Dametto applauds Maraka Queen entrants

28 October 2021 The return of Ingham’s much-loved Maraka event in 2021 has seen Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto wish this year’s six entrants best of luck for the Queen Crowning Presentation on October 30. This year’s Maraka Queen entrants are Ava Stanford, Claudine D’Emden, Imogen Batty, Jessie Gofton, Karli Casanovas, Mackenzie Di Bartolo and […] READ MORE

Dametto congratulates Ingham’s latest published author

26 October 2021 HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has applauded Ingham’s inspiring author Amy Aquilini on the launch of her new book STRONG. The determined young woman has made the most of the hand she was dealt after sustaining life-threatening injuries from a quad bike accident back in September, 2013. Ingham local Ms. Aquilini fought back […] READ MORE

SEAFOOD BILL LAUNCHED IN SUPPORT OF AUSSIE JOBS

21 October 2021 Ahead of National Barramundi Day tomorrow (October 22), Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has launched his Food (Labelling of Seafood) Amendment Bill 2021. This Bill, set to be introduced into the Queensland Parliament next week, will make it mandatory for the State’s dining venues to declare […] READ MORE

Chamber backs Dametto’s First Home Owners’ Grant amendments

20 October 2021 MEMBER for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto is calling on the State Government to include amendments to the First Home Owners’ Grant (FHOG) in the 2022/2023 Budget as a regional Queensland specific Covid-19 recovery initiative. Mr Dametto stated that Covid-19 has forced financial hardship on many Queenslanders causing challenges to save house deposits for […] READ MORE

Gairloch Flood Immunity Upgrade project gets the go ahead

14 October 2021 PLANNING works for a long-term solution to improve flood immunity at Gairloch section of the Bruce Highway are imminent, signaling a huge win for the Hinchinbrook electorate, State Member Nick Dametto has said. During Question Time today, Member for Hinchinbrook Mr Dametto asked Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey to […] READ MORE

QLD FAMILIES DEVASTATED BY TAXI LICENCE LOSSES

14 October 2021 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs are calling on Transport Minister Mark Bailey to attend a court-ordered mediation and negotiate a fair compensation package for devastated Queensland taxi licence owners. KAP Leader Robbie Katter, speaking from Parliament House said, “Mum-and-Dad Queensland small-business owners have lost everything – there are so many stories of […] READ MORE

DR RIDD A BEACON OF HOPE FOR FREE SPEECH: KAP

13 October 2021   A dark cloud hangs over the future of academic freedom of speech in Australia following the High Court’s ruling today against Great Barrier Reef expert Dr Peter Ridd, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said. The KAP which – alongside a variety of other supporters from across the country – have stood […] READ MORE

State Government holds the keys to rural housing crisis fix

13 October 2021 MEMBER for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto will request a meeting with Treasurer Cameron Dick to call for an amendment to the First Home Owners’ Grant Policy that would make buying a home in regional Queensland more attractive. Last week community leaders stated Western Queensland is struggling to grow regional centres due to the […] READ MORE

NQ OUTRAGED AS REGIONAL QLDERS EXCLUDED FROM TRIAL

7 October 2021 Regional Queenslanders have been devastatingly locked out of the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s home quarantine trial in what has been described by Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto as “lazy policy”. Despite more than 3,000 Queenslanders currently being stranded outside their home state, many of whom are from North and regional Queensland, the Government has limited its […] READ MORE

STATEMENT FROM NICK DAMETTO MP

6 October 2021 North Queensland is approaching the status of a failed state, and Townsville is front and centre of this crisis. Our city is excelling in so many aspects but youth crime continues to erode at our way of life while the Palaszczuk Labor Government writes these kids a hall pass. With up to […] READ MORE