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

Government integrity slips through the Taskforce net

21 July 2023 Commercial fishers across Queensland have had their hopes destroyed of a fair go following a State Government announcement that the independent Future Fisheries Taskforce will be Chaired by a past World Wildlife Fund (WWF) employee of nine years, Mr John Tanzer. The Future Fisheries Taskforce (Taskforce) was formulated in the wake of […] READ MORE

Hinchinbrook backs Dametto’s call for a CT scanner for Ingham Hospital

 State Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, has brought together community organisations and individuals from across the Herbert district to support his calls for a computed tomography (CT) scanner at the Ingham Hospital. More than 30 community group representatives joined Mr. Dametto at the Ingham Hospital to sign a ‘registration […] READ MORE

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