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

The wait is almost over for Ingham’s Charity Bull Ride

8th May 2022 The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is excited to join a mix of locals and a radio celebrity to raise funds for charity at the annual Ingham Sugar City Rodeo. In just under a week the Hinchinbrook MP will pull on the spurs and once again […] READ MORE

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