Monday, 8 Mar, 2021
$48 MILLION in funding for planning of highway upgrades between Ingham and Cardwell will not look at upgrading the Gairloch Washaway but instead focus on a dreaded bypass, says Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto. Mr Dametto said he felt he needed to clarify Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey’s recent comments in which he alluded to the funding but […]
Read moreFriday, 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 […]
Read moreWednesday, 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. […]
Read moreTuesday, 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 […]
Read moreFriday, 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 […]
Read moreWednesday, 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. […]
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