The Katter Australia Party will attempt a movement in Queensland Parliament to make it more difficult for the Palaszczuk government to enforce vaccine mandates.
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KAP Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter, and KAP Deputy Leader and Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto addressed the media this week explaining their desire to limit the chief health officer's powers when implementing vaccine mandates.
"Us moving this amendment doesn't remove their ability altogether to still mandate things, it just means they can't do it on a whim, or at least they can't do it immediately and have that continued power," Mr Katter said.
"They'd have to take it back into parliament each time and and work for it.
"I think this is the least of what we should be doing and KAP will be spearheading that in parliament with an amendment to stop an overreach of those powers."
Mr Katter said the KAP has remained firm on their view of the mandates, saying they are being used as a political tool and causing societal issues such as poor mental health, social division and economic disruption.
"It's hard not to think that the government would see an opportunity to normalise this overreach that they have, and I think that's a real risk."
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Mr Katter said he was confident that the One Nation MP Steve Andrews would support the movement, but said many politicians were worried about being labelled as "anti vaxxers".
However, the KAP are not concerned about being berated for calling out the mandates, which they believe are "now causing more harm than good".