Katter’s Australian party MPs and former Labor MP Rob Pyne way to force vote on whether north Queensland should becoming its own stateNorth Queensland could become its own state under plans from a powerful bloc of MPs to force a referendum on the issue.
Katter’s Australian party (KAP) MPs Rob Katter and Shane Knuth,along with former Labor MP Rob Pyne, all north Queensland MPs, or are reportedly mobilising against what they see as a lack of infrastructure investment and interest in north Queensland from a Brisbane-centric government.
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Source: theguardian.com