MEDIA
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1 July 2021
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 -
1 July 2021
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 -
1 July 2021
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 -
30 June 2021
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 -
22 June 2021
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 -
22 June 2021
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 -
17 June 2021
RSPCA: Back the horse called self-interest
Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto MP, has used Question time today to slam the Agricultural Minister over the ALP Government’s empowerment of RSPCA offices to extort and shut down competition for financial gain. Mr Dametto asked the Minister, “Will the Minister inform the House as to what oversight the department has over the RSPCA and […] READ MORE -
17 June 2021
Farming and Reef: Don’t Demonise the Farmers
The first of two public hearings have been held into Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook’s, Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) Amendment Bill 2021. The Bill sets out to repeal the ALP Government’s 2019 legislation which demonises farmers and regulates the agricultural industry into oblivion. “This is unfair legislation we […] READ MORE -
7 June 2021
Dametto delivers ultimatum to State, Feds on crime
The State and Federal governments must co-fund a new youth detention centre or back Katter’s Australian Party’s relocation sentencing policy, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said news today that the watch-house was being used to temporarily house young offenders because Cleveland Youth Detention Centre was full left the State Labor Government with two […] READ MORE -
2 June 2021
Harper shuts down regional hearings for Reef Bill
FARMERS and landowners will be muzzled from having their say on a Bill that will repeal Labor’s farm-destroying Reef regulations after a request for regional hearings was denied by Health and Environment Committee Chair Aaron Harper. In a letter to Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto, Mr Harper said there was no need to have regional hearings […] READ MORE
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