Tensions Rise as Pay Dispute Sours Good Will

29 August 2024 Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, has echoed his community’s frustration as the Wilmar pay dispute continues. The continued industrial relations dance between miller and unions is now creating a pressure cooker situation within affected sugar growing districts. Despite both parties heading to arbitration in September, […] READ MORE

Dametto Condemns Queensland Community Safety Bill as an Assault on Firearm Owners

26 August 2024 The landscape of firearm ownership in Queensland suffered a major shift this week with the passing of the Queensland Community Safety Bill in State Parliament. Promoted as a bill focused on community safety and the ratcheting up of youth justice measures, the Queensland Community Safety Bill also contained over 40 pages of […] READ MORE

Port Hinchinbrook Statement – Nick Dametto MP

23 August 2024 Today I am pleased to announce a major milestone for the Port Hinchinbrook development, Cardwell and the Hinchinbrook electorate. Premier Steven Miles has visited Cardwell and Port Hinchinbrook to meet with myself and a number of residents where the major announcement was made. As per the attached Media Statement from Premier Miles, […] READ MORE

Dametto set to Face Parliament Committee for Castle Law Bill Public Briefing

19 August 2024 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto MP, is gearing up to confront a parliamentary committee at a crucial public briefing on his Castle Law Bill today (Monday, 19th August, 2024). [1] With overwhelming support from Queenslanders, the Castle Law Bill aims to restore the fundamental right […] READ MORE

Dametto Slams Labor’s Baseless Net Ban as Report Shows Dugong Numbers Thriving

16 August 2024  Nick Dametto MP, Deputy Leader of Katter’s Australian Party has slammed the State and Federal Labor Governments for their ill-conceived gillnet ban introduced in June 2023, calling it a pathetic attempt to score international political points rather than a genuine effort to protect threatened species. The Hinchinbrook MP’s comments follow the release […] READ MORE

KAP Calls for Next Stage of Mount Louisa Walking Tracks

15 August 2024 Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) candidates are calling on the Townsville City Council to bring forward the next stages of the Mount Louisa walking tracks in a bid to open up more local, recreational outdoor spaces in the Townsville area. KAP is calling on the Townsville City Council […] READ MORE

Herbert Sugar Industry Soured by Wilmar’s Arrogance

14 August 2024 Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, has launched a scathing attack on Wilmar in the wake of the multinational company’s decision to not allow workers to vote on the recommendations handed down by the Fair Work Commissioner. Mr Dametto said the pay dispute between Wilmar and […] READ MORE

Opinion Piece – The Inconsistent Application of Justice

25 July 2024 The recent sentencing of the two teenagers who attacked rugby union great Toutai Kefu and his family has rightly sparked public outrage. The horrific nature of the crime – a brutal home invasion resulting in severe injuries to Mr. Kefu, his wife, and their two adult children – warranted a severe punishment. […] READ MORE

Labor’s Intensive On Country Program Off the Mark

24 July 2024 The State Labor Government yesterday announced that they have awarded the first contract for their new Intensive On Country Program. The successful tender was awarded to a Mount Isa based organisation that is expected to commence within weeks. The ‘Intensive’ On Country Program which bares the same name plate as the previous […] READ MORE

Dametto sponsors petition calling for ambulance station at Rollingstone

17 May 2024 Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and State Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto, has sponsored a Queensland Parliament petition calling for an ambulance station at Rollingstone. Currently, the closest ambulance stations to Rollingstone are the Ingham Station and the Northern Beaches Station at Black River, leaving a 93 kilometre stretch along the Bruce […] READ MORE