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Tensions Rise as Pay Dispute Sours Good Will
Thursday, 29 Aug, 2024
Member for Hinchinbrook and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, has echoed his community’s frustration as the Wilmar pay dispute continues. The continued industrial relations dance between miller and unions is now creating a pressure cooker situation within affected sugar growing districts. Despite both parties heading to arbitration in September, continued strike actions […]
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TEL JOINS KAP IN FIGHT AGAINST GREEN AND RED TAPE
Tuesday, 27 Aug, 2024
Peak economic development group Townsville Enterprise Limited (TEL) has demanded the acceleration of the hamstrung Big Rocks Weir after the Water Minister admitted to KAP Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter that weirs had posed no cultural and environmental issues to Charters Towers. In a Budget Estimates hearing, Mr Katter asked Water Minister Glenn […]
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Dametto Condemns Queensland Community Safety Bill as an Assault on Firearm Owners
Monday, 26 Aug, 2024
The landscape of firearm ownership in Queensland suffered a major shift this week with the passing of the Queensland Community Safety Bill in State Parliament. Promoted as a bill focused on community safety and the ratcheting up of youth justice measures, the Queensland Community Safety Bill also contained over 40 pages of Weapon Act changes […]
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Port Hinchinbrook Statement – Nick Dametto MP
Friday, 23 Aug, 2024
Today I am pleased to announce a major milestone for the Port Hinchinbrook development, Cardwell and the Hinchinbrook electorate. Premier Steven Miles has visited Cardwell and Port Hinchinbrook to meet with myself and a number of residents where the major announcement was made. As per the attached Media Statement from Premier Miles, the following commitments […]
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KAP Presents Common Sense Bill Towards Management of Crocodiles in Queensland
Wednesday, 21 Aug, 2024
State Member for Hill, Shane Knuth, today introduced the KAP’s Crocodile Control, Conservation, and Safety Bill 2024 into Parliament, taking a no-nonsense stand against the escalating crocodile threat in North Queensland. The Bill is a response to constant calls from North Queensland communities and places a premium on human life by implementing aggressive measures to […]
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Dametto set to Face Parliament Committee for Castle Law Bill Public Briefing
Monday, 19 Aug, 2024
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto MP, is gearing up to confront a parliamentary committee at a crucial public briefing on his Castle Law Bill today (Monday, 19th August, 2024). [1] With overwhelming support from Queenslanders, the Castle Law Bill aims to restore the fundamental right for homeowners to […]
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