REVELATIONS that Far Northern parental figures are at times forcing their kids to commit crimes has led to a survey of previously incarcerated school students stating they would prefer relocation sentencing instead of jail, just to break away from their social structures.
WHILE Kennedy MP Bob Katter remains sceptical about Queensland’s transition and the reliance on renewable energy, he welcomed parts of the Premier’s announcement for a new “super hub” near Hughenden, west of Townsville.
The in-decline farming industry and small businesses need to be protected and therefore excluded from the legislative ambit of the Federal Government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill, Kennedy MP Bob Katter says.
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter was pleased to see the scrapping of a revised and ineffective plan for Hells Gates Dam from the federal budget.
But he is adamant he did not destroy the correct proposal, and still stands by building the original dam.
WHEN one of the nation’s major “building blocks” has tripled in price in one year, it’s no wonder cost-of-living pressures are crippling Australian budgets, but a simple policy could ease the pain Kennedy MP Bob Katter says.
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter says while he welcomes accommodation solutions and business initiatives in Charters Towers, the town holds economic fears for a planned new 404-room non-resident accommodation development.
TWO formerly “invisible” Indigenous women from Far North Queensland have put the Federal Government’s promise to listen to First Nations Australians to the ultimate test by travelling to Parliament from their remote communities to share their voice.
Katter questions lack of relief for soaring food prices in Federal Budget
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has welcomed significant announcements listed in the Federal Budget for North Queensland including $225m for exploration grants in the resource-rich “North West Minerals Province” near Mount Isa, significant investments in protecting Australia against foot and mouth disease, grants for invasive weeds and feral pigs, and funding to improve telecommunications in the electorate’s many black spots.
The Federal Government’s approval of further increases to the Road User Charge, a cost set by the Commonwealth for each litre of diesel used by heavy vehicles on public roads, could spell disaster for truck companies, fruit and vegetable growers and the consumer.
SALARY-SACRIFICED homes for the dwindling armed forces and restrictions on FIFO mining could resolve the housing crisis in regional Queensland, Kennedy MP Bob Katter says.
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter says the Prime Minister owes North Queensland its share of job-creating projects after news reports claimed Hells Gate was scrapped from the budget, and subsequently, $6bn was announced for electricity projects in Victoria.
A North Queensland mill estimated more than $1m worth of damage to sugar crops last year from an escalating feral pig issue, however local growers and a meat retailer say there could be a simple solution.
QUEENSLANDERS could enjoy cheap, reliable power without turning the state’s natural wonders into “industrial wastelands”, Kennedy MP Bob Katter says.
THE national housing crisis will only worsen under the Federal Government’s plans to increase demand for property while ignoring land supply issues in an “empty country”.
THE Federal Environment Minister’s intelligence and knowledge of bird species likely to be affected by the Chalumbin wind farm, in the Atherton Tablelands, should present enough common sense to block the 94-turbine project, Kennedy MP Bob Katter says.
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has come out as “Robbie Hood” for everyday, hard-working Australians. “It can’t be fathomed how Parliament can give $245bn in tax cuts for the highest income earners, while North Queenslanders are struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table,” he said.
THE Federal Government received a clear-cut reminder as to why regional and remote Australia deserves a legislative voice in the proposed Jobs and Skills body with Kennedy MP Bob Katter articulating North Queensland’s desperate workforce needs.
KENNEDY MP Bob Katter has penned a letter to the Minister for Health seeking urgent financial support to ensure that a crucial Far North rehabilitation facility with capability of addressing the region’s social and housing shortage issues remains open long term.
THE boss of an expanding Far Northern mine recovering in-demand mineral ‘tungsten’ believes the region could benefit from a new circular economy if transport routes and costs throughout North Queensland were improved.
BUILDING Australian-owned and operated AdBlue manufacturing plants is the only reasonable response to concerns of the product’s shortfall and legislated requirement of its use in Aussie trucks, Kennedy MP Bob Katter says.
AN INFAMOUS road with a dangerous reputation, multiple switchbacks and an average 44 closures per year cannot be made safe without “knocking down half the bloody jungle,” Kennedy MP Bob Katter says.
