Friday, 5 Mar, 2021
PUBLIC hearings into the State Labor Government’s Youth Justice Bill must be held across North Queensland, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said it would be unacceptable if Parliament’s Legal Affairs and Safety Committee confined hearings to Brisbane “given the extent of the youth crime crisis facing North Queensland”. “There needs to be a recognition of […]
Wednesday, 3 Mar, 2021
THE future of Port Hinchinbrook rests with Cassowary Coast Regional Council as the State government makes one final offer for a new sewage treatment plant. Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said he understood council was in negotiations with the State over funding necessary to replace the development’s failing STP after they originally knocked back $4.3 million in State funding at a council meeting in January. […]
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2021
THE State Labor Government’s refusal to invest in upgrading a Bruce Highway link between Ingham and Cardwell will only see more road closures during wet season, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said Transport and Main Roads had so far refused to allocate any funding to a long-standing $40 million commitment from the Federal Government to improve flood immunity at Gairloch Washaway. “That funding […]
Friday, 19 Feb, 2021
RESULTS from the 2019 Reef Water Quality Report Card prove the State Labor Government’s farm-destroying Reef regulations were unnecessary, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said the report card, released Wednesday, assessed the results of all Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan actions reported up to June 2019 and showed there was already encouraging progress. “The report shows there was a 4.3 […]
Wednesday, 10 Feb, 2021
It is hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Cyclone Yasi ripped across North Queensland, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. In the lead up to Yasi crossing the coast, I felt pretty powerless at the time because I was working away over in Western Australia and had family members living in Ingham, including my mother. […]
Monday, 8 Feb, 2021
THE State Labor Government had multiple opportunities to get tough on criminals in order to prevent people taking the law into their own hands, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said members of the community had “for years” raised their concerns about potential acts of vigilantism taking place as the government continued to do little to solve North Queensland’s escalating […]