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

Dametto demands to recontinue the Household Resilience Program

25 July 2021 Katter’s Australian Party Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has backed hundreds of North Queenslanders calling for financial support to upgrade their homes against the devastating effects of unpredictable cyclones. The Household Resilience Program, which ran for two rounds but has now no longer been funded, was initially launched in 2017 to provide assistance […] READ MORE

Dametto backs alternative access for Bushy Beach residents

22 July 2021 HINCHINBROOK MP, Nick Dametto urges Townsville City Council to investigate alternative exits to the seaside community, Bushland Beach. “It’s ludicrous a population of thousands of people could be marooned because of one incident and a lack of road infrastructure. “I feel the community’s frustrations, early morning road delays can lead to people […] READ MORE

DARK AGES DESCEND ON REGIONS AS BRISBANE PARTIES

21 July 2021, The “dark ages” will descend this evening on North and regional Queensland should Brisbane be successfully awarded the 2032 Olympic Games, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have warned. KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said fanfare, financial trickery and creative spin was being used by the Palaszczuk Labor Government to justify the […] READ MORE

DAMETTO APPEALS FOR CLARITY ON EXEMPTION DECISIONS

19 July 2021 The Chief Health Officer should provide clarity to Queenslanders around the criteria she applies when deciding who should and should not be granted hotel quarantine exemptions, Katter’s Australian Party Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. Mr Dametto has today written to CHO Dr Jeanette Young, who will later this year become the […] READ MORE

Queensland strikes right balance on “big kids’ toys”: Dametto

16/07/2021 Queensland’s measured approach to the thriving gel blaster industry should be an example to other states who have opted for draconian measures that outlaw or severely restrict what is fundamentally a toy, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. Mr Dametto said that he, and the KAP, believed in the core […] READ MORE