“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

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