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

Dametto shines a light on road safety

13 July 2021 Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook has written to Transport and Main Roads Minister, Mark Bailey to suggest a public communication campaign for motorists to use their hazards lights when stationary on highways. “Recently, two young men and a woman tragically lost their lives in a double incident on the Bruce Highway. I […] READ MORE

KAP EXTENDS NQ INVITATION TO DISPLACED NRL TEAMS

12 July 2021 Katter’s Australian Party MPs have extended an invitation to move North to the 12 southern and overseas NRL teams that will spend the next month playing in Queensland. Boasting die-hard league fans, Queensland’s newest stadium, the best winter weather on offer in Australia and no active cases of COVID-19, KAP Hinchinbrook MP […] READ MORE