Gulf station workers left washed up in flood funding
To add insult to injury after delivering “stuff all” to the flood-ravaged Gulf, Queensland Government red tape is making it […]
“It’s time to ‘talk turkey’: Katter backs flood-ravaged outback council”
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has called on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to open up its purse strings and ensure outback Queensland councils, including those who communities were devastated by flood events earlier in the year, are not forgotten.
North West flooding leaves small businesses hanging onto life raft
The recent flooding throughout North West Queensland has wreaked havoc, destroying homes, properties and businesses, many of which do not fit within current funding guidelines and boundaries leaving them without any support.
Army troops called to clean up flooded gulf
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has used a media conference in Cairns this morning to heighten calls to deploy Australian Defence Force (ADF) troops to the mammoth flood clean-up in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
“Scary”: Calls for $75m in basic upgrades to reduce flood impacts in Gulf
A FEAR of larger and more frequent flooding has motivated leaders from multiple inundated Gulf shires to travel to Federal Parliament and plead with the Government for critical support in preparing for “the next big one.”
Bob and Robbie Drag Ministers to See Gulf Floods
THE long process of rebuilding community infrastructure, businesses and livelihoods will soon be underway at Burketown in the Gulf – one of the hardest hit parts of the region during the recent flooding.
Calls to appoint Governor-General to coordinate Gulf flood recovery
KATTER’S Australian Party is calling for an authority to be established in North West Queensland to coordinate the Gulf flood recovery as the region prepares to take disaster relief funding “into its own hands.”
Katter calls out inadequate hardship payments for flood affected
The hardship payments of $180 for individuals and $900 for families currently being offered by the state government to those affected by the flooding in North West Queensland have been labelled as a nice gesture, but pointless.
Flooded remote, isolated communities’ desperate plea for assistance
MPs Bob and Robbie Katter visited Far North-West Queensland’s remote Gulf communities which have been isolated for months following record summer rainfall, and operating on limited basic goods and government support.