Thousands back innovative hunting petition

QUEENSLAND’S sport shooting community have thrown their weight behind a conservation hunting E-Petition sponsored by Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto, attracting 6000 signatures in a matter of weeks. The parliamentary E-Petition proposes a three year trial of conservation hunting in Queensland State Forests where feral species such as pigs, cats and deer would be targeted. Mr […] READ MORE

Dametto stands up for 4WD owners

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has called on the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) to end the uncertainty over vehicle lift modifications in a bid to stop 4WD owners being unfairly targeted by police. The Katter’s Australian Party MP said he was extremely concerned by the ad-hoc “Operation Lift” on the Gold Coast earlier […] READ MORE

North’s crops to help graziers bounce back

  HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has praised new commercial initiatives which are using cane and pasture grown by North Queensland farmers to help drought-stricken cattle producers doing it tough. Supplier Feed Central is scouring farms across Australia to purchase cane tops and pasture which will then be advertised and sold to their long term and […] READ MORE

Dametto backs biofuel industry for North

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has called on Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to back the biofuel industry in North Queensland with a game-changing local project. The proposed $640 million North Queensland Bio-Energy (NQBE) plant came to a halt in May due to several factors, including an unstable electricity pricing market. The project would have brought some […] READ MORE

Bill to eradicate PC from the workplace

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has urged the community to get behind a new Bill designed to protect – and not persecute – people from using common sense gender pronouns in the workplace. The Katter’s Australian Party MP said a continuous assault on everyday language by the Political Correctness brigade had forced his party to develop […] READ MORE

Dametto reports on Estimates hearing

On August 23, I gave a speech in parliament about my take on the recent Estimates hearings on Education and Industrial Relations as a member of the Education, Employment and Small Business Committee. Our electorate of Hinchinbrook is dealing with several issues related to these sectors and I am fighting hard to get those resolved. READ MORE

Dametto continues fight for Hinchinbrook

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto says nothing will stop him from fighting for the North’s fair share as he continues to stand up for his constituents in parliament. The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP said it had been “business as usual” this month as he attends four regional hearings for the Inquiry into wage theft in […] READ MORE

Canberra needs to unleash North: Dametto

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has called on Canberra to awaken the “sleeping giant” that is North Queensland after a successful trip to meet the nation’s top powerbrokers this week. Mr Dametto was part of an 80-strong North Queensland delegation who visited Australia’s capital to advocate for projects and policies that could deliver almost 3000 new […] READ MORE

New-age fodder to help farmers in drought

SUGAR cane and molasses-based liquid supplements could be the answer to helping drought-stricken farmers on the land, according to Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. The Katter’s Australian Party MP is urging Federal and State governments to purchase emergency supplies of liquid supplements and sugar cane to replace dwindling supplies of hay, cotton seed and other supplements […] READ MORE

Farmers needed more than foreign aid

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has called on the Federal Coalition Government to put farmers, not foreign aid, first as Australia deals with a drought crisis. Currently, about 98 per cent of New South Wales and almost two thirds of Queensland is either in drought or drought affected, yet the government’s foreign aid budget remains at […] READ MORE