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Katter party’s ultimatum to Qld govt

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Katter’s Australian Party has an ultimatum for the Queensland government – meet our demands for the bush or we’ll withdraw support.

KAP State Leader Rob Katter said Labor had failed to deliver on more than two dozen policy wishes that his party put forward in February.

He gave the Palaszczuk government 90 days to show action on key goals, which included mandatory 10 per cent ethanol in fuel, and jobs creation, or face losing the support of KAP’s two MPs in parliament.

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“If at this point the current government continued to refuse to deliver what we needed, we would have no other option but to actively pursue an alternative if the opportunity was presented to us,” Mr Katter said in a statement on Sunday.

He stressed the party had not lost confidence in the government.

“However, we’ll not go through (the) entire 55th parliament and not deliver for the people of Queensland,” he said.

Withdrawal of KAP’s support would not result in a change of government because Labor still has independent MPs Peter Wellington and Billy Gordon onside.

However, the Palaszczuk government would be forced to rely on the support of Mr Gordon, who left the party under a cloud, to pass bills.

Ms Palaszczuk said she had a constructive relationship with KAP and Mr Katter hadn’t raised any problems when the pair recently met for coffee.

“We will continue to look at different issues that different people raise, but let me make it very clear – it must be in the best interest of Queenslanders,” she said.

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