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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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Which way will the KAP pendulum swing?
FNQ’s own Shane Knuth (Left, Member for Dalrymple) and KAP colleague Robbie Katter (Right, Member for Mt Isa) address the media. Photo supplied.
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t an impromptu media conference at Brisbane Airport last week, both re-elected KAP MPs Robbie Katter (Mount Isa) and Shane Knuth (Dalrymple) said they would work in the interests of Queensland (in particular rural and regional areas), rather than the interests of either major parties. “This is an opportunity for rural and regional Queensland. For too long we’ve been neglected, now democracy has spoken and this is an oppor-
tunity for the bush,” Mr Katter said. “The bush has been forgotten since the National Party ceased to exist; and for Shane and I, this is an opportunity to present our case for rural and regional Queensland to both sides. “We’ll be handing a list to both parties and we’ll see how they respond to this; and ultimately that will be the arbiter of our decision.” Mr Katter said it was an opportunity for the new government to invest in infrastructure in rural and regional Queensland.
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Shane Knuth was decisive about where KAP priorities lie. “We don’t care about what’s in the interests of the great Liberal Party or the great Labor Party; what we care about is what’s in the interests of the people of Queensland. “The people of Queensland have spoken – they don’t like the style of leadership over the past three years.” In a one on one interview with The Express, Mr Knuth said he was ‘greatly humbled and hon-
oured’ to serve Dalrymple for a third term. Despite an early swing to the LNP 30 minutes into the count, Mr Knuth immediately reversed the trend, polling strongly on the primary vote in Atherton, Charters Towers, Malanda and Tolga. Mr Knuth said he had been in ‘full-on’ negotiations with KAP officials and both major political parties since the election. He added the negotiations and sourcing common ground would continue in coming weeks, with the eventual result being ‘very tight’.
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