Federal Budget 2022-23 relief for first home buyers

8th April 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is calling on the Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Investment, the Honourable Cameron Dick to follow the Federal Government’s footsteps and include relief for first home buyers in the State Budget 2022-23. Under the expanded Home Guarantee Scheme, 35,000 places will […] READ MORE

BATTLE WON BUT WAR WAGES ON VACCINE MANDATES

5th April 2022 Discriminatory workforce-based COVID-19 vaccine mandates applying to professions like policing and teaching must be revoked following news the Queensland Government will lift its ban on unvaccinated patrons at most venues, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said. KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said he welcomed today’s announcement that bans would be […] READ MORE

Dametto sponsors e-petition to retain Spanish mackerel quotas

5th April 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has sponsored an e-petition calling on the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) to retain the current commercial and recreational Spanish mackerel quotas. The Queensland Fisheries Reforms proposed by DAF aim to radically reduce Spanish mackerel catch quotas for commercial and […] READ MORE

Dametto calls for action on Gairloch washaway upgrades

31st March 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has called on the Minister for Transport and Main Roads for a progress report and project commencement date for the Gairloch Flood Immunity Upgrade project. Back in October 2021, the Minister announced that Transport and Main Roads would soon commence the […] READ MORE

KAP media release – “LNP and Labor refuse to support Queensland farmers”

30th March 2022 Queensland farmers have this evening been abandoned by both major parties, with the LNP and Labor voting against Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP) Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) Amendment Bill 2021. The Greens also voted against the Bill, while PHON Mirani MP Steve Andrew backed the KAP. […] READ MORE

NSW taxi compo decision offers a glimmer of hope: KAP

25th March 2022 Queensland taxi licence owners whose financial lives were ruined by the legalisation of ride-sharing platforms have been offered a glimmer of hope by the promise of a compensation package in New South Wales, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said the KAP had never given […] READ MORE

Dametto demands support for landholders battling erosion

23rd March 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto utilised last week’s Parliamentary sitting to call for funding for the Herbert River Improvement Trust. In a Question on Notice Mr Dametto asked the Hon. Glenn Butcher what funding and grant opportunities were currently available to assist the Herbert River Improvement […] READ MORE

Crime in North Queensland has no boundaries

20th March 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is urging the State Labor Government to leave the criminal age at 10 rather than increasing it to 12, following the chaos caused by stolen dual-cab ute that was driven by juveniles from Mackay to Innisfail last Thursday. The stolen F-150 […] READ MORE

KAP to move stronger biofuels laws in face of global fuel crisis

18th March 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has flagged his plans to strengthen the State’s ethanol mandate, calling the current legislation a “wet lettuce leaf” that enables global oil companies to laugh all the way to the bank at the expense of Queenslanders. Currently E10 fuel in Queensland […] READ MORE

FHOG policy change needed as housing issues bite: KAP

18th March 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has reiterated his calls to expand the First Home Owners Grant following reports that housing has been identified as the biggest infrastructure problem across regional Australia. Under Mr Dametto’s proposed amendments to the Act, first home owners would be able the […] READ MORE