State Labor Government fails to rollout free flu shot

25th May 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has slammed the State Labor Government for failing to rollout the free influenza vaccinations as promised. On Monday the Premier announced that all Queenslanders would be offered a free flu vaccination as the State faced a severe outbreak of Influenza A. […] READ MORE

Hinchinbrook’s sugarcane industry faces worker shortages

23rd May 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, is calling for experienced workers to relocate to Hinchinbrook for the sugarcane season as the industry faces challenges with worker shortages. In 2020-21 it was estimated that Hinchinbrook’s sugar manufacturing industry added $402 million in value to the Queensland economy and […] READ MORE

KAP calls on Clive Palmer to “leave some water for the rest of us”

20th May 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, has called on billionaire and Australian senate hopeful Clive Palmer to negotiate a solution with the parched landholders who want access to more water but are unable to secure it due to issues created by his failed Yabulu Nickel refinery. On […] READ MORE

Dametto demands NQ public forum on Spanish mackerel issue

18th May 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, has called on the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) to hold a consultation session for all stakeholders to have their concerns heard regarding the proposed Spanish mackerel quota reductions which may be effective as of 1st of July 2022. The […] READ MORE

Dametto issues road demands as Woolcock Street grinds to a halt

17th May 2022 North Townsville’s liveability and future potential for growth is being ham-strung by the failure of governments to adequately expand Townsville city’s road network, Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. Speaking in the Queensland Parliament last week Mr Dametto called on the Queensland Government and Townsville City Council to collaborate and commit to […] READ MORE

Show us the money for Port Hinchinbrook’s STP funding

13th May 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, has welcomed the $1.5m for the One Mile Creek Emergency Dredging Project that was officially handed over by the LNP in Cardwell this week. The Hinchinbrook MP said that although he was pleased to finally hear that the $1.5m had been […] READ MORE

Vital telecommunications wins for Kennedy electorate, but more work to be done

12th May 2022   $20 MILLION in new telecommunications infrastructure is going into the Kennedy electorate under round 2 of the Regional Connectivity Fund including, Forrest Beach, Doomadgee, the Richmond-Croydon Road, the Gulf Development Road, Burketown to Normanton, Ravenswood, Julia Creek, Boulia, and Mareeba. Kennedy MP, Bob Katter, said his electorate continued to get the […] READ MORE

“Gender-bias” in DV laws will leave men out in the cold: Dametto

12th May 2022 Queensland’s new domestic violence laws, which will include the criminalisation of coercive control, will be undeniably “gender-biased” according to the State’s Attorney-General. Yesterday, Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto asked the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Women and Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Shannon Fentiman how the […] READ MORE

Political games must end with Port Hinchinbrook funding

9th May 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, is calling on the Federal Government to officially announce the funding secured for Port Hinchinbrook’s Sewerage Treatment Plant and the One Mile Creek emergency dredging project. In the Cassowary Coast Regional Council meeting on the 28th of April, it was confirmed […] READ MORE

KAP delivers ultimatum on State’s RSPCA relationship

9th May 2022 Katter’s Australian Party has delivered the Palaszczuk Labor Government a 1 January, 2023 ultimatum to rectify its failed partnership with the RSPCA, which since 2001 has been extraordinarily delegated law enforcement powers and responsibilities with little to no Departmental oversight. Late last year the Queensland Auditor-General delivered a scathing 33-page report into […] READ MORE