KAP’s Bob Katter supported crossbench colleague Andrew Gee MP’s motion in Parliament this week to prohibit foreigners from purchasing residential Australian properties as an immediate relief to the competitive
market. The motion was voted down by both major parties.Beyond banning foreign ownership, Mr Katter wants the immediate release of mass Crown land parcels and all subdivision decisions to be given to a single, in situ community-based authority.
An estimated 95 per cent of Australia’s land mass is deemed “empty,” yet the Federal Government is choosing to inflame competition for housing and land in already overcrowded cities and regions, Mr Katter says, who recalls blocks of landing… More