The updated Atkinson Report into youth crime in Queensland was released late last night and proves to Queenslanders what we have known all along. Youth offenders are being further criminalised by a broken youth justice system that fails on all fronts – it is neither protecting...
The North West region can still hold high hopes for the continued progression of the Hughenden Irrigation Project (HIPCo) following recent comments made by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. During the most recent parliamentary sitting, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter aimed his question, during...
There will be no “green” in Queensland’s hydrogen future if the Palaszczuk and Albanese Labor Governments do not settle on a start-date for the construction of game-changing CopperString 2.0 project, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter’s warning follows Premier...
As an elected politician, a very big portion of my trade is dealing with issues, problems and, sometimes, very difficult stories of human hardship, suffering and loss. A particular story, brought to me on the weekend by a local constituent, has not left my mind since...
Katter’s Australian Party MPs have this evening supported a motion of no-confidence in the Queensland Health Minister, saying the state’s public health system was in the ‘too hard basket’ and was failing the frail, sick and vulnerable in their time of need. After speaking to the...
The small town community of Charters Towers has been left reeling after more than 150 jobs were lost overnight following the recent shut-down of Thalanga Mine, local State Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter said he was alarmed to learn that Cromarty Resources’...
Queensland’s Blue Card system has been labelled a “modern-day injustice” for First Australian people living in remote communities, but the Palaszczuk Labor Government has no intention of taking on the task of its reform, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Speaking...
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has demanded Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk join the growing synopsis of state leaders calling on the Albanese Government to immediately implement a national gas reserve policy. And the reserve policy should extend to coal and, in preparation...
A 2,000-strong jobs boom that would double the population of a mid-west town and inject an extra $170 million of annual gross agricultural production into the Queensland economy hangs in the balance, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has warned. Mr Katter...
Queensland councils have collectively endorsed a new model of detention that would see young criminals sent to remote properties to serve out their sentences and engage in therapeutic and intense “bush therapy". The approach, commonly referred to as Relocation Sentencing, has long been touted by North...