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Environmental Benefits Ignored as Parliament Rejects Biofuels Bill
Friday, 13 Oct, 2023
Queensland’s ethanol and biofuels industries has been dealt a significant blow as both major parties, and surprisingly even the Greens voted against Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP) Liquid Fuel Supply (Minimum Biobased Petrol Content) Amendment Bill 2022 (the Bill). The Bill offered a potential lifeline to Queensland’s struggling ethanol and biofuels industry, and its rejection raises […]
Read moreKatter wants Aussie heroes on national currency, not a British ‘King’
Friday, 13 Oct, 2023
Proud Aussie Bob Katter said there should be a long string of fair dinkum Australians considered for imprinting on national currency, well ahead of a foreign "done-nothing" monarch who inherited power "without lifting a finger." "There could be no more un-Australian act then to have a foreigner on our coins," Mr Katter said. "Australians do […]
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NQ FISHERS “SOLD OUT” FOR FOREIGN INTERESTS: KAP
Thursday, 12 Oct, 2023
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries Mark Furner’s refusal to intervene in the “sell-out” of North Queensland’s commercial fishing sector has made his position untenable, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said. KAP Leader Robbie Katter, speaking from Parliament in Brisbane today before flying out to attend a meeting of Gulf fishermen in Karumba tomorrow, said he […]
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Labor’s $250 million youth watch-house band aid
Friday, 6 Oct, 2023
Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto is outraged following an announcement from the Palaszczuk Government that they will be wasting $250 million of taxpayer’s money on a remand centre for youth offenders in Brisbane that will be nothing more than a purpose built juvenile watch-house. The State Government announced that […]
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No stopping nation’s nuclear discussion now
Thursday, 5 Oct, 2023
Solutions to the nation’s growing energy crisis, which has seen Australian electricity bills rise by up to 20 per cent over the past 12 months, were debated by energy experts, industry leaders and rural and regional representatives in a first-of-its-kind outback energy forum in Mount Isa yesterday. Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP […]
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Explosive growth for Townsville’s northern suburbs but infrastructure struggles to keep pace
Thursday, 5 Oct, 2023
In recent years, Townsville’s population has boomed with a growth of 164 per cent between June 2022 and June 2023, and the northern suburbs including Bushland Beach, Burdell, Mount Low and Deeragun have proven popular amongst those who have decided to call Townsville home. With families and businesses flocking to the area, Townsville's northern suburbs […]
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