Dungeness redevelopment vital step forward for Hinchinbrook

A VISIONARY proposal to develop Dungeness into a boating precinct by opening up Enterprise Channel, recreating a historic spit, expanding the car park and installing a viewing platform will be fully funded if Katter’s Australian Party finds itself in a position of power after the next State election, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. In what […] READ MORE

Super pest a danger for Hinchinbrook growers

SUGARCANE growers are being urged to remain vigilant after the rapid spread of an introduced worm known to devastate multiple types of crops. Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said he was extremely concerned over reports of the fall armyworm spreading from the Torres Strait to Bamaga and now to Georgetown, with the pest able to chew […] READ MORE

Labor fails community on bail laws

MISGUIDED social engineering by the State Labor Government has dramatically worsened Townsville’s youth crime crisis, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. The Katter’s Australian Party MP said he stood with the police officers and lawyers mentioned in a recent media article who were adamant the government’s new youth justice bail laws had made it more difficult […] READ MORE

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