biosecurity threats posed by Foot and Mouth and Lumpy Skin diseases
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Kap Endorses Top North Queensland Surgeon For Burdekin
Thursday, 10 Oct, 2024
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) has unveiled their Burdekin candidate for the 2024 State Election—Dr. Daniel Carroll, a respected paediatric surgeon with over 12 years of experience serving North Queensland families. Dr. Carroll is a familiar face in the Townsville...
Read moreBiosecurity boasting is band-aid on broken leg
Monday, 8 Aug, 2022
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”
Read moreKatter engages with industry after fed biosecurity briefing on cattle biosecurity risk
Tuesday, 12 Jul, 2022
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.
Read moreAg Ministers asleep as cattle diseases circle borders
Thursday, 7 Jul, 2022
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has warned Australia, and the world, could face a “protein predicament” if State and Federal Governments do not collectively and immediately move to safeguard the nation’s livestock from the biosecurity threats posed by Foot and Mouth and Lumpy Skin diseases.
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