CYDC workers denied hearing as Minister rejects public inquiry

6th May 2022 North Queensland’s appeals for an inquiry to be held into the operation of the besieged Cleveland Youth Detention Centre (CYDC) have fallen on deaf ears, with the Queensland Minister for Youth Justice Leanne Linard officially rejecting a request for a formal investigation by Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. In her response to a […] READ MORE

Renal Dialysis Unit officially opens at Ingham Hospital

The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is celebrating a win for the Hinchinbrook electorate after attending the official opening of the Renal Dialysis Unit at Ingham Hospital yesterday. The renal dialysis infrastructure upgrades at the Ingham and Charters Towers hospitals delivered eight renal chairs funded through a $4 million […] READ MORE

Service station industry is pumping despite “EV revolution”

3rd March 2022 The petroleum industry is booming, with a steady increase in the number of fuel stations built across the State contradicting claims that petrol cars are on their way out, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. The Australian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association (ACAPMA) reports that […] READ MORE

“Sharper” youth crime program has no teeth: Dametto

27th April 2022 The “sharper”, supposedly crime-busting Townsville Stronger Communities Early Action Group (TSCEAG) program will do nothing to address North Queensland’s systemic youth crime crisis because it fails to remove juvenile offenders from destructive, criminogenic environments, Katter’s Australian Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. Today, the Townsville Bulletin reported the re-branded […] READ MORE

Double standards rife as State refuses to budge on vax mandates

22nd April 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, is calling on the Chief Health Officer to remove the requirement for Queensland employees working in vulnerable and high-risk settings to be fully vaccinated. The latest Public Health and Social Measures Direction states that vaccination and check-in requirements will continue for […] READ MORE

Spanish mackerel consultation is invitation only

21st April 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, is infuriated after hearing that Fisheries Queensland will hold an ‘invitation only’ consultation meeting between the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) and selected fishers in Townsville today regarding the Spanish mackerel fishery. Information circulating from the Queensland Seafood Industry Association […] READ MORE

Dametto welcomes 2022 Charity Bull Riders

20th April 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is getting ready to once again pull on the spurs as he joins a mix of locals and a radio celebrity to raise funds for charity at the annual Ingham Sugar City Rodeo. This year’s annual Ingham Sugar City Rodeo will […] READ MORE

Calls for change as cops stretched beyond their limits

Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has called on the Minister for Police and Corrective Services, Mark Ryan, to recruit additional cops to rapidly bolster the Queensland Police Service’s Domestic, Family Violence and Vulnerable Persons unit. Mr Dametto said these days there was overwhelming demand for police officers to provide […] READ MORE

Forgotten opportunity of biofuels is a national shame: KAP

13th April 2022 Katter’s Australian Party MPs have labelled the Prime Minister’s propping up of Australia’s two existing oil refineries as “maintenance of the status quo”, and a move that would do little to genuinely improve the nation’s fuel security.[1] KAP Federal MP for Kennedy, Bob Katter, said there should be a ban on the […] READ MORE

Impending closure of Spanish mackerel fishery smells ‘fishy’

12th April 2022 The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) and North Queensland-based business owners and commercial fishermen have today slammed the Queensland Government for what has been labelled the “devastating mismanagement” of the Spanish mackerel fishery and proposed quotas reductions. Information circulating from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries proposes to reduce, from July 1, the […] READ MORE