Dametto calls for specialised DV Queensland Police Officers

11th January 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has criticised the Palaszczuk Labor Government for failing to ensure police numbers have kept up with population rises and increased demands on Queensland Police Services (QPS). Following statistics that show Queensland frontline police officers are spending 40 per cent of their […] READ MORE

KAP calls for housing submissions from regional and rural Queenslanders

6th January 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is calling on the community to get their voices heard regarding the current housing and homelessness issues in the Hinchinbrook and Traeger electorates. The Productivity Commission is conducting a review of the National Housing and Homeless Agreement (the Agreement) which examines […] READ MORE

Don’t let consultation process be “white-washed by inner-city greenies”

5th January 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is urging rural and regional Queenslanders to have their say on the future of environmental regulation in Queensland. Consultation is under way about the possible establishment of an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Queensland. The consultation seeks to understand the […] READ MORE

State’s reputation in shambles over Spanish Mackerel stocks

December 21st, 2021 The credibility of Queensland Fisheries is in shambles as consumers stare down the barrel of losing access to one of their most-loved species of fish, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. Mr Dametto said Queenslander’s commercial fishing sector had been warned that their commercial take […] READ MORE

SWEET WTO RULING A RELIEF TO CANE GROWERS

15 December 2021 Katter’s Australian Party has applauded the outcome of the World Trade Organisation’s deliberations on India’s sugar subsidies, which were found to be illegal under rules governing world trade.[1] KAP Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said the ruling was a welcome result for North Queensland sugar cane farmers who, in 2018, […] READ MORE

Dametto delivers donation to Audrey’s Angels: Charity Bull Ride

15 December 2021 Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto officially handed over his $1,500 donation to Audrey’s Angels of Hope on Monday, following the Charity Bull Ride at Ingham’s Sugar City Rodeo. Three brave men and Mr Dametto put their bodies on the line for a good cause back on September […] READ MORE

KAP CALLS FOR VACCINE MANDATES TO END

14 December 2021 The myopic obsession of the Queensland Government to achieve universal public vaccination against COVID-19 by forcing vaccine mandates on all people over the age of 16 is eroding every facet of life, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said. KAP Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter, speaking after the weekend’s announcement that […] READ MORE

KAP call for regions to have their say on health

7 December 2021 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs are calling on the community to ensure their voices are heard regarding current health issues being experienced in regional Queensland. The Health and Environment Committee is conducting an inquiry into the provision of primary, allied and private health care, aged care and NDIS care services and its […] READ MORE

Normalisation of Port Hinchinbrook begins

3 December 2021 Normalisation of Port Hinchinbrook is a step closer today after the Cassowary Coast Regional Council officially assumed ownership of the community’s current sewage treatment plant (STP), Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said. The resumption of this key asset will enable crucial upgrades to the STP, funded through $12.4 million provided by the State […] READ MORE

TEACHER CRISIS LOOMS AS LABOR EXTENDS MANDATES

30 November 2021   Class sizes could double, important subjects be scrapped and schools in rural and remote locations be forced to close as a result of the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s new teacher and school support staff COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have warned. The new mandate, announced in the Queensland Parliament […] READ MORE