Labor locks in loss of Qld’s prized mackerel fishery

29 November 2023 The Palaszczuk Labor Government has refused a last-minute attempt by Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) to rescue the Queensland Spanish Mackerel industry. Last night KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter attempted to disallow Queensland Fisheries plans to decimate the North Queensland-based industry. This involves: reducing the total quota entitlement take of Spanish […] READ MORE

Sweet Success: 2023 Crushing Season Concludes

29 November 2023 As the 2023 crushing season draws to a close across the Hebert River District, Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto has praised the efforts of all involved with getting this year’s crop off in time for Christmas. The Herbert River District mills crushed a total of 3.99 […] READ MORE

Thorsborne Trail Enhancement Project details released

23 November 2023 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and State Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto, is excited to share the Thorsborne Trail Enhancement Project details. In the 2023-24 State Budget, Hinchinbrook Island’s Thorsborne Trail scored $1.5 million to upgrade and build new nature-based experiences and facilities. Yesterday, the Department of Environment and Science released […] READ MORE

Double for nothing: Grant still misses the mark for regional Queensland

19 November 2023 The Palaszczuk Government has announced that the First Home Owner Grant (the Grant) will be doubled from $15,000 to $30,000 effective Monday, 20 November 2023 to until 30 June 2025 in a move described by Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto, as ‘vote buying’. KAP has lobbied […] READ MORE

Dametto celebrates the achievements of Hinchinbrook’s Year 12 Graduates

17 December 2023 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and State Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto MP, congratulates Hinchinbrook’s year 12 graduates and wishes them well for their future endeavours. The Hinchinbrook MP stated it has been an honour to attend many Annual Awards and Graduation ceremonies across the electorate in recent weeks and he […] READ MORE

Health Minister commits to delivering a CT Scanner for Ingham Hospital

  15 November 2023 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and State Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto, is thrilled to announce that today in Parliament the Health Minister has committed to delivering a CT Scanner for the Ingham Hospital. The Hinchinbrook MP asked the Health Minister through a Question without Notice how long trauma and […] READ MORE

Petition shows statewide support for a sustainably managed fishery, including gillnets

14 November 2023 The Queensland community has rallied behind a parliamentary petition with almost 10,000 signatories pledging their support towards the continuation of sustainable gillnet fishing practices along Queensland’s east-coast. The petition, raised by Principal Petitioner Lucas Dansie, and sponsored by Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto, was tabled in […] READ MORE

Youth crime too tough for Labor

13 November 2023 The Queensland Labor Government have confirmed they won’t be coming out with any new strategies to try and reduce youth crime as Youth Justice Minister Di Farmer lays the blame on the judiciary for failing to adequately impose Parliament’s laws. In Townsville on the weekend, a young mother was injured after she […] READ MORE

KAP calls on Minister to scrap gillnet fishing bans

10 November 2023 The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) is calling on the Fisheries Minister, Mark Furner MP to immediately withdraw the decision to ban gillnets in areas of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) from 31 December 2023. The calls come amidst rising industry tension leading into the end of the year with all impacted fishers […] READ MORE

OP-ED Proposed Knife Bans – A Blunt Tool Against Youth Crime

8 November 2023 Draft laws are expected to be introduced into the Queensland Parliament before the end of the year that will seek to ban the sale of knives, replica firearms, gel blasters and other bladed items to minors. The proposed new laws stem from a spate of serious knife related offences in the south-east […] READ MORE