Friday, 6 Oct, 2023
Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto is outraged following an announcement from the Palaszczuk Government that they will be wasting $250 million of taxpayer’s money on a remand centre for youth offenders in Brisbane that will be nothing more than a purpose built juvenile watch-house. The State Government announced that […]
Read moreFriday, 1 Sep, 2023
People travelling through one of Townsville’s main thoroughfares will notice a new eye-catching landmark - the Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP’s) latest billboard. The unmissable caption, “Make Townsville Safe Again: Send ‘em bush” promotes the party’s number one youth crime policy, Relocation Sentencing. The policy aims to address youth crime by removing repeat youth offenders off […]
Read moreWednesday, 23 Aug, 2023
Queensland is on the precipice of long-overdue youth crime reform with the release of an alternative sentencing model that would send recidivist offenders to the bush to complete intense, long-term rehabilitation programs coinciding with hundreds of angry residents marching on Parliament House today. Earlier this week, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) launched its Relocation Sentencing – […]
Read moreFriday, 28 Jul, 2023
Hinchinbrook MP and KAP Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, has labelled the State Government’s recent attacks on Queensland courts as cowardly and an erosion of the independence of the judiciary from the political arms of government. Recent media regarding a Townsville father who had his vehicle allegedly chased and rammed by machete wielding youth offenders in […]
Read moreFriday, 21 Apr, 2023
The announcement of almost $500,000 in funding this week to be delivered to two programs aimed at targeting youth offending in Townsville and Mount Isa is another band aid on the State’s crime crisis wound, said Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter.
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