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Katter calls for govt to fund Galilee rail link

INDEPENDENT firebrand North Queensland MP Bob Katter has blamed political indecision on delaying the development of the Galilee Basin and has exhorted the government to complete the proposed rail link to the port at Abbot Point.

Lou Caruana
North Queensland MP Bob Katter.

North Queensland MP Bob Katter.

He said the trend of governments “erring on the side of caution” had caused stagnation in once productive and prosperous industries, such as coal mining. “Very few people realise in 1959 Australia was...

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