Labor avoids here and now problems while pushes on with Ingham bypass

14 September 2021 INGHAM small businesses have been left feeling gutted following news the Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Minister will forge ahead with the Ingham bypass, Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said. TMR has advised it will commence planning and consultation on the planned bypass between Ingham and Cardwell later this year, in a bid […] READ MORE

SCIENCE IS UNSETTLED BUT GROWERS BEAR THE BRUNT

14 September 2021 The draconian reef regulations that could blow a $1 billion-plus hole in the Queensland economy over the next 10 years will have no real impact on the health Great Barrier Reef (GBR), independent scientist Dr Peter Ridd has said. Speaking in support of KAP Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto’s Environmental and Other Legislation […] READ MORE

Dametto rides the bucking bull for charity

13 September 2021 MEMBER for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto took on the raging bull to raise funds for charity at the annual Ingham Sugar City Rodeo, September 11. The four riders battled it out, with Jonty Collins-Furber topping the leader board with a time of 6.7 seconds, James Stevens came in second place with 4.6 seconds, […] READ MORE

Proposed Aged Care Retention Payment expansion brushed off

10 September 2021 MEMBER for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto is deeply disappointed with the response from Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Senator the Hon. Richard Colbeck in reference to extending the Aged Care Workforce Retention Bonus Payment to all aged care workers. Back in July, Mr. Dametto wrote to the Minister requesting to […] READ MORE

NQ commercial fishermen struggle to stay afloat with latest reforms

9 September 2021 HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has contacted Minister for Fisheries Mark Furner seeking an urgent simplification of the new catch reporting processes for commercial fishermen as well as better support and training for fisheries officers and commercial fisherman. He said this needs to be part of the roll out of the latest Sustainable […] READ MORE

NORTH IN STATE OF RUIN AS YOUNG CRIMS RUN RIOT

9 September 2021 Katter’s Australian Party MPs have called for a no-holds-barred roundtable with the Police Minister, Minister for Youth Justice, Regional Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Taylor and North Queensland MPs to be held within the next two weeks to address the ruinous state of Queensland’s youth justice system. Robbie Katter, KAP Leader and […] READ MORE

NORTH IN DANGEROUS TERRITORY AS COPS HUNTED

6 September 2021 The hunters are becoming the hunted in a shocking new escalation of Townsville’s youth crime crisis, Katter’s Australian Party Hinchinbrook (KAP) MP Nick Dametto has said. Mr Dametto said reports of youth offenders pursuing, ramming and throwing bricks at police cars overnight had sickened him. He said due to the Queensland Police […] READ MORE

Telstra called in to clarify GPS tracker network issues

6 September 2021 MEMBER for Hinchinbrook has demanded answers from Minister for Police and Emergency Services regarding reports that, to date, not a single eligible recidivist youth offender in Townsville has been fitted with an Electronic Monitoring Device (EMD). On May 17, the Queensland Government passed amendments purportedly aimed at strengthening youth bail laws in […] READ MORE

The countdown is on for Ingham’s Charity Bull Ride

6 September 2021 MEMBER for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto is saddling up to take on the raging bull at Ingham Sugar City Rodeo, September 11. The official welcome will commence at approximately 6.00pm which will lead into a special tribute to Will Murdoch and his Mini Bull Ride, the Charity Bull Ride will then follow soon […] READ MORE

Witnesses line up to give evidence on reef Bill

2 September 2021   HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto is eager to question witnesses at the second and final public hearing into his reef regulations reversal bill, which is being held tomorrow in Brisbane. A varied mix of witnesses, including reef expert Dr Peter Ridd, cane industry representatives and conservationists will state their cases at the […] READ MORE