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City Centric State Government Tears Heart From Queensland History

Katter’s Australian Party Candidate for Cook Lachlan Bensted said he is mortified that a Queensland Government report calls for the Queens Birthday Public Holiday to be moved from June to October.

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Katter’s Australian Party to reduce payroll tax in Queensland

The Queensland State Leader of The Australian Party, Aidan McLindon along with Federal Leader Bob Katter announced the Party’s policy increasing the payroll tax free threshold in Queensland to $2 million in order to position Queensland’s economy for strong growth.

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Call to Expand the Lollipop School Crossing Supervisor Scheme

Katter’s Australian Party candidate for Barron River Brendan Fitzgerald says the success of the Lollipop School Crossing Supervisor Scheme proves the concept should be taken further to include not-for-profit groups with responsibilities to children such as the SLQ Nippers and other sporting clubs.

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Katter’s Australian Party welcomes Alan Jones’ call for a coal seam gas moratorium

Alan Jones yesterday addressed the National Press Club, slamming the coal seam gas policies of the Liberal and Labor parties, which he said were locked together and would turn Australia’s agricultural land into an industrial wasteland.

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Cairns Hospital Staffing Solutions

The Australian Party Candidates in the far North are finding solutions to returning trained nurses back into work after maternity Continue reading

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Rail Transport for Cairns

Australian Party call for Rail Link to provide daily rail services from Freshwater Station through to Gordonvale.

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Cairns Rail Full Steam Ahead

The Far North Queensland Australian Party candidates have announced that the first stage of their transport policy will bring rail transport to Far North Queensland.

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Cairns Performing Arts College

The Cairns Entertainment Precinct (CEP) has a funding requirement of State Government that Council completes a Project Assurance Framework (PAF) for the proposed Cairns Entertainment Precinct (CEP). A component of the PAF is the Preliminary Evaluation (PE) which assesses the priority and affordability of the project options and the strategic decision of whether or not to progress the project.

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Bruce Highway Upgrades To Cost Even More Under Carbon Tax

Australian Party Candidate for Barron River Brendan Fitzgerald says a Carbon Tax will add millions of dollars to the cost of Bruce Highway upgrades to the point of pushing some much needed projects on to the Carbon Tax back burner.

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Bruce Highway Flood Proofing In North Queensland Not On State Governments Agenda

The Australian Party candidate for Barron River Brendan Fitzgerald says the budget handed down by the State Treasurer Andrew Fraser this week has no new State road funding beyond $27 million dollars and proves that the Queensland Government is not serious about disaster proofing this extremely vulnerable region. A co-contribution of $25 million was also allocated to the joint State and Federal funded Cardwell Range realignment but other than that Far North Queensland gets the leftovers again.” He said.

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