The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) has this week called for a search and rescue mission to be commenced to locate North Queensland’s Labor MPs who are “missing” … on crime. KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said he was concerned for the welfare of the...
With Australia’s fuel security under increasing threat, and farmers paying double for fuel and fertiliser, excuses are running out for government inaction on developing Queensland’s biofuels capacity. The propping-up of Australia’s two existing oil refineries is just maintaining the status quo; what we really need is...
The Palaszczuk Labor Government’s shallow attempt today to appear proactive on the biosecurity risks threatening to destroy our State’s livestock industry is little more than a “band-aid on a broken leg”, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter, responding to...
Spinifex State College was one of many throughout the Traeger electorate that received a juicy amount of funding allocation from the recent state budget. Katter’s Australian Party Leader, and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said that although the budget allocation was lacking in areas, the allocations to...
Employers having staff called upon to complete Jury Duty is an all too familiar occurrence, often leaving businesses short staffed during this period of time. Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter, wants the criteria for those called upon to complete Jury Duty to...
The release of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gas inquiry predicting a worsening supply shortfall into the east coast gas network highlights the vulnerability of Queensland's minerals industry, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter said the North...
Katter’s Australian Party MPs have called on Queensland Minister for Fisheries Mark Furner to apologise for his claim that the allegedly dire state of the east coast Spanish mackerel was the result of “overfishing” and have demanded he commit to compensating commercial fishers impacted by...
I've heard calls from rural Queensland publicans for government intervention to buffer soaring insurance costs topping $65,000 per year and am proposing to introduce a market moderator. In response to revelations that outback pubs including newly renovated and reopened Kajabbi’s Kalkadoon Hotel and Dajarra Hotel were...
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter is calling on both governments to loosen life-threatening limits on already stretched blood, stem cell and bone marrow donations, brought to light by the plight of a young North Queensland woman with acute leukaemia. The Charters Towers...
One thing that has been absent in the “Pride” jersey brouhaha this week is the substance of the cause that is being promoted and the real life political, social and cultural implications. Like a lot of things in life, the devil is in the detail, and...