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State Govt. must prioritise communities over ‘Cotton Kings’
Thursday, 8 Jul, 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_post_title author="off" categories="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.0.105" title_text_align="center" title_text_color="#273775" title_font_size="35px" text_orientation="center" title_text_shadow_style="preset2"][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.6.5" text_font="Arial||||||||" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"]KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, is calling on the State Government to prioritise inland North Queensland communities over cotton growers from down south, when it allocates 145,000 mega-litres in the Flinders River […]
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Time to plan for backpacker return says Katter
Thursday, 8 Jul, 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_post_title author="off" categories="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.0.105" title_text_align="center" title_text_color="#273775" title_font_size="35px" text_orientation="center" title_text_shadow_style="preset2"][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.6.5" text_font="Arial||||||||" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"] KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has called on the State and Federal Governments to clear the way for the return of international backpackers coming into North Queensland, as they are desperately […]
Read moreRSPCA turns 150: Pets over profits
Wednesday, 7 Jul, 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_post_title author="off" categories="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.0.105" title_text_align="center" title_text_color="#273775" title_font_size="35px" text_orientation="center" title_text_shadow_style="preset2"][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.6.5" text_font="Arial||||||||" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"]RSPCA Australia is turning 150 and Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto said it was time the RSPCA went back to their founding value of looking after animals, not looking after their profits. The RSPCA Queensland posted a […]
Read moreQueensland hospitality desperate for workers
Wednesday, 7 Jul, 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_post_title author="off" categories="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.0.105" title_text_align="center" title_text_color="#273775" title_font_size="35px" text_orientation="center" title_text_shadow_style="preset2"][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.6.5" text_font="Arial||||||||" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"]The hospitality sector in regional Queensland is being forced to cut back on trading hours and in some cases cease trading by a dire shortage of chefs and hospitality workers. Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto has written to the Federal Minister for […]
Read moreKatter backs Fitzgibbon’s call for feds to intervene on gas prices
Wednesday, 7 Jul, 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_post_title author="off" categories="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.0.105" title_text_align="center" title_text_color="#273775" title_font_size="35px" text_orientation="center" title_text_shadow_style="preset2"][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.6.5" text_font="Arial||||||||" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"]KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has thrown his support behind Hunter MP, Joel Fitzgibbon, who is calling on the Federal Government to intervene in the domestic gas market with prices surging as […]
Read moreDirt n Dust demonstrates Govt dereliction of duty
Tuesday, 6 Jul, 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_post_title author="off" categories="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.0.105" title_text_align="center" title_text_color="#273775" title_font_size="35px" text_orientation="center" title_text_shadow_style="preset2"][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.6.5" text_font="Arial||||||||" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"]KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says that the cancelling of Julia Creek’s Dirt n Dust festival is the most recent example of both the Federal and State Government’s “dereliction of duty and […]
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