Friday, 9 Jul, 2021
A PETITION calling on the Parliament to create a nation building fund to offset negative impacts on regional Queensland of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics has been launched by Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook and Founder of Our Fair Share, Colin Dwyer in Townsville today. “This is another example of the Government neglecting regional Queenslanders. The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games had arguably a net negative impact on regional […]
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KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, has applauded news that preliminary work on a $120 million space centre development in Weipa, Far North Queensland, is proposed to start next year, labelling the project more than 30 years overdue. As Minister for Northern Development in the Joh Bjelke Petersen Queensland Government, Bob was part of a push for […]
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Nick Dametto, Member for Hinchinbrook is disgusted and alarmed at ABC Background Briefing reports that the Queensland Department of Child Safety paid convicted paedophile Bob Montgomery almost $70,000 as an expert psychologist on 21 cases, to assess the risks of paedophiles to children in its care. “I’ve today written to the Queensland Minister for Children and Youth Justice and Minister for Multicultural Affairs, asking what […]
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Police should be prohibited from accessing QR code data associated with people’s movements if the State Government is to retain community confidence that its mandatory app is for the sole purpose of contact tracing, Katter’s Australian Party Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said. The State Government’s ‘Check In Qld’ app is being enforced on all […]
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The KAP is pressing the State’s Energy Minister and Premier to honour their promises and move urgently to deliver CopperString 2.0 with a ‘shovel-ready’ date of later this year as pressure mounts from investors to realise the future of the $1.7 billion project. “This project promises to revolutionize the mineral mining industry and it’s now […]
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KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, is calling on the State Government to prioritise inland North Queensland communities over cotton growers from down south, when it allocates 145,000 mega-litres in the Flinders River catchment later this year. Qld’s Water Minister, Glen Butcher said mines and irrigators would be vying for the Flinders River catchment water, including the […]
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