Sedge meeting a promising step forward

MEMBER for Hill Shane Knuth MP is pleased the fight against noxious weed Navua Sedge is starting to gain traction after facilitating a meeting in Parliament recently with State Agriculture Minister Mark Furner, the Malanda Beef Plan Group and representatives from the Tablelands Regional Council and Hinchinbrook Shire. The weed has now spread as far […] READ MORE

Labor’s youth crime spend lacking bang for buck

THE State Labor Government’s decision to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on new youth detention centres in Queensland will do little to curb the state’s youth crime crisis, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said it beggared belief the government was intent on blowing more than $320 million on expanding, building and staffing […] READ MORE

KAP calls out rumours on coal royalties hike

Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have put the State Government on notice, warning that any income generated from proposed coal royalties hikes must be injected in Northern and regional communities. Speaking to media after questioning Queensland Treasurer Jackie Trad on the matter on Wednesday morning, Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said KAP offices had recently been […] READ MORE

Uni must answer for Ridd debacle: Dametto

JAMES Cook University’s executive leadership must be held to account for its persecution of Professor Peter Ridd following his vindication in court, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said the university’s “relentless pursuit” of Professor Ridd, who was sacked last year after questioning the methodology used by some of his colleagues on issues such […] READ MORE

Dametto launches petition to save huts

  HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has called on the community to have their voice heard after launching a parliamentary petition to save several historic huts in Halifax Bay. It follows local hut owners receiving letters from either the Department of Environment and Science or the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy to remove huts […] READ MORE

Teamwork the key to dredge dream

  A TOTAL team effort between the Cardwell community, Cassowary Coast Regional Council and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto could be the key to unlocking State and Federal funding to dredge One Mile Creek. Mr Dametto recently visited Molongle Creek at Gumlu south of Townsville to gain an understanding of how the Molongle Creek Boat Club […] READ MORE

‘Pitiful’ trespass fine won’t stop activists

A NEW fine aimed at deterring militant animal rights activists from trespassing on farms has been derided as “pathetically weak” by Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said it was laughable the State Labor Government thought their newly announced $652.75 fine would do anything to stop activists from causing havoc on farms and meatworks across […] READ MORE

Permit fee hampers flood recovery

RESIDENTS applying for an owner builder permit to repair their homes after a natural disaster should not have to be slugged with its excessive cost, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said waiving the $415 permit fee in areas hit by natural disasters would help lessen the financial impact suffered by residents who opt […] READ MORE

Enviro Bill hearings ‘just a show’: Dametto

A PUBLIC hearing held into a farm-destroying Bill proposed by Labor has been dismissed as “just going through the motions” by Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto, who was present at the Labor-stacked Innovation, Tourism Development and Environment Committee’s hearing into the Great Barrier Reef’s catchment for the Environmental Protection (Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) […] READ MORE

Jobs on the line over Labor’s Adani games

THE State Labor Government is “playing games with people’s livelihoods” over the fate of Adani’s proposed Carmichael Mine, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. After yesterday’s Federal Government approval of Adani’s Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Management Plan, Mr Dametto said the fate of thousands of jobs was hanging in the balance with the State Government yet to […] READ MORE