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Dametto: Repeal Labor’s Botched Mackerel Cuts
Thursday, 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 median of 34 […]
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OPINION – Let Parents Be Parents – Don’t Criminalise Discipline
Thursday, 8 May, 2025
OPINION – Let Parents Be Parents – Don’t Criminalise Discipline RE: Queensland Law Reform Commission – Review of particular criminal defences https://www.qlrc.qld.gov.au/reviews/review-of-particular-criminal-defences By Nick Dametto MP 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 […]
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Talk is Cheap – Reform and Real Action, not Just Subsidies Needed: Katter
Thursday, 8 May, 2025
“While authorities continue to ‘talk’, and provide piecemeal ‘support’, the communities of the North West continue to live in as state of uncertainty about what the future holds,” the Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter has said in Mount Isa today. At the North West MPX, the Minister for Natural Resources […]
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From Approvals to Action: Dametto Urges Budget Support for Hinchinbrook Marine Infrastructure
Wednesday, 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 the hardest part […]
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Mount Spec: Heritage Listed Road fall short of Modern Expectations
Wednesday, 30 Apr, 2025
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 timeline to residents and businesses living in limbo. Following February’s devastating flood event […]
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Katter applauds final approvals for Dungeness Breakwater and Dredging Project
Wednesday, 30 Apr, 2025
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter MP, has applauded the Hinchinbrook community after the final State Government approvals were granted for the long-awaited Prescribed Tidal Works (Dungeness Breakwater and Dredging) project – marking a significant milestone in the fight to restore marine access to Dungeness and beyond. With the State's final tick of approval […]
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