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‘Axe the tax’ says Katter about ever-increasing alcohol excise
Monday, 17 Mar, 2025
Bob Katter has welcomed the prime minister's decision to freeze the beer excise, which currently increases biannually, but says this is a temporary fix and doesn't go far enough to support consumers and hospitality venues. "People are paying through the nose for a simple beer at the pub," Katter explained. “Let’s call it what it […]
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KATTER RAISES ALARM OVER COMPROMISED POWERLINK BOARD
Thursday, 13 Mar, 2025
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has today made public growing community concerns that Powerlink Board Chair, Kathy Hirschfeld, in her capacity as board member and shareholder of Central Petroleum, may have a conflict of interest in relation to decisions regarding the CopperString Project. Mr Katter is calling for the Government to […]
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Fighters secure $75,000 disaster grants – at long last
Wednesday, 12 Mar, 2025
Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, together with Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, has today welcomed the activation of Category D Disaster Recovery Grants of up to $75,000 for impacted farmers following the devastating North Queensland floods, attributing full thanks to the sheer determination and unrelenting fight of local leaders and industry champions. More than $50 […]
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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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