Thursday, 17 Jun, 2021
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 […]
Read moreWednesday, 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. […]
Read moreWednesday, 16 Jun, 2021
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 […]
Read moreTuesday, 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 […]
Read moreMonday, 14 Jun, 2021
Katter’s Australian Party MPs are calling on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to relax onerous rules around shark harvesting in a bid to save fledgling fisheries, including the prized Spanish Mackerel. KAP Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto urged Queenslanders to “save a Mackerel, eat a shark” as was the usual practice of years gone by when flake […]
Read moreMonday, 14 Jun, 2021
Mornington Island Mayor, Kyle Yanner, said he was given a great boost of confidence when he heard Acting Prime Minister, Michael McCormack, say ‘things must change ‘whilst on the Island during a visit yesterday with Indigenous Affairs Minister, Ken Wyatt. Mornington Island has extreme rates of diabetes and malnutrition, which results in residents having a […]
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