Media Releases
30
Apr
2020
Fast-tracked upgrade of inland highways vital for agricultural freight and tourism
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter has welcomed news that $185m of upgrades to inland Queensland highways will be fast-tracked, including vital freight and tourism corridors in the Kennedy Electorate such as the Hann and Flinders Highways, Gulf Development Road and Gregory Highway. Mr Katter…
30
Apr
2020
Capitalise on COVID-19 and cease selling Australia to China
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has today urged the Federal Government to capitalise on the COVID-19 crisis and use it as a lever to immediately stop any further sales of significant Australian assets to China. Mr Katter said there had been increasing Chinese presence in…
28
Apr
2020
Vale Ian Causley - A Giant in every sense of the word
With Ian Causley’s death the last Country Party soldier has left the battlefield.Wal Murray and Ian Causley were the last of the Mohicans.Causley was cutting cane as a 19 year old up in Innisfail, NQ.As a generational Clarence River farming family they were powerful and famous…
27
Apr
2020
A refusal to mandate ethanol leaves Australia vulnerable to attack, and is killing thousands of citizens
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter has commended the Federal Government for attempting to sure up Australia’s fuel supply during this time of negative global oil prices; but slammed their ‘wise idea’ to store it in the United States. “Three submarines could simply cut…
27
Apr
2020
Katter welcomes 8 new mobile phone towers for Kennedy
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter has welcomed the funding of eight new mobile phone towers in the Kennedy Electorate from the Federal Government’s Mobile Black Spot Program. The new sites included in the round five funding are Cameron Downs, Duchess, Fitzroy Island, Glenmore Station…
22
Apr
2020
Katter launches servo-boycott after ACCC hands tied on fair fuel price
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter has spoken to the Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) about North Queensland’s high petrol and diesel bowser prices, following much anger in the community. Chairman Rod Sims told Mr Katter the ACCC were very concerned…
20
Apr
2020
North Queensland Coronavirus figures being compiled from a prejudicial start point
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter says North Queensland’s Coronavirus figures are being compiled from a prejudicial start point. Today’s Townsville Bulletin reveals an additional case was incorrectly added to the region’s tally yesterday, and the Townsville Hospital and…
19
Apr
2020
The Federal Government's contact tracing app is Orwellian, and I won't be signing up to it
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter says he won’t be signing up to the Federal Government’s contact tracing app full stop, and if it becomes compulsory he’d rather be thrown in jail. “I will not now, or in the future, agree to a contact tracing app,” Mr Katter said.
8
Apr
2020
Unlock the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and build Australia out of this coronavirus recession
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter says Australia can recover from the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 by initiating a major public works program for the regions, funded by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) with expanded investment parameters to include all types of…
4
Apr
2020
Australia's fruit and vegetable supply secured during Coronavirus
KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter has welcomed the Federal Government’s swift action to secure the essential supply of fruit and vegetables with the extension of backpacker and farmworker visas up to a year, as well as the many recently unemployed North Queenslanders who have put their…
