STATEMENT FROM NICK DAMETTO MP – PORT HINCHINBROOK UPDATE

14 July 2023 On the 22nd of June, the Cassowary Coast Regional Council (Council) held a Cardwell Major Projects Update meeting for residents in Cardwell. I was grateful for the opportunity to attend and speak at the meeting. The purpose of this statement is to highlight and disperse some of the more prominent information that […] READ MORE

KAP calls to expedite Forrest Beach Telstra Macro Tower

14 July 2023   Hinchinbrook MP and KAP Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto and Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter are calling on Telstra to expedite the construction of the Forrest Beach Macro Tower. Back in November 2021, the Hon. Bob Katter and Mr Dametto held a rally in Forrest Beach calling on Telstra to permanently […] READ MORE

Townsville – A city under siege

13 July 2023 The last week in Townsville has seen back-to-back home invasions, robberies, assaults and even a homicide, leaving the State Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, asking – how much worse can it get? “The chaos that we have seen unfold across Townsville in just the last three […] READ MORE

Lack of GPs forces Cardwell Family Practice to shut the doors

11 July 2023 State Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, was saddened and disappointed upon hearing the Cardwell Family Practice intends to cease trading as of Friday, 1 September 2023 resulting from the General Practitioner (GP) shortage. Cardwell is a small coastal town in the Hinchinbrook electorate located between Tully […] READ MORE

KAP: Adult penalties the only option for irremediable youth offenders

4 July 2023 Violent and cold-blooded youth offenders who commit vicious and callous crimes should be punished to the full extent of the law and the Youth Justice Act should have no application in that process according to Katter’s Australian Party (KAP). Recently in Brisbane, a gang of four or five masked males carried out […] READ MORE

Dametto: Increased speed limits on overtaking lanes the key to safer travel

2 July 2023 Hinchinbrook MP and KAP Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto is calling on the Queensland State Government to take proactive measures to improve road safety and efficiency on the Bruce Highway by increasing the legal speed limit to 120 kilometres per hour on certain overtaking lanes. The Bruce Highway is one of the longest […] READ MORE

Cardwell Mountain Bike Trails well on track

30 June 2023 What was once a vision for Cardwell locals and members of the Community Bike Trails Action Group has progressed through a Business Case study with promising prospects that the Cardwell Tropical Mountain Bike Trails will proceed to the next planning phase. The proposed development will encompass a 94 kilometre, 26-trail mountain bike […] READ MORE

Dametto: Housing crisis not the time for NCC changes

29 June 2023 The Victorian State Government has recently announced that it will delay the implementation of key provisions of the National Construction Code (NCC) citing ‘significant global economic challenges, including rising supply chain costs’ as the reason for doing so. The updated NCC includes significant changes that will heavily burden construction projects. Already commenced […] READ MORE

Questions raised over slimy Spanish mackerel data

  28 June 2023  The decision made by Queensland Fisheries to drastically reduce Spanish mackerel quotas across Eastern Queensland, will come into effect on Saturday, 1 July 2023, during a time when all fishermen are reporting high volumes of the species across Queensland waters. The Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) recently commissioned an independent report […] READ MORE

THE KIDS AREN’T LISTENING PREMIER

27 June 2023  The tragic news of yet another senseless and brutal killing at the hands of a teenager has led to furious Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP’s declaring political warfare on the Palaszczuk Government. Richard Matthews (“Dickie”) a 63-year-old Innisfail resident passed away as a result of the alleged injuries he sustained during a […] READ MORE