Sunday, 12 Nov, 2023
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter is raising a red flag on the deteriorating safety conditions of the Warrigal Creek Bridge and has called for the expedited upgrade of the bridge by the Queensland Government. Mr Katter said it was embarrassing that a corridor that carries $5.7 billion worth of value […]
Read moreSaturday, 11 Nov, 2023
Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP, Robbie Katter has declared heads need to roll following the botched launch of the Department of Transport’s new speed camera program across North Queensland. Mr Katter said the State Government has become fixated on the revenue-raising potential of speed cameras, cynically exploiting the public’s concerns about road safety […]
Read moreFriday, 3 Nov, 2023
In July last year the State Labor Government introduced tougher penalties and hefty fines for speeding offences as part of the new road safety strategy which was said to be aimed at eliminating fatalities on Queensland roads by 2050. Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto said that reducing the road […]
Read moreTuesday, 31 Oct, 2023
The Queensland State Government is leading Far Northerners down a dangerous, wasteful path with its spending and road design ideas in the wider Cairns region, Katter’s Australian Party MPs Bob Katter and Shane Knuth say. Reviewing the more than $10m in taxpayer funding spent to date just to “study” the Barron River Bridge, the Federal […]
Read moreThursday, 26 Oct, 2023
KAP Questions Validity Of Unmanned Mobile Speed Camera Devices Member for Hill Shane Knuth and KAP State Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter have today hit out at the State Government over the validity of unmanned mobile speed cameras across the state. The issue has exploded this week, after residents from Malanda flooded Knuth's […]
Read moreThursday, 17 Aug, 2023
Member for Hill Shane Knuth said the State and Federal Government needed to make the Kennedy Highway, between the Herberton and Tumoulin turn off, a priority. “This week’s truck rollover is another prime example as to why the government needs to upgrade this road,” Mr Knuth said. “This is the second major accident, on the […]
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