Major parties throw farmers out to sea on reef regs

24th February 2022 Labor and the LNP appear set to vote together against Katter’s Australian Party’s Reef Regulations Reversal Bill, in a move that KAP Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto would be a “dark moment in history” for Queensland farmers. Mr Dametto’s Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) […] READ MORE

State drags feet with Wallaman Falls visitor facilities upgrade

23rd February 2022   Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has slammed the State Government for its delay with visitor infrastructure upgrades at Australia’s highest single-drop waterfall, Wallaman Falls. In the Queensland Budget 2020-2021, the Townsville region was allocated $600,000 in 21/22 out of $2m total spend to upgrade visitor […] READ MORE

KAP SEEKS TO REPEAL LABOR’S DESTRUCTIVE REEF REGULATIONS

22nd February 2022 The Palaszczuk Labor Government’s agricultural industry-destroying Great Barrier Reef (GBR) regulations will come under attack this week as Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) seeks to repeal legislation that demonises farmers and restore balance to the Queensland’s misguided environmental laws. KAP Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto’s Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of […] READ MORE

No justification for keeping “no jab, no job” mandates

16th February 2022 The Queensland Government must move to out-law “no jab, no job” mandates alongside the scrapping of mask rules and vaccination requirements to enter public venues, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said. The call comes following reports that the Queensland State Government will contemplate lifting a number of COVID-19 restrictions following a fall […] READ MORE

Dametto calls for State to match Feds funding: COVID breath tests

14th February 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is calling for the State to match a Federal Government grant to support an Australian-based company with the development of their COVID-19 breath test. A Sunshine Coast company has developed a device that can deliver results in under a minute with […] READ MORE

Re-heated election promise a band-aid fix to broken Youth Justice system

10th February 2022 Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto is sceptical of today’s announcement that Townsville police numbers will be bolstered and said even an “army” of officers would be unable to quell the region’s youth crime crisis without a radical overhaul of the Queensland Youth Justice system. Mr Dametto said […] READ MORE

Dametto calls for turning lane at Five Mile Creek, Bruce Highway

9th February 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is calling for a turning lane at Five Mile Creek Road along the Bruce Highway following numerous near misses and fatalities on the Ingham to Cardwell stretch. Mr Dametto said that this section of the Bruce Highway was extremely dangerous as […] READ MORE

KAP continues calls to scrap all COVID-19 mandates

7th February 2022 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto is calling for the Premier to scrap all COVID-19 mandates following today’s announcement that the COVID check-in app is now only needed at venues that require proof of vaccination. Mr Dametto said that KAP will continue to fight to end COVID-19 […] READ MORE

KAP warns Government on sugar (tax) addiction

4th February 2022 A campaign launched by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) agitating for the Australian government to put a tax on sugar has been met with heavy criticism by Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto MP. The AMA’s social media campaign is the latest push by the doctor’s lobby […] READ MORE

Car-jacking incident a new low for besieged city: Dametto

27th January 2022 Townsville’s crime crisis has succumbed to a new low, with sleepy Bushland Beach the scene of a terrifying car-jacking that saw a teenage girl robbed at gun-point this morning. Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said the incident, which occurred at the Mount Low Parkway just before 11.30am, […] READ MORE