Support grows for relocation sentencing

A LOCAL business leader and store owner believe Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP’s) youth relocation sentencing policy is worth consideration in trying to solve the region’s crime crisis. Hinchinbrook Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism president Rachael Coco and Heaven Scent Flowers & Gifts owner Gail Guandalini said all options should be on the table when […] READ MORE

Local forum to tackle youth crime

RESIDENTS craving a real solution to stopping the plague of youth crime engulfing North Queensland are being urged to attend an innovative forum in Townsville next Thursday. To be chaired by Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto, the Relocation Sentencing Forum will feature an experienced and engaging panel comprising of Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter, Palm […] READ MORE

Office meet and greet a roaring success

DOZENS of locals were able to press the flesh with Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto after he threw open the doors to his Ingham electorate office for a meet and greet event last Friday. The Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP was joined by colleagues Bob Katter, the Federal Member for Kennedy, and Hill MP Shane Knuth […] READ MORE

Another bank turns its back on Ingham

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto says it’s clear Ingham is being abandoned by the major banks after Suncorp confirmed it would be closing its local branch this August. In what is a low blow for customers and bank staff, the Katter’s Australian Party MP said he was gutted by the decision, which comes shortly after ANZ […] READ MORE

Bright future set for Cardwell

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto believes Cardwell could soon regain its status as a tourism hotspot following a Supreme Court decision on the mortgagee of Port Hinchinbrook. Justice James Henry determined in the Cairns Supreme Court his afternoon that applicant Sino-Resource Import and Export Co Ltd was the legitimate mortgagee of Port Hinchinbrook in what will […] READ MORE

Dametto revs up for planned motorsport precinct

WITH 900hp rumbling beneath his feet, Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto knows just how much blood, sweat and tears go into building a high performance dream car. And that’s why the avid revhead, who drives a custom Toyota Supra, is calling on the State and Federal governments to put pedal to the metal in funding a […] READ MORE

Dametto slams committee on veg laws

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has blasted a parliamentary committee report recommending the State Labor Government’s destructive vegetation management laws be passed. In what will be a devastating blow to farmers in the region, the Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MP said it was no surprise the Labor-stacked State Development, Natural Resources and Agricultural Industry Development Committee […] READ MORE

Bus run back for local school

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has joined forces with a local school to help reinstate a bus run set to benefit several students in the area. Starting in Term 2, Rollingstone State School (RSS) students living at Toomulla will now be able to get to and from school by bus after a concerted lobbying effort by […] READ MORE

HINCHINBROOK OPEN FOR BUSINESS

HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has boldly declared the region open for business after floodwaters devastated the region last week. With clean up and recovery efforts now underway, Mr Dametto urged all residents and visitors to keep the tills ringing for businesses hit hard by flooding. “Local businesses have taken a major hit over the past […] READ MORE