KAP floats sweeping Youth Justice changes: “Do the crime, do the time”

Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have floated sweeping changes to the Queensland Youth Justice Act that would see violent juvenile offenders charged with committing rape, murder or causing grievous bodily harm tried as adults. Under the same proposal, mandatory minimum sentencing would apply for youth offenders convicted of unlawful use of motor vehicle, burglary or […] READ MORE

Not “sufficient and sustainable” says Health Minister

28 October 2022 Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto will continue to lobby the State Labor Government to deliver much needed medical equipment in the form of a CT scanner to the Ingham Hospital. During Question Time, the Hinchinbrook MP asked the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, Yvette D’Ath, if […] READ MORE

Pleas from victims of youth crime can no longer be ignored

Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto delivered a strong and emotive message during Parliament this week on behalf of victims of crime as he called on the State Labor Government to stand up and address the youth crime pandemic in Townsville and other areas. The Hinchinbrook MP said that the […] READ MORE

Finger pointing on flood immunity delays won’t float well

Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto has taken aim at both the Federal and State Governments for failing to deliver on an essential flood immunity project south of Tully. The surrounding areas between Dallachy Road and Dean Road, on the Bruce Highway at Tully, are inundated with flood water every wet […] READ MORE

Government leaves North Queensland up Buy Back creek without a paddle

  North Queensland property owners who are frequently affected by flooding have been ignored by the State Government as they fail to extend the Voluntary Home Buy Back Program to include North Queensland. Deputy Leader of the Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto said his calls on the State and Federal Governments […] READ MORE

COLLECTIVE CALLS GROW TO SEND KID CRIMS BUSH

Queensland councils have collectively endorsed a new model of detention that would see young criminals sent to remote properties to serve out their sentences and engage in therapeutic and intense “bush therapy. The approach, commonly referred to as Relocation Sentencing, has long been touted by North Queensland-based Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs as “circuit-breaker solution” […] READ MORE

Dametto Introduces Biofuel Bill

13 October 2022 Cheaper fuel, lower emissions, enhancing Australia’s fuel security and underpinning industry would be just some of the benefits of the Katter’s Australian Party’s Liquid Fuel Supply (Minimum Biobased Petrol Content) Amendment Bill 2022 according to Deputy Leader of the KAP and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto. The Private Members Bill, which was introduced […] READ MORE

Happy Gathering – Maraka Festival

12 October 2022   Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto has welcomed the highly anticipated return of the Maraka Festival in 2022. Maraka provides a week of festivities that coincides with the sugarcane harvest and brings together schools, businesses and community groups within the region. This year’s festival continues with tradition and has attracted five Maraka Queen […] READ MORE

Dametto to Introduce Biofuel Bill

10 October 2022   More clean, “green” fuel would be produced in Australia if Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto gets his way, as he plans to introduce his Liquid Fuel Supply (Minimum Biobased Petrol Content) Amendment Bill 2022 into the Queensland Parliament this week. The Private Members Bill aims to […] READ MORE

“INSANE” PALASZCZUK GOVT NEEDS NEW DETENTION DIRECTION

The Palaszczuk Labor Government must look at alternate solutions to the youth crime crisis eroding life in North Queensland instead of wasting $500 million of taxpayer monies on repeated mistakes, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said. Yesterday, during a visit to North Queensland, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk revealed that her Government’s response to youth crime was […] READ MORE