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<description><![CDATA[The latest from North Queensland Register]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Katter plans 12 month dairy fix]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AN arbitration panel to adjudicate on dairy prices is the latest policy proposal from Katter’s Australia Party.
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Katter is no One Nation, say pundits]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[KATTER'S Australian Party is predicted to win four seats at the upcoming Queensland election but is unlikely to replicate the success of One Nation, according to key election analysts.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Decision to quarantine Katter cash angers ministers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CABINET ministers scratching for savings to meet the government's pledge to return the budget to surplus have been angered by a decision to quarantine hundreds of millions of dollars for a pet project of the colourful Queensland independent Bob Katter that is not yet economically viable.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Katter's power plan still on table]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Gillard government is keeping open the prospect of a $335 million grant for Queensland independent Bob Katter's CopperString power project, even though it has failed a key requirement for the funding.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Katter the younger no fan of dad's style]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rob Katter confesses he feels like ''a bit of a copout'' because he doesn't go in for the theatrics of his famous father, the maverick north Queensland MP Bob Katter.
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bob's fair, if there]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE maverick MP Bob Katter has failed to show up for almost half the votes in Parliament but could claim to be the most independent of the independents, splitting his votes almost evenly between the government and the opposition.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank battle plagues Wharton]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A BATTLE between Richmond Mayor John Wharton and his bank is shaping up as the decisive election issue in the marginal Labor seat of Mount Isa.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Floods Commission of Inquiry seeks further statements]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Floods Commission of Inquiry has issued a number of new requirements for statements to the Commission Premier Anna Bligh said. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Doctors unimpressed with reforms]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RURAL doctors have called on the Bligh Government to step up to promised reforms of Queensland Health before the coming election.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rubber hits the road on strategic cropping land: QFF]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Queensland Farmers’ Federation has welcomed the State’s Strategic Cropping Land (SCL) laws coming into effect yesterday, after a two-year development process.
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Qld knuckles down for 8 week campaign]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[QUEENSLAND farmers will be looking for all political parties to set out visionary policies that drive productivity growth and profitability in the agricultural sector, now that the election date has been set at March 24, says the Queensland Farmers' Federation.
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Katter member takes swipe at school transition plan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[KATTER'S Australian Party Member for Dalrymple Shane Knuth has backed the scrapping of a costly $620 million experiment to transition Year 7 students into high school.
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Premier welcomes more investment in LNG industry]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[PREMIER Anna Bligh has welcomed increased investment in the LNG industry that will boost jobs in Queensland.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bligh keeps Qld guessing on poll date]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh again hosed down speculation of an early election yesterday, saying she wanted voters to be able to digest next month's flood commission report before heading to the polls.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State poll unlikely before February 25]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[PREMIER Anna Bligh has fuelled speculation the state election won't be held before February 25, saying Queenslanders should see the final flood inquiry report before they vote.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reviving Regional Partnership policy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[HUNDREDS of millions of dollars could be doled out to regional councils under a Coalition plan to revive its controversial Regional Partnerships policy, which was dogged by allegations of rorting and pork-barrelling.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Attacks intensify in Queensland poll lead-up]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Queensland’s major political parties are honing their attack lines as they prepare for the looming state election.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bat problems persist]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A MEETING between local and state government officials to resolve Mount Isa's ongoing bat problems has resulted in more finger-pointing and buckpassing. 
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Katter's canal plan laughable]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BURKE Shire Mayor Annie Clarke has laughed off suggestions from Member for Kennedy Bob Katter that his fledgling party will build a canal from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the North West's minerals fields.
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Foreign ownership rules need attention: AgForce]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AGFORCE has welcomed this week’s release of national data on foreign ownership of agricultural land, but says it wants the government to pay the issue greater, ongoing attention.
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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