Opinion: Let Parents Be Parents – Don’t Criminalise Discipline

At a time when youth crime is spiralling out of control, we have the Queensland Law Reform Commission considering proposals that would make it illegal for parents to discipline their own children. The idea of banning all forms of corporal punishment is dangerous, and in my view, part of the reason why our society is […] READ MORE

Dametto: Repeal Labor’s Botched Mackerel Cuts

8 May 2025 Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has welcomed the release of the 2025 Spanish mackerel Stock Assessment, which confirms that Queensland’s Spanish mackerel fishery is on the road to recovery. According to the new assessment, the stock biomass of Spanish mackerel in Queensland waters is now at a […] READ MORE

From Approvals to Action: Dametto Urges Budget Support for Hinchinbrook Marine Infrastructure

7 May 2025 With environmental approvals now secured for the Dungeness rock wall and dredging project, Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto says the ball is now firmly in the State Government’s court, calling for urgent funding commitments to deliver long-overdue marine infrastructure upgrades across the region. Mr Dametto said securing environmental and planning approvals was often […] READ MORE

30 April 2025 Mount Spec: Heritage Listed Road fall short of Modern Expectations Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, has backed his community’s call for answers regarding timeframes on repair works to Mount Spec Road, calling on the Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Minister to urgently provide answers and a […] READ MORE

Opinion Piece – “Gold Standard Early Intervention?” Or Gold-Plated Bureaucracy?

14 April 2025  The first quarter of the year is now well behind us and while some of the promised youth crime laws have changed, you can’t dress up the current crime statistics, they still resemble a pig in lipstick. The latest announcement from the Queensland LNP Government touts a $50 million cash splash on […] READ MORE

Dametto: Stronger Youth Crime Laws Must Be Matched with Remote Detention

1 April 2025 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, has confirmed that the KAP will support the latest tranche of Adult Crime, Adult Time measures introduced today by Premier David Crisafulli. Welcoming the new laws, Mr. Dametto said the legislation included all the essential offences proposed in the KAP’s version […] READ MORE

Dametto Blasts Successive Government Inaction on Gairloch and Seymour Project

22 March 2025 Seasonal rain has seen the Bruce Highway cut once again north of Ingham at the Seymour and Gairloch crossings, leaving North Queenslanders stranded, businesses crippled, and supply chains in chaos. Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader Nick Dametto has slammed the continued delays to the Gairloch Project (which encompasses […] READ MORE

Crime Crisis Continues Across Townsville

  10 March 2025 Townsville’s crime wave shows no sign of slowing, prompting Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto, to call on the Crisafulli Government to adopt stronger measures, including Castle Law, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, and Bush Sentencing. Despite a change of government, Mr. Dametto said the city’s crime statistics […] READ MORE

Federal Government Flood Recovery Funding Fails North Queenslanders

27 February 2025 The Federal Government’s flood recovery grant system has failed North Queenslanders, with absurd eligibility criteria leaving individuals, businesses and primary producers without the support they desperately need after the recent devastating floods. Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto MP, has slammed the red tape restricting disaster […] READ MORE

Dametto: Castle Law Needed Now After Horrific Home Invasion

21 February 2025 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has expressed his disgust and outrage over a shocking home invasion and sexual assault that occurred in Cairns earlier this week. “During the night, a woman was allegedly subjected to one of the most terrifying and violating crimes imaginable, in her […] READ MORE