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23
May
May
KAP State Leader Hopper Challenges Attorney-General
Mr Hopper came out today with all guns blazing after a heated exchange with
Attorney–General Jarrod Bleijie on Wednesday night. During the exchange Mr Bleijie
called Mr Hopper incompetent.
23
May
May
Free-market sycophants must be forced to support 'Australia first'
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter today announced he would move for government fleet vehicles to be mandatorily Australian-made when Parliament resumes, following the loss of another 1200 motor vehicle manufacturing jobs.
22
May
May
Katter's bid for Tassie
QUEENSLAND MP Bob Katter flew into Hobart yesterday armed with his trademark Akubra and a suite of Katter's Australian Party policies he believes will speak to Tasmanians.
22
May
May
Major parties collude to vote down laws protecting Aussie jobs
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has warned Australians about “the commitment of the ALP-LNP corporations to looking after the billionaires of Australia by selling off our resource industries and jobs” after the major parties’ MPs joined forces today to vote down laws to protect Aussie jobs.
17
May
May
Cattle slowly starving as feral animals feast on national parks
17 May 2013: KAP Leader and Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter met with the Federal Environment Minister in Canberra today in a bid to end the Federal-State impasse over allowing starving North Queensland cattle to graze on Crown land that was once productive cattle stations.
15
May
May
Qld Government support needed for CopperString funds: Bob Katter
North-west Queensland MP Bob Katter says he is pleased the Federal Government has committed $350 million in the budget towards the CopperString project, but it will not be viable without State Government support.
14
May
May
Rally calls on public to toss a tin
About 1000 SPC Ardmona workers, orchardists, politicians and community members rallied at Shepparton Showgrounds last Thursday to support local fruit growers and processors.
8
May
May
Crisis summit ignites grassroots resolutions to salvage cattle industry
7 May 2013: NORTH-WEST Queensland cattlemen and women presented a series of resolutions to the Federal and State Ministers for Agriculture at a cattle crisis in Richmond today that will pave the way to salvaging the beef industry, KAP Leader and Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter said. Attended by around 500 desperate graziers, the crisis summit called for short and long term resolutions that would see the industry restored. Mr Katter said that the solutions proposed from the floor had merit and was happy with those moved by the attendees:
8
May
May
Beef crisis meeting: Katter welcomes talk on rural rent freeze
The Member for Mount Isa, Rob Katter welcomed talk on a rural leasehold land rent freeze at the Beef Crisis Meeting in Richmond today.
3
May
May
Hopper calls on Nats to ditch Libs
KAP State leader Ray Hopper has called on the former National Party to rise up and split from the Liberal Party as the latest sell out by the LNP was announced with the closure of 55 schools by the Minister for Education John-Paul Langbroek.
