Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has welcomed news of $700,000 in state government funding for Sunshine Coast Council to move forward on its business case for delivering an Exhibition and Convention Centre in the Maroochydore Sun Central development. Ms Simpson said the grant was a step in the right direction to make sure the facility…
Queenslanders wanting to help farmers and ensure country towns endure the drought should consider cash donations to organisations helping support local jobs and services. LNP Shadow Minister for Small Business Fiona Simpson said the generosity of Queenslanders was wonderful and cash donations helped farmers spend money locally and kept towns resilient. Speaking in Parliament on…
“TAFE Queensland has wasted $230,000 in taxpayer money on tickets to the Commonwealth Games,” Ms Simpson said. “Taxpayers picked up the bill for 2148 tickets – after the Palaszczuk Labor Government ruled out free tickets. “We’ve got a government paying a government education provider to purchase tickets from the government. It’s a money merry-go-round. “This…
New data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research* released today has uncovered the carnage Labor has wreaked on Queensland’s vocational training industry. Under the Palaszczuk Labor Government, program completion rates at TAFE and other government providers have decreased 42% since 2014. Compared with the LNP Government there are now 16,375 fewer Queenslanders per…
The Sunshine Coast’s building industry is bracing for the full force of the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s new taxes and Budget cuts. LNP Shadow Minister for Small Business Fiona Simpson and Shadow Minister for the Environment David Crisafulli visited Maroochydore’s Ausmar Homes to discuss how Labor’s new waste tax and the cut to the First Homeowners…
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington today promised parents, kids and teachers that she will air condition every state school classroom on the Sunshine Coast if she wins the next election. Ms Frecklington said every Queensland kid needed a comfortable environment to learn. “I want our kids to learn and thrive, but it’s hard to do that…
Labor’s decision to axe the Back to Work program in Southeast Queensland is throwing vulnerable young people back on the dole, the Liberal National Party warned today. Shadow Employment Minister Fiona Simpson and Nicklin MP Marty Hunt spoke out while visiting a Sunshine Coast cafe where the jobs of two young people with disabilities are…
Dear Fiona I’m glad that plastic bags have been banned. This will help us keep our turtles and sea life safe. Thank you for giving us bags we can use to go shopping. Sophie, Mooloolaba State School
The State Government still has questions to answer about the traffic impacts of the Sekisui/Yaroomba Beach development, State MP Fiona Simpson said today. Ms Simpson called on Transport Minister Mark Bailey to explain what he and his department were doing to address these concerns. Ms Simpson said that she supported a new hotel development in…
Last month I asked the Premier to keep her election promise to be a Premier for all Queensland by giving the Sunshine Coast its fair share of funding for infrastructure in this year’s State Budget. Unfortunately all we’ve seen from the State Labor Government is a raft of new taxes that are going to whack…