Queensland hospitality desperate for workers

The hospitality sector in regional Queensland is being forced to cut back on trading hours and in some cases cease trading by a dire shortage of chefs and hospitality workers. Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto has written to the Federal Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs and the Queensland Treasurer raising his […] READ MORE

GANGS SHOULD BE GOVT’S GUN FOCUS: DAMETTO

The Palaszczuk Labor Government and its bureaucracy’s obsession with punishing law-abiding firearm owners like sports shooters and farmers is allowing gang-related gun crime to fester in south-east Queensland, Katter’s Australian Party Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has warned. Citing recently-published Queensland Police Service data that shows gang-related activity associated with concealable firearms has risen significantly alongside […] READ MORE

RSPCA turns 150: Pets over profits

5 July 2021 RSPCA Australia is turning 150 and Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto said it was time the RSPCA went back to their founding value of looking after animals, not looking after their profits. The RSPCA Queensland posted a profit of $8.7M in 2019-2020.  Around 42 per cent of revenue comes from community donations, […] READ MORE

THE DEATH OF THE COUNTRY SHOW IS IMMINENT, KAP WARNS

5 July 2021 A New Zealand-style national insurer, loans to operators to develop their own mutual funds and an immediate halving of Queensland’s minimum insurance amounts have been floated by Katter’s Australian Party as solutions to the nation’s public liability insurance crisis. KAP Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter said the public liability insurance […] READ MORE

Dametto backs Cardwell Bike Trail Proposal

1 July 2021 Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook has today restated his full support for the Cardwell Mountain Bike Proposal, in a letter to Mayor Mark Nolan at Cassowary Coast Regional Council. “North Queensland is fortunate to have world class natural assets at our doorstep. Developing the eco-tourism brand is crucial to ensure Cardwell is […] READ MORE

KAP backs call for small business rescue package

1 July 2021 Katter’s Australian Party Leader Robbie Katter has backed calls from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland’s (CCIQ) for the Palaszczuk Labor Government to provide small businesses hit by the latest snap lockdown with a targeted financial stimulus package. Mr Katter said other states and territories had provided state-based economic packages to […] READ MORE

NQ Growers’ plea for Govt to release recovery cash

1 July 2021 ‘People are still suffering’ is the message from KAP Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto to Brisbane-based bureaucrats who are yet to sign off on much-needed recovery grants promised to the North Queensland growers smashed by Cyclone Niran. The Federal Government has provided $5 million in Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Grants, which are worth up […] READ MORE

Dametto slams COVID Comms

Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook has written to the Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and the Health Minister, slamming the lack of communication regarding what the lockdown means for Townsville. Mr Dametto said he was frustrated that the Premier continues to make COVID-19 announcements via press conferences and social media, 2000km away in Brisbane. “North Queenslanders matter […] READ MORE

We will not kow-tow to China on the Reef

Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook has called for Australia to leave the UN after reports in The Australian newspaper that the China chaired UN committee has declared the Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’. “Why does Australia continue to kow-tow to an organisation based on the other side of the world? “We live on the […] READ MORE

Dametto: Men ignored in State Budget

Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook is disgusted that despite being Men’s Health Week, there was not one mention by the Government or the Opposition in the Parliament on the passing of Kerry Rooney, who was allegedly stabbed by an ex-partner in front of his son on Wednesday night; nor any significant funding in the budget […] READ MORE