Monday, 13 Sep, 2021
MEMBER for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto took on the raging bull to raise funds for charity at the annual Ingham Sugar City Rodeo, September 11. The four riders battled it out, with Jonty Collins-Furber topping the leader board with a time of 6.7 seconds, James Stevens came in second place with 4.6 seconds, Nick Dametto MP […]
Friday, 10 Sep, 2021
The Palaszczuk Labor Government is a hair’s breadth away from hammering the final nail in the coffin for Queensland’s former publicy-owned rail freight service, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter, responding to an announcement this week by Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey, said despite its anti-asset […]
MEMBER for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto is deeply disappointed with the response from Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Senator the Hon. Richard Colbeck in reference to extending the Aged Care Workforce Retention Bonus Payment to all aged care workers. Back in July, Mr. Dametto wrote to the Minister requesting to extend the Aged […]
Thursday, 9 Sep, 2021
Lawson Grains, one of Australia’s leading corporate grain growers, has been acquired by Canadian-owned [1]New Forests and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMC), a sign that Australia is continuing to be usurped by foreign landlords, Kennedy MP, Bob Katter has warned. Lawson Grains, owned by US-based, Macquarie Crop Partners, produces more than 200,000 tonnes per year […]
HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has contacted Minister for Fisheries Mark Furner seeking an urgent simplification of the new catch reporting processes for commercial fishermen as well as better support and training for fisheries officers and commercial fisherman. He said this needs to be part of the roll out of the latest Sustainable Fisheries reforms that […]
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter MP has appealed to the State and Federal Governments to intervene as the deadline approaches for the cancellation of all newspaper deliveries to at least 30 rural Queensland communities. Mr Katter said thousands of Queenslanders would effectively be cut off from the rest of the state […]