Herbert River district powers through cane season despite challenges

25 August 2021   MEMBER for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto MP has praised the Herbert farming community on their efforts as harvesting crews’ power through the 2021 season. The sugarcane industry remains the number one industry in Hinchinbrook. For every $1 of economic activity in sugarcane growing, an additional $6.40 in economic activity is generated elsewhere […] READ MORE

Dametto outraged as Brisbane secures new special prosecutors to take on juvenile offenders

20 August 2021 MEMBER for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto MP is furious as the Townsville Bulletin has today confirmed that in the coming weeks, two new civilian prosecutors will commence in Brisbane to take on the ‘worst’ juvenile offenders.[1] Nick Dametto MP said North Queensland, particularly across the three centres of Townsville, Cairns and Mount Isa […] READ MORE

Queensland Road Safety Week: it’s everyone’s responsibility

18 August 2021 HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has reminded road users to get behind the initiatives promoted by Queensland Road Safety Week and take a moment to remember those who have lost their lives on the region’s roads this year. Since the start of the year, 17 people have been killed on Northern Police Region […] READ MORE

Police must be empowered to intercept kid crims: Dametto

16 August 2021 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has today called on the State Government to restore community safety by clarifying crucial police powers and enabling officers to act, particularly in relation to the deployment of tyre stingers. Mr Dametto, spurred on by a week-long crime spike in Townsville, said Queensland communities […] READ MORE

Dametto defends the reputation of Ingham and Forrest Beach property market

10 August 2021 HINCHINBROOK MP, Nick Dametto fights for the Ingham and Forrest Beach property market, which has been unfairly discriminated against in a recent Courier Mail story which classed the communities as ‘no go zones’ for investors. According to an analysis of CoreLogic, ABS and SQM Research data by Positive Property Solutions, Ingham and […] READ MORE

KAP calls for feds to be consistent on reef policy

6 August 2021 THE Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Federal Environment Minister has endorsed the Queensland Government’s reef regulations, while at the same time the Special Envoy to Northern Australia has called for their removal.[1] Katter’s Australian Party are calling on the LNP Federal Government and State Opposition, to clearly state its position on […] READ MORE

Dametto calls to end juvenile joy rides

3 August 2021 A FURIOUS Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto is calling for an improved strategy to put an end to the rampage of stolen vehicles on Townsville streets. Today it will be alleged a stolen Ford Ranger Raptor crashed into a number of vehicles at a busy Aitkenvale intersection in Townsville, leaving multiple people […] READ MORE

What a croc: Dametto slams Queensland Govt croc report

1 August 2021 Queensland Government released Queensland Estuarine Crocodile Monitoring Program 2016-2019 key findings report. The report confirmed that Queensland’s crocodile population is growing at a rate of 2.2 per cent annually. Katter’s Australian Party has long called for improved crocodile management for the safety of North Queenslanders and has twice introduced their Safer Waterways […] READ MORE

SUBMISSIONS SUPPORT LESS GREEN TAPE FOR GBR GROWERS

28 July 2021   Around 60 per cent of the submissions received to Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP) reef regulations reversal legislation were in support of the Bill, signaling significant support for the proposed laws that seek to restore common sense to the management of on-farm water run-off. KAP Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto, who introduced the […] READ MORE

State Govt StreetSmarts Program will launch hazard light campaign

28 July 2021 KAP Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto has welcomed the announcement that the State Government will launch a hazard light social media campaign through the StreetSmarts Program. Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey MP has advised through the StreetSmarts Program, social media content will be developed in the coming months to […] READ MORE