Residents living in perpetual state of fear as youth crime crisis grows

3 June 2024 Townsville residents are living in a perpetual state of fear as youth criminals run rampant on the streets endangering the lives of people going about their normal business. Over the weekend, it has been alleged that carloads of youth offenders in stolen vehicles rammed up to three cars belonging to members of […] READ MORE

30,000+ Queenslanders call for Castle Law

30 May 2024 More than 31,000 Queenslanders have signed the Parliamentary Petition to enact Castle Law in Queensland, a figure labelled by Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto as an overwhelming milestone. The parliamentary petition was launched in conjunction with the introduction of the Criminal Code (Defence of Dwellings and […] READ MORE

Gairloch Floodway Safety Project Reaches Overdue Design Milestone

28 May 2024 Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, has announced a long-awaited milestone in relation to the Gairloch flood and safety project to the north of Ingham but the accolades weren’t without fair criticism with the project currently dragging through its tenth years of being on the books. The […] READ MORE

Queensland Community Safety Bill risks being swept through by inappropriate committee process

24 May 2024 The first and only round of public hearings and briefings by the Community Safety and Legal Affairs Committee (the Committee) in relation to their examination of the Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024 are underway in Brisbane today. So far, the Committee has heard from various stakeholders at the morning’s public hearing proceedings […] READ MORE

Dametto Renews Calls for 120km/h Speed Limit on Overtaking Lanes

24 May 2024 Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto has renewed his calls from 2023 for an increased speed limit of up to 120 kilometres per hour for overtaking lanes along the Bruce Highway. The Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Minister at the time rejected Mr Dametto’s proposal claiming that […] READ MORE

Time’s Ticking on Intensive On Country Program

21 May 2024 Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto used parliamentary Question Time today to corner the Queensland Premier for an update on the Expression of Interest (EOI) process for Labor’s Intensive On Country Program. The Queensland State Labor Government has come under heavy criticism this week for their continued […] READ MORE

Red flag for all – Alarm raised by KAP on attack on liberties of all Queenslanders

21 May 2024 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) have come out today renewing their denunciation of the Queensland Community Safety Bill, citing severe concerns over the erosion of civil liberties and the potential devastating impact that the poorly drafted legislation will have on the broader community. The bill, which is cloaked in anti-gun and ‘safety’ rhetoric, […] READ MORE

Intensive On Country Trial, or not?

19 May 2024 It’s been two months since the EOI process for the revamped Intensive On Country Program concluded and as crime continues to traumatise residents and compromise the safety of North Queenslander’s, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto is now calling on the State Labor Government to urgently update the public on […] READ MORE

Time to blow the whistle on Port Hinchinbrook saga

14 May 2024 Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto has summoned State Government representatives and the Cassowary Coast Regional Council to a crucial meeting in Cairns to address the final steps of the normalisation at the ailed Port Hinchinbrook development. Despite some good work already being done, a concrete plan […] READ MORE

Lawful Firearm Owners a Threatened Species under Labor

13 May 2024 Shooting industry groups, their members and the broader Queensland community have raised serious concerns about the proposed changes to weapons licensing laws contained within a recently introduced Labor Government bill. The Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024[1], introduced on 1 May 2024 by Police Minster Mark Ryan MP, seeks to introduce a suite […] READ MORE