Aged Care Retention Payment Needs Expansion

11/07/2021 Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook has written to Health and Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt to request the Aged Care Retention Payment be extended to all aged care workers. “I was shocked to hear that the Aged Care Extension Payment was only applicable to registered nurses, allied health workers and those that work directly […] READ MORE

Petition launch: Offset the Qld Olympic waste and invest in NQ nation building fund

9/7/2021 A PETITION calling on the Parliament to create a nation building fund to offset negative impacts on regional Queensland of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics has been launched by Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook and Founder of Our Fair Share, Colin Dwyer in Townsville today. “This is another example of the Government neglecting regional Queenslanders. […] READ MORE

Dametto asks Minister to guarantee Child Safety paedophile never happens again

9/7/2021 Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook is disgusted and alarmed at ABC Background Briefing reports that the Queensland Department of Child Safety paid convicted paedophile Bob Montgomery almost $70,000 as an expert psychologist on 21 cases, to assess the risks of paedophiles to children in its care. “I’ve today written to the Queensland Minister for Children […] READ MORE

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