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

Focus on traffic fines smacks of a cruel cash grab

12th August 2022 The “broke” Palaszczuk Labor Government is set to reap millions of additional dollars in fine revenue each year through the eye-watering increases it announced yesterday to a series of traffic offences, Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. Yesterday the Queensland Government announced a raft of fine […] READ MORE

Hop into Hinchinbrook this Easter

12th April 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is encouraging North Queenslanders to take advantage of the eased COVID-19 restrictions and explore Hinchinbrook during the Easter school holidays and upcoming long weekends. Hinchinbrook is home to Australia’s largest single drop waterfall, an abundance of National Parks, tranquil waterfalls, iconic […] READ MORE

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