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Aged Care Retention Payment Needs Expansion

Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook has written to Health and Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt to request the Aged Care Retention Payment be extended to all aged care workers.  “I was shocked to hear that the Aged Care Extension Payment was only applicable to registered...

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KAP’S REGIONAL JOURNALISM RESCUE PLAN

Katter’s Australian Party has today launched its Regional Journalism Rescue Plan in a bid to secure State and Federal Government support for regional journalists, photographers and cameramen who continue to be affected by the sector’s unprecedented instability.    The...

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Dametto shines a light on road safety

Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook has written to Transport and Main Roads Minister, Mark Bailey to suggest a public communication campaign for motorists to use their hazards lights when stationary on highways.    “Recently, two young men and a woman tragically...

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DYING QLDERS DENIED DIGNITY BY STATE HEALTH SYSTEM

An almost 70 per cent shortfall in the number of palliative care specialists that should be employed in the North completely undermines claims that proposed euthanasia laws are to provide dignity in death to those who are suffering, Katter’s Australian Party Leader...

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KAP EXTENDS NQ INVITATION TO DISPLACED NRL TEAMS

Katter’s Australian Party MPs have extended an invitation to move North to the 12 southern and overseas NRL teams that will spend the next month playing in Queensland. Boasting die-hard league fans, Queensland’s newest stadium, the best winter weather on offer in...

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