Katter calls for urgent action to address continuous NQ flooding

February 7, 2025

KAP Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, is urging state and federal governments to take immediate action to protect North Queensland from the continued devastating impacts of flooding.

 

At a press conference with Anthony Albanese and David Crisafulli, Mr Katter emphasised the urgent need for strategic infrastructure projects to safeguard the region's future and reduce preventable fatalities.

 

"The Prime Minister and Premier are dead right, we keep doing this all the time," Katter said. "Please can we divert the Upper Herbert? If we divert the Upper Herbert, this doesn't happen."

 

Katter highlighted the critical situation, pointing out that half a million people live north of Townsville and are regularly trapped due to road closures along both coastal and inland routes. 

 

"People are fighting for food... having to get it flown in. They are scared that they'll have no food on their plates, and some will go hungry during this time.

 

"This is Australia in 2025 and still nothing is getting done."

 Mr Katter also stressed the need for a tunnel to provide a safe route west in and out of Cairns.


"We need a tunnel to get off the coastal plain," Katter said. "And the Prime Minister put the first money into the alternative highway. So the alternative highway, Prime Minister, well... it's far from being an alternative highway."

 

Katter outlined three key measures that must be urgently prioritised to protect the region:

1. Cairns to Tablelands' Bridle Track' Tunnel

2. Completion and widening of the alternate inland highways, and

3. Diversion of the Upper Herbert to flood-proof Ingham

 

"These three things need to be addressed. And I promise you this. The Ministers and people responsible will pay if nothing is done... I have an enviable reputation for being able to destroy people.

 

"There are a million people that live in North Queensland. Now you better build that diversion, or else I'm coming after you and so are they."


ENDS

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