Ingham Hospital’s Maternity Services need support not bypass

4 September 2023 Queensland’s healthcare crisis intensifies after the decision to temporarily suspend Ingham Hospital’s Maternity Services in the coming months becomes reality.   Expectant mothers due to give birth in Ingham will be transferred to Townsville during times of bypass due to doctor shortages, planned staff leave and ongoing recruitment issues. Ingham Hospital’s Maternity Services will operate on a […] READ MORE

Statement from Nick Dametto MP – Port Hinchinbrook

Last week during Parliament I was joined by Cassowary Coast Regional Council (CCRC) CEO Andrew Graffen and Mayor Mark Nolan for ministerial meetings in relation to the normalisation process of Port Hinchinbrook. We met with staff from the Energy Minister’s office to discuss possible options for Port Hinchinbrook’s streetlighting issues and I am led to […] READ MORE

Australian Seafood Industry supporters rise to challenge Government

22 August 2023 A massive crowd of supporters have rallied together at Brisbane’s Parliament House to pledge their support for Queensland’s at-risk Seafood Industry. The rally, organised and promoted by Townsville local fisherman and retailer Lucas Dansie, was prompted off the back of the Federal and Queensland Governments’ impulsive announcement in June that all gillnet […] READ MORE

Bush the only beacon of hope for besieged Qlders

21 August 2023 The sparse and lonely outback may be the only beacon of hope left for Queensland communities and residents besieged by youth crime, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have said. The North Queensland-based party has today released a 16-page document stating their case for change; a copy, alongside a brief two-pager, will be […] READ MORE

Growing Disconnect: The Ag Industry Training Gap

15 August 2023 Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, used his time during Budget Estimates to question the Minister for Training and Skills Development, the Hon. Di Farmer, about the Government’s plans to bolster the agricultural industry’s skilled workforce capability. The Hinchinbrook MP’s concerns arose after receiving the Minister’s response […] READ MORE

Rally to Save Australian Seafood

11 August 2023 Stakeholders, representatives and supporters of the seafood industry will rally together at Queensland’s Parliament House on the 22nd of August 2023 to protest against the State and Federal Labor Governments’ decision to ban all gillnet fishing by mid-2027. Queensland Fisheries admitted that the decision was made by multiple levels of government in […] READ MORE

Queensland well runs dry on Ag training

  3 August 2023 Recently revealed data indicates that since Labor closed the doors for good on Queensland’s agricultural training colleges in 2019, little has been done to fill the gap and provide hands on agricultural industry training in areas across Queensland where they are needed the most. Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) […] READ MORE

Youth crime can’t get any worse. NT Government: ”Hold my beer”

1 August 2023 Tune in Queensland is the message from Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, as the Northern Territory (NT) braces for the age of criminal responsibility to rise from ten to twelve years on the 1st of August. The Northern Territory Attorney-General claimed the decision to increase the […] READ MORE

Jury out on power drunk Palaszczuk Government

28 July 2023 Hinchinbrook MP and KAP Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, has labelled the State Government’s recent attacks on Queensland courts as cowardly and an erosion of the independence of the judiciary from the political arms of government. Recent media regarding a Townsville father who had his vehicle allegedly chased and rammed by machete wielding […] READ MORE

RBA tightens the noose amidst Government’s drunken spending

27 July 2023 Queenslanders are bracing for what is tipped to be the Reserve Bank of Australia’s thirteenth rate rise since May 2022 as inflation continues to hover around six percent, with many low to middle income earners wondering if they will financially see the year out without foreclosing on their home loans. The Palaszczuk […] READ MORE