Thursday, 17 Jun, 2021
Townsville-based Resources Minister Scott Stewart must come clean on Government forecasts for minerals production out of the state’s most important resources region, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter, who challenged Mr Stewart on the subject in Parliament this week, said the Minister’s non-response to his question had […]
Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto MP, has used Question time today to slam the Agricultural Minister over the ALP Government’s empowerment of RSPCA offices to extort and shut down competition for financial gain. Mr Dametto asked the Minister, “Will the Minister inform the House as to what oversight the department has over the RSPCA and […]
The first of two public hearings have been held into Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook’s, Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) Amendment Bill 2021. The Bill sets out to repeal the ALP Government’s 2019 legislation which demonises farmers and regulates the agricultural industry into oblivion. “This is unfair legislation we are trying to reverse. The […]
Wednesday, 16 Jun, 2021
Tricky accounting and capital spending centred on the south-east corner defines the 2021-22 Queensland Budget but there are still some sugar hits for the Hinchinbrook electorate, local MP Nick Dametto has said. Mr Dametto said the Queensland Treasurer had delivered a textbook Labor Budget that ticked all the social boxes, but lacked grunt and vision. […]
Smoke and mirrors have been used to hide the lack of critical services funding and visionary nation-building infrastructure in the 2021-22 Queensland Budget, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter said the Government had spent significantly on education ($18.3 billion), social housing ($1.9 billion) and cost of living concessions […]
Tuesday, 15 Jun, 2021
The 2021-22 Queensland Budget is a piece of PR that with will keep the lights on and the public servants paid but will do nothing to advance the future of the state, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said. Mr Katter said the Palaszczuk Labor Government had also failed to address […]