Nick Dametto risks fine over beer breach in Indigenous community with alcohol restrictions [Video]

A North Queensland politician could find himself in hot water over a cold beer in an Indigenous community with alcohol restrictions.

Nick Dametto, the state member for Hinchinbrook, uploaded photos of himself enjoying Good Friday with friends on Curacoa Island, near Palm Island.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Queensland MP comes unstuck by his own social media post over a cold beer.

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In one picture, the Katter Party politician is seen holding a can of full-strength beer with an alcohol percentage of 4.2 per cent, while other people in the photos appear to be holding pre-mixed drinks.

The controversial laws are enforced in remote and discrete Indigenous communities across Queensland, restricting or banning alcohol entirely.

In the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire, people can only carry alcohol with a concentration of less than 4 per cent and are restricted to 11.25 litres per person on foot, or per vehicle, boat or aircraft, …