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Dametto Slams Major Parties for Failing Regional Patients, Calls for PTSS Radius to be Reduced
Friday, 18 Oct, 2024
Both major parties are under fire for failing to commit to expand the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme (PTSS) ahead of next week’s state election. Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto criticised their inaction, pointing out that while ambulance ramping dominates headlines, rural and remote patients are struggling to access specialist care due to inadequate travel support.
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50 years late, Charters Towers, Townsville can’t wait a day longer – Katter
Thursday, 17 Oct, 2024
It’s disgraceful that Charters Towers last built a new hospital 50 years ago – it’s well past overdue, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said. The KAP Leader was in Townsville to support Townsville Enterprise Limited’s (TEL) ‘Unlocking the North’ priorities, which outlines their support for the redevelopment of the […]
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Scrambling LNP adopts KAP policy – again!
Thursday, 17 Oct, 2024
The LNP have today acknowledged the KAP’s ‘Send ‘em Bush’ policy is the only way tackle youth crime, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader, and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter has said.
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Dametto Commits to Fixing North Townsville Intersection Cluster
Thursday, 17 Oct, 2024
Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto, has committed to doing everything possible to see through the upgrades to the Woolcock Street and Bruce Highway intersections at Burdell and Deeragun, as residents in Townsville’s northern suburbs continue to battle gridlock along the notorious section of road.
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No more Climate Tax! Artificial cost-of-living burden must go: Katter
Wednesday, 16 Oct, 2024
The Brisbane Climate Tax must be scrapped, before all Queenslanders are sent broke and productive businesses are shut down, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has declared.
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Queensland Biofuels Industry Dead in the Water Without KAP as the Driver
Wednesday, 16 Oct, 2024
On day three of Queenslanders heading to the polls, Nick Dametto has backed the call from CANEGROWERS for the major political parties to commit to the future of the state’s biofuels industry, warning that without decisive government action, the industry is “dead in the water.”
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