Brisbane Olympics: Greens, One Nation and Katter parties unite in push to cap spending on 2032 Games Unlikely alliance wants a $7bn cap for the event and for Gabba rebuild to be scrapped The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2023
Qld MP Robbie Katter 'embarrassed' but unhurt in landing gear mishap at Mount Isa Airport The North Queensland MP says "it's just the ego that hurts" after he forgot to put down the landing gear before hitting the runway on Sunday. ABC News · May 16, 2023
‘Crime, coal, crocs’: Palaszczuk’s charm offensive met with blunt reality in north Queensland Premier travels to Cairns for regional sitting week, but Robbie Katter steals limelight with talk of state’s ‘deep divide’ The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2023
Perished cattle part of enormous Qld flood cleanup Recovery and rebuilding efforts are set to begin in northwest Queensland following severe flooding and mass damage to properties, businesses and livestock. AAP · Mar 21, 2023
$25 million to pay police overtime to target Queensland's youth crime hotspots Queensland police officers will be paid extra in overtime shifts under a $25 million high-visibility operation targeting youth crime. ABC News · Mar 2, 2023
Calls for federal, state governments to green-light postal cheek swabs to recruit bone marrow donors A Brisbane father battling leukaemia says allowing people to register as bone marrow donors through a postal recruitment program would help thousands like him access vital transplants. ABC News · Feb 2, 2023
Qld govt keen on Copperstring takeover The Queensland government has indicated it will take over a 1000-kilometre high voltage electricity transmission network in the northwest of the state. AAP · Jan 25, 2023
Pilot Josh Hoch sentenced for fraud, unlicensed flights with Bob Katter as passenger A pilot who received $370,000 for chartered flights, some of which carried MP Bob Katter, will spend two years in jail for fraud. ABC News · Nov 21, 2022
North Queensland pilot found guilty of fraud after chartering flights without a licence A Townsville jury convicts a pilot of fraud after he chartered flights for members of the Katter's Australian Party without a licence. ABC News · Nov 18, 2022
Jury to ponder Qld pilot fraud case The trial of a north Queensland pilot who allegedly flew members of Katter's Australia Party without an air operator's certificate has heard final arguments. AAP · Nov 16, 2022
Katters appear in Qld pilot fraud trial Queensland MP Robbie Katter has given evidence at the fraud trial of pilot Josh Hoch who's accused of operating charter flights illegally. AAP · Nov 10, 2022
Push to have Queensland hospitality venues declare imported seafood on menus Queensland hospitality venues would have to label imported seafood on their menus under proposed changes to legislation set to be debated this week. ABC News · Oct 11, 2022
Qld blue card fixes first flagged in 2017 Proposed fixes to barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within Queensland's blue card system were flagged in a review five years ago. AAP · Oct 10, 2022
Qld flags social home clause in new builds Minimum requirements for affordable homes in new builds, repurposing student dorms, and better use of vacant blocks could help ease Queensland's housing crisis. AAP · Sep 16, 2022
Daily Mirror · Sep 6, 2022 Australian crime hotspot where tourists are urging others to stay away from Youth crime appears to be out on control in Mount Isa, north-west Queensland, as a bike club was set alight last week, and a crocodile was found decapitated at a lake in the town
ABC News · Aug 25, 2022 Cattle farmers say Gulf of Carpentaria could become 'food bowl to Asia' after first sorghum crop harvested A first-ever grain crop is harvested in the Gulf of Carpentaria as farmers look to cement the region as "a food bowl to Asia" and diversify their operations amid the threat of foot-and-mouth disease.
ABC News · Aug 17, 2022 Train crash shuts down Mount Isa-Townsville rail line for the second time since July A rail link to one of Queensland's major mining regions has been cut by a train crash that has forced bulk ore shipments onto the highway.
ABC News · Jul 26, 2022 Foot-and-mouth disease's potential spread by tourists feared on Cape York Graziers living along the northernmost tip of the Australian mainland say they are deeply concerned about the threat of the devastating disease being brought into the area by tourists or its porous border with PNG.
ABC News · Jun 3, 2022 Inside Queensland's parliamentary annexe — home to a secret spa bath and set for a multi-million-dollar makeover Complete with colourfully patterned carpet, a cushioned seat and city views, the secret spa remains under lock and key on the premier's level of the 24-storey parliamentary annexe that's set for a $41 million refurbishment.
ABC News · May 16, 2022 Australia's most polluted postcodes for 2022 revealed by Australian Conservation Foundation Air pollution kills 3,000 people every year, according to the Australian Conservation Foundation which has revealed the most polluted regions in the country.
ABC News · May 16, 2022 Andrew Symonds mourned with Rods Out for Roy tribute as Queenslanders remember cricket legend Fishing rods are being placed out the front of homes in honour of Andrew Symonds, who is being remembered by his home community as a humble and generous man.
ABC News · May 14, 2022 How Bob Katter became a rogue voice in federal parliament Behind his unconventional character, the influence of Bob Katter and his family's brand run deep across the seat of Kennedy. So where did their history begin, and amid an election where voter uninterest is high, why does the Katter name turn heads?
The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2022 LNP defends its support for a call to ban trans athletes from women’s sports in Queensland Opposition leader describes failed motion calling for a ban as ‘reasonable’ but not a ‘priority’
ABC News · May 11, 2022 Motion on transgender woman playing sport splits Queensland Parliament Katter's Australian Party introduced a motion in parliament, which gained the support of the LNP and One Nation, that says transgender women shouldn't be allowed to play in women's leagues to "protect women's rights".
AAP · Apr 24, 2022 Qld Greens slam Katter trans sport threat The Greens have slammed fellow crossbencher Robbie Katter for threatening a move to ban transgender athletes from women's sports in Queensland.