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Hinchinbrook Road Upgrades – Progress Across Key Projects
Tuesday, 24 Sep, 2024
State Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto, has welcomed updates from the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) on several critical projects aimed at improving road safety and flood resilience across the Hinchinbrook electorate, but has emphasised the need for continued pressure to ensure they progress without further delays. One key project is the much-anticipated […]
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Protecting Women’s Right to Safe Homebirth Choices
Sunday, 22 Sep, 2024
Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, is backing North Queensland private practice midwives and advocates who are calling on the government to protect women’s reproductive rights and ensure they have continued access to midwifery-led care. With new changes to federal insurance regulations for privately practicing midwives due to take effect on […]
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Katter asks: is the legal killing of babies, now LNP, ALP policy?
Sunday, 22 Sep, 2024
It appears the LNP have joined the ALP and abandoned their conservative roots, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader, and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter has said. Labor and the LNP have colluded to deny Queensland babies of fundamental human rights, collectively rejecting Mr Katter’s Termination of Pregnancy (Live Births) Amendment Bill 2024, and recommending that […]
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Set North Queensland Free – Institute Report finds North’s potential untapped
Friday, 20 Sep, 2024
A report released by the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) only reinforces what we’ve known for years – North Queensland is the engine room of our state’s economy, and it deserves the recognition, investment, and development, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter has said. “The fact that 60% of Australians […]
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Dametto and Ridd: Calls for Independent Audits on Reef Science
Wednesday, 18 Sep, 2024
Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto and renowned marine scientist Dr. Peter Ridd have united in calling for immediate action on the unnecessary red tape surrounding the Great Barrier Reef. Dametto, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, and Dr. Ridd are urging the Queensland Government to conduct independent audits of reef science, which they argue has been […]
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Katter warns North Queensland’s major zinc industry is at risk in foreign takeover
Wednesday, 18 Sep, 2024
KAP Federal Member for Kennedy, Hon Bob Katter, has warned a hostile takeover of Korea Zinc by foreign bankers will spell disaster for North Queensland. He said he had serious concerns upon learning about a $1.5 billion tender offer for [1] Korea Zinc shares by private equity firm MBK Partners and South Korea’s Young Poong. As […]
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