Gel blaster petition is common sense: Dametto

  HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has stood up for law-abiding gel blaster owners after sponsoring a petition urging the government not to reclassify the toy guns. The parliamentary e-petition, launched by Silkwood man Craig Bainbridge, calls on the State government to reject a proposal for the regulation of gel blasters and that the “toy” exemption […] READ MORE

KAP ANNOUNCES “BAT RE-STOCKING” PROPOSAL

Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) has today offered to devise a plan to safely export hundreds of thousands of Queensland flying foxes to New South Wales with no option for “return to sender”, as part of a proposed “Bat Re-Stocking Program”. The announcement follows the news that hundreds of bats were flown on a private plane […] READ MORE

Canavan fails energy test

NATIONALS Senator Matt Canavan has confirmed how out of touch he is with North Queensland’s renewable energy sector, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said it beggared belief Senator Canavan wrote off renewable energy as the “dole bludgers” of the energy system in a recent newspaper opinion piece that argued for a new coal-fired […] READ MORE

$2.4 million secured for River Trust

HINCHINBROOK farmers battling riverbank erosion issues will have some relief after the State and Federal governments allocated $2.4 million to the Herbert River Improvement Trust (HRIT). Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said the funding, provided under the joint Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), would help deliver much needed works for landholders in the Herbert River […] READ MORE

Minister stumbles over bat question

  ENVIRONMENT Minister Leeanne Enoch has failed to provide a straight answer over what support her department will provide Hinchinbrook Shire Council as they attempt to rid Ingham of a massive bat colony. In a Question Without Notice from Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto in parliament on Tuesday morning, Mr Dametto referenced the “technical and financial […] READ MORE

Katter’s Australian Party enters new era

THE future of Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) is secure after Maverick Kennedy MP Bob Katter announced he will hand over his leadership of the party to the next generation. Mr Katter’s son and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has been named as the new KAP leader, with Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto praising the move. “I congratulate […] READ MORE

Telstra abandons Upper Stone customers

RESIDENTS in Upper Stone fear their calls will go unanswered in a potentially life-threatening situation due to failing Telstra infrastructure that has left them largely without any landline phone service for almost a month. Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said his office had been inundated with emails, mobile phone calls and visits from furious residents, with […] READ MORE

Contractor to help fight against Ingham bats

AN environmental management firm with a proven track record of bat roost dispersal will get to work in Ingham shortly following a productive meeting with Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto and Hinchinbrook Mayor Ramon Jayo. Mr Dametto said he was pleased Cr Jayo had announced a $250,000 contract to environmental management firm Biodiversity Australia to disperse […] READ MORE

Automation hurting local jobs

SELF-service checkouts will largely kill off entry-level local jobs for young people in small towns unless guarantees are given by major franchises to protect them, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have warned. KAP Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said “creeping automation” was slowly being rolled out across regional centres like Townsville, Ingham, Charters Towers and Tully, […] READ MORE

MAJOR PARTIES TREAT DAIRY FARMERS WITH CONTEMPT

Katter’s Australian Party State (KAP) MPs have today launched a scathing attack on Labor and the LNP for politicising the plight of struggling Queensland farmers to win favour with voters. State KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter said he was furious that after years of silence and repeated refusal to back KAP legislation designed […] READ MORE