THE NORTHERN sugar season is turning sour as trucks lay in idle at the Mossman Sugar mill, reeling from a mass driver shortage, Kennedy MP, Bob Katter says.
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has endorsed the concerns raised by Retired Lieutenant General John Grey who has warned that the Federal Government should intervene on the sale of the Conflict Islands[i] which sit between the Papua New Guinea and Australian coastline.
AQUACULTURE pioneer and prawn and fish farm architect, Jim Ryall, has been presented with a Good Australian Award by Cairns
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has applauded the assiduous green thumb of Doomadgee resident, John McCracken, for establishing his own i
The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) has today called for a search and rescue mission to be commenced to locate North Queensland’s Labor MPs who are “missing” … on crime.
DOCTOR shortages in regional and remote GPs may be a thing of the past if a decent federally funded incentive program is offered, luring them to country areas, Kennedy MP, Bob Katter, has said.
BOB Katter, Federal Member for Kennedy, in a letter to the Assistant Treasurer, Hon Stephen Jones, has condemned past governments
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, lamented over the missed opportunity for the Climate Change Bill to include measures to provide for
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has used a media address in Canberra today to slam the continued persecution of Christianity, after learning the Senate Chief has proposed to ban morning prayers.
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has labelled the ACT Government’s decision to ban all petrol cars from 2035 as ‘moronic’, arguing they are setting people up for ruin by imposing upon them a lifestyle that the masses cannot afford.
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, has applauded the Reinsurance Pool as a huge win with insurance premiums predicted to drop by 27 to 30 per cent in the coming months in high-risk cyclone-prone areas.
BOB Katter, Member for Kennedy has encouraged graziers and farmers to ramp up on-farm biosecurity while the Government continues to roll out biosecurity efforts at airports in response to the outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease or Foot and Mouth Disease in Indonesia and Bali which would have dire consequences on their trade.
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has written to the the Minister for Transport, Hon Catherine King, and the Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic today where he requested an immediate 18-month suspension of the AdBlue law which requires trucks and heavy vehicles to drive on the roads.
FLANKED by several war veterans, KAP Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, told media today after attending the morning session of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides in Townsville that he hoped that the Royal Commission will be the launchpad for reform across the Defence Force and that he would like to see a variation of the Kapani Warrior program rolled out.
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, says the Federal Government is meandering down a dangerous path after announcing a policy today which will see the removal of Christianity[1] in schools.
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says the notorious Kuranda Range Road has caused great pain and human suffering after a car fell nine meters down an embankment this afternoon[1], blocking both sides of the road for a number of hours.
An Olympics infrastructure offset fund, outback youth offender sentencing facility and a rural health workforce attraction program are among the Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP) priorities for the 2022-23 Queensland Budget, due to be handed down on June 21.
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has blamed past government free market policy and an irresponsible renewable-power push as the reason that the Australian Energy Market Operator[1] has been forced to take control of directing power from energy generators to grid.
Katter’s Australia Party (KAP) MPs have called on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to urgently commit to keeping the 700mw Callide B coal-fired power station online until at least 2038.
ROBERT MACKAY from the famous banana growing family in Tully, has been awarded a Good Australian Award for his role in stopping banana imports into Australia, which ensured the long-term viability of the industry.
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says GetUp is one of the major forces wanting to take away the rights First Australians have had for 40-thousand years, and says the political organisation is promoting political parties like Labor who have restricted land ownership and enforced alcohol bans on First Australians in the community areas.
Differentiated pensions, housing supplements or Job Seeker payments for regional residents are potential outcomes of the Katter’s Australian Party’s call
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, and Leichhardt Candidate, Rod Jensen, have done a mock blast signifying their support for the immediate
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says a boom of new copper mines opening in the North West Minerals Province, influenced by
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, has welcomed the $1.5m for the One Mile Creek
$20 MILLION in new telecommunications infrastructure is going into the Kennedy electorate under round 2 of the Regional Connectivity Fund
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, is calling on the Federal Government to officially announce
