael Guerin, has recently called this decision "a grubby deal, pure and simple, that will destroy an industry and […]
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‘Don’t leave rural Australia hanging – make mobile USO happen’ – Katter
Wednesday, 26 Feb, 2025
KAP Bob Katter, the Member for Kennedy, has cautiously welcomed the Government’s iannouncement to improving mobile service coverage through a Universal Service Obligation (USO) which will enforce mobile phone providers to guarantee service particularly in regional and remote areas. “This is a win. For the last 18 months we have been tenaciously working with the Minister […]
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“SACK THEM”: KATTER CALLS FOR ACTION OVER COPPERSTRING CRISIS
Wednesday, 26 Feb, 2025
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has launched a broadside attack on Powerlink and the APA Group, raising concerns the two are collaborating in an attempt to kill the revolutionary CopperString Project and subsequently deny the people of North Queensland their economic potential. A furious Mr Katter is calling for the […]
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Katter slams Powerlink & APA for killing off CopperString
Tuesday, 25 Feb, 2025
Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has blasted Powerlink and APA over comments made to Australian Financial Review effectively killing the essential CopperString electricity link from Townsville to Mt Isa. Mr Katter has called the transmission operator and power generation companies' comments short-sighted and greedy, and demanded the immediate sacking of all executives. "It would appear that […]
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