Labor fails on youth crime again as parliamentary committee crumbles

19 April 2024 The Queensland Parliamentary Youth Justice Reform Select Committee’s dissolvement this week marks yet another dismal failure in the Labor Government’s attempt to address youth crime. The committee’s final report failed to pass due to a lack of consensus among members, a result that was inevitable with an evenly stacked Government and Opposition […] READ MORE

Opinion Piece – Parliament shake up: Time to Pop the Question.

      14 April 2024 You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who is happy with Labor’s current performance and rightly so. With the LNP now considering themselves as an alternative government, people are turning to the Opposition for answers as the October election looms. Unfortunately, other than motherhood statements and one liner’s, most […] READ MORE

Dametto pushes for Ingham Railway Station Revamp

12 April 2024 The State Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, has called for funding to be made available in the 2024-2025 Budget for beautification works at the Queensland Rail Ingham Station.  The Hinchinbrook MP stated in a letter to the Minister for Transport and Main Roads that funding […] READ MORE

Petition against Education Bill and changes to home schooling gains momentum

    11 April 2024 In just two weeks, a parliamentary petition has gathered more than 17,000 signatures from Queenslanders who are opposed to Labor’s Education (General Provisions) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill). The petition, sponsored by Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto, has been welcomed by […] READ MORE

Hinchinbrook MP announces the Ingham Hospitals’ CT scanner delivery date

10 April 2024 In late 2023, the State Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, alongside the community of Ingham, welcomed the announcement of a 24/7 CT scanner at the Ingham Hospital. However, following recent advocacy efforts and inquiries, the Health Minister, Hon. Shannon Fentiman, confirmed further key details regarding […] READ MORE

Crisis in the classroom as thousands of teachers flee Queensland’s education system  

8 April 2024 In the last four years, a total of 12,375 teachers and teacher aides resigned from state schools across Queensland painting a stark picture for the future of education in the Sunshine State. The government has touted progress towards meeting its four-year teacher recruitment target, however new figures have revealed a 60% spike […] READ MORE

North Townsville’s Traffic Nightmare leaves Fresh Faced Minister Red Faced

26 March 2024 The snail-paced progress of the Northern Townsville Road Intersections Project which takes in the length of Woolcock Street and Shaw, North Shore Boulevard, Deeragun and Garland Road intersections is a severe indictment on the State Labor Government’s ability to progress necessary road infrastructure projects for those living in Townsville’s northern suburbs. Despite […] READ MORE

Cash is King! Proclaims KAP

20 March 2024 Moves towards a fully cashless society must be immediately stopped, and the right to use cash must be safeguarded, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. In a motion put to the Queensland Parliament today, the KAP have called on the House to condemn any move away […] READ MORE

Labor threatens freedom to home school in Queensland

19 March 2024  Draft legislation recently introduced by the State Labor Government threatens to severely impact the rights and freedoms of home-schooling families and aims to eradicate the use of gendered language throughout the current Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (the Act). The Education (General Provisions) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill) is […] READ MORE

Hinchinbrook MP calls for free vaccination program for Respiratory Syncytial Virus

15 March 2024 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and State Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto, calls for the introduction of a free, state-wide Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccination program in Queensland. Currently, Queensland Health advises that there is no existing vaccine for RSV, and research is underway for its development. [1] Recently, the Western […] READ MORE