Katter’s Australian Party leader Robbie Katter says he's astonished at the bold and highly misguided decision of Westpac Bank to close its branch in the North West town of Cloncurry. The announcement came as Westpac “responds” to its customer service preference, stating that their customers were...
Queensland-Northern Territory (NT) border towns including Camooweal, Urandangi, Dajarra and Mount Isa must be safe-guarded from the consequences of the Northern Territory’s backflip on prohibition, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter is proposing the trial introduction of a...
Private banks are abandoning rural Australians at an alarming rate and are relying on public-owned infrastructure – namely the Australia Post network – to plug the local service deficits left in their wake, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Speaking following...
North West Queensland has untold resources to offer the world in “new economy minerals” like copper, cobalt, zinc and vanadium for the production of batteries and devices and can feed global technology demand, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. The International...
The ugly face of the state’s youth crime crisis has again reared its head over the weekend, with young criminals taking advantage of the bustle of the Goldfield Ashes in Charters Towers. Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter again expressed his fury, saying...
A North Queensland MP desperate to save his cousin and other critically-unwell Australians wants every man, woman and child to be able to receive a free cheek swab kit in the post to see if they can give the gift of life. Katter’s Australian Party Leader...
The youth crime crisis has once again not only revealed the Queensland Labor Government’s ineffective way of dealing with a problem, but has also exposed Labor's disregard for the regions. The most recent response by the Government amounts to nothing more than safe political responses and...
A “Christmas crackdown” by the State Government on point-to-point transport operators is aiming fire at cabbies for engaging in the very same behaviours that underpin the business model of rideshare drivers like Uber. Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter, who has long defended...
Essential utility workers, such as linesman and electricians, are being hamstrung in their ability to provide emergency repair services in North Queensland as a result of unrelenting youth crime, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter said there were growing...
Race clubs across the Traeger electorate have received significant cash injections from the State Government's Country Racing Program Funding as 2022 comes to an end. Amongst the recipients are Julia Creek Turf Club Inc, being allocated $30,000 to facilitate a stable flood mitigation analysis and design,...