Standing in front of the acid plant in Mount Isa, Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter and Queensland State Member for Traeger Robbie Katter threw their full support behind APLNG’s call for a domestic gas reserve policy, labelling the move “long overdue,” while taking aim at the Australian Energy Producers peak body for pushing to delay any action until 2031. “We’re selling our country’s gas for six cents a unit and buying it back for $16.60, how dumb are we?” Mr Katter said. “We don’t make money shipping it overseas. It’s time we stop exporting our energy advantage and start looking after our own people and industry.” APLNG’s support for a Reserve Resource Policy (RRP) marks a key moment of alignment between resource giants and the KAP, who have long warned that Australia’s failure to secure domestic energy supply would decimate critical regional industries. “Three-quarters of what you see in Mount Isa relies on gas for chemical production, for metals processing, for power. Without a reserve policy, three-quarters of this industry vanishes,” Mr Katter warned. Mr Katter recalled agreements made during his time in government, where gas was secured at $6 per unit for 25 years. But those contracts expired decades ago, and without a domestic reserve, Australians now pay nearly three times more to buy their own gas back from exporters. “We had a deal. We switched from gas to coal, locked in a price of $6 a unit. That deal’s long gone. Now, we’re paying $16.60 for our own gas. Meanwhile, Qatar earns $29 billion a year from gas exports. We export the same amount and get only $600 million. This is how dumb we are.” Mr Katter also raised concerns about the foreign ownership of major Australian assets, including ports and critical mining infrastructure. “Newcastle is owned by China. Mount Isa is owned by Zurich. Is there anything left that we actually own? If you’re going to sell your country off, at the very least, make sure we get a quid out of it.” The Katters are urging both federal and state governments to immediately implement a domestic gas reserve policy – not in 2031, but now – to protect Australian industry, regional jobs, and the nation’s energy security. ENDS

The weekly summaries include the legislative and policy movements within Parliament as well as happenings around the electorate and Bob's position on the big issues facing Australia. KATTER’S CHIEFS WEEKLY WRAP AUSTRALIA’S DEPENDENCE ON FUEL IMPORTS MUST STOP We must build Australian oil refineries and convert our sugar mills to produce ethanol Our fuel can, and should, be made in Australia and affordable. 🌾⛏️ 🚫 STOP YOUR STUPID ADS AND FIX OUR FRI#^*N MOBILE RECEPTION 🚫 Our regions are being DISCONNECTED due to a bungled 3G to 5G switchover. Telstra has an UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION. So, stop spending millions on stupid ads and deliver this essential service!!!! 🥁🇦🇺 MIGRATION MUST STOP 🇦🇺🥁 March on 31 August, not because of hate, but because we LOVE our country. All future migrants MUST VALUE the Australian way of life and belief system. 💰BANKING BANDITS ABANDON THE NORTH 💰 Closures of Bendigo Bank branches at Tully and Malanda are a devastating blow. WE MUST KEEP OUR BANKING SERVICES, PROVIDING A PEOPLES BANK AT POST OFFICES. 🥳🎂 Happy Birthday, Karl Stefanovic 🎂 🥳 Karl’s a Crack Clay Shot and a good bloke. 🏥⛏️🤠🌾 🍻 HUGHENDEN, JULIA CREEK - LANDS OF OPPORTUNITY Yarns with salt of the earth legends who are the true meaning of “community”. 💐💐80TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC💐💐 We MUST NOT forget. We must teach in our schools the stories of the people that died to prevent the invasion of their country.

Presentation of Good Australian Awards to Peter Collings, Grant Lillyman and Allan Parker by Townsville Mayor, Jenny Hill.

Cairns and Tablelands Freedom Rally - captured by Brian Cassey

KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has penned a Question with Notice to the Federal Minister for Agriculture asking him to explain why a nearly $30 million pool of funding is still sitting in the kitty since May, when it could be put to use to help farmers prevent catastrophic feral pig damage to their crops. The question penned to Minister Littleproud seeks clarification after he told media in Cairns earlier this month that there was [1] “over $20 million” available to support farmers with pig mitigation and management. But it turns out, the only funding available cannot be accessed by farmers directly, and in one instance, is yet to have a formal distribution process formalised, so has been sitting frozen since the Budget was handed down in May. Mr Katter wants a portion of the funding reallocated and made available to farmers in the form of grants. “These farmers aren’t asking for a handout,” he said. “The farmers will make a contribution – they are desperate to get this under control. One cane farmer lost more than half their crushing crop this year. “Obviously 90 per cent of this problem is coming from the pigs in the National Parks and World Heritage areas and everyone who knows and lives beside the National Parks, knows them as fire starters, pig pens and weed nurseries. “So it’s you who created the problem, you’re the one maintaining the problem and you’ve taken one of the most effective solutions off us – our guns.” Mr Katter said recreational shooting is but one method for managing the pigs and that the grants would be put to use by farmers to install fencing on the border of the national parks, aerial shooting, trapping or for other commercial pig management services. He also said it was unacceptable that the $29.1 million allocated to support farmers and land managers to “manage established pest animals and weeds” is still sitting there six months after budget. “Once again this demonstrates the complete inability of the Government to govern. Nearly $30 million has been sitting there since May. It’s nothing more than a dead letter office.” – ENDS –