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

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

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