Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
The State Labor Government have turned their backs on regional Queensland after the Health and Environment Committee scheduled just two hearings into a Bill that seeks repeal the government’s Reef legislation. Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said every Queenslander that stood to be economically impacted by the Reef regulations which will scale back farming had a right to be insulted by the Labor-stacked committee’s move. “Whether you're a farmer, mill worker, small […]
Read moreMonday, 10 May, 2021
TOWNSVILLE residents are trapped in a “criminal hell hole” because of the State Labor Government’s weak youth justice policies, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said he was disgusted the government “had virtually handed Townsville to the criminals” after passing their amendments to the Youth Justice Act two weeks ago. A shocking 102 offences involving unlawful entry and 24 involving unlawful use of a motor vehicle were recorded between May 3 and […]
Read moreSaturday, 1 May, 2021
$3 million in funding towards a water assessment on the Tablelands is set to begin, after Member for Hill Shane Knuth was notified by the Minister for Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water the electorate would be one of only three (3) in the state which had been granted funding. Member for Hill Shane Knuth said […]
Read moreFriday, 30 Apr, 2021
HINCHINBROOK MP Nick Dametto has accused the State Labor Government of bureaucratic laziness in its failure to remove an over-the-top requirement preventing the construction of large farm sheds in Queensland. Mr Dametto said he and Hinchinbrook Mayor Ramon Jayo had hit a number of road blocks in attempting to identify a workaround to the Queensland Development Code that currently requires overzealous fire suppression systems for simple farm vehicle storage sheds […]
Read moreFriday, 30 Apr, 2021
THE Federal Government needs to “put up or shut up” with a promised $1.5 million to dredge Cardwell’s One Mile Creek still nowhere to be seen, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said the Cardwell community was tired of waiting for the promised funds while boaties continued to be locked out at low tide from leaving […]
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[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_post_title author="off" categories="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.0.105" title_text_align="center" title_text_color="#273775" title_font_size="35px" text_orientation="center" title_text_shadow_style="preset2"][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" _builder_version="4.6.5" text_font="Arial||||||||"]FRESH off his visit to Boulia, the most southern town in his electorate of Kennedy, Bob Katter has commended the local council for fighting like tigers to pursue funding to improve the […]
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