ENG: Katter's Australian Party is a registered political party in Australia. It was formed by the independent Federal Member of Parliament Bob Katter with a registration application lodged to the Australian Electoral Commission on 3 June 2011. The party is calling for members and candidates for Queensland and federal electorates.
On 9 August 2011, Katter's Australian Party announced plans to merge with state Beaudesert MP Aidan McLindon's Queensland Party. The new party will continue with Katter's party name, with Katter as federal leader and McLindon as state leader. McLindon will resign from the Queensland Party before joining Katter's Australian Party.
On 17 August 2011, the party's application for registration was denied by the Australian Electoral Commission, on the grounds that the ...
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EN.wiki: Katter's Australian Party is a registered political party in Australia. It was formed by the independent Federal Member of Parliament Bob Katter with a registration application lodged to the , positive
PARTY INVITATION: Aidan McLindon's Queensland Part and Bob Katter's Australia Party look set to merge. Picture: Mark Cranitch Source: The Courier-Mail , positive
... 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.
Mr Jones was particularly scathing of the approach taken to mining in Queensland, stating that the industry had taken the place of the State’s Upper House.
Federal Leader of Katter’s Australian Party, Bob Katter, said that he welcomed Mr Jones’ call for a moratorium, which is a central element ...
The new political force of federal independent MP Bob Katter will run in the crucial inner-Brisbane seat of Ashgrove, campaigning on the issue of coal seam gas (CSG).
The electorate in the city's inner west will be the centre of attention in the state poll due early next year, with would-be premier Campbell Newman running against popular former environment minister Kate Jones.
Mr Katter on Monday held a media conference outside Mr Newman's Ashgrove office, to announce Katter's Australian Party would contest the seat.
It has not selected a candidate and was not going to run in Ashgrove ...
The rise of Bob Katter's Australian Party could create a "difficult" political landscape for Queensland, Premier Anna Bligh says.
The federal independent MP's new political party could rival One Nation's 1998 performance in the upcoming Queensland election, Labor polling suggests.
The polling shows Katter's Australian Party is garnering 22 per cent of the vote in the north Queensland seat of Mulgrave, The Courier-Mail reports.
Labor incumbent Curtis Pitt is on 32 per cent and Liberal National Party 36 per cent.
Read more: brisbanetimes.com.au (November 16, 2011)
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AUSTRALIA PARTY CALLS FOR FOCUS ON INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS IN FNQ Today we released our policy on Indigenous issues impacting the people of FNQ. As usual the Cairns Post are not interested in reporting anything that does not help their old colleague. Here is the release in full The Australian Party Candidates have called for a greater focus on the needs of indigenous Australians in [...]
More support needed for Far Northern children with disabilities Katter’s Australian Party candidate for Cairns, Darren Hunt, has called the lack of support services for people with a disability in Far North Queensland a disgrace. “We have had the Premier announce a new special school for Cairns and we applaud that as something very much needed up here. But we can’t just have a [...]
BRUCE HIGHWAY AND REGIONAL ROADS Still no coverage from Cairns Post about our Bruce Hwy announcements. Here it is for you to consider. The Australian Party candidate for Cairns, Darren Hunt, says the release of the Reconstructing Queensland policy document highlights the party focus on areas like FNQ. Mr Hunt said “The people of Far North Queensland finally have a [...]
