New ABS figures show 7,000 jobs have been lost on the Sunshine Coast in the year to September. LNP Shadow Minister for Employment and Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said the shocking loss of full-time jobs proved the region’s economy was in crisis after five years of the Palaszczuk Labor Government. Around 12,300 people on…
Helping older Sunshine Coast workers get back into the workforce is a key policy the LNP has announced. LNP Shadow Minister for Employment and Small Business, Training and Skills Development and Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said before COVID Queensland had the highest number of long-term jobseekers in the nation with 42,800 people out of…
An LNP Government will invest $30m in a major upgrade of Coolum roundabout and new Mt Coolum on-ramps to the Sunshine Motorway to help Queensland build its way out of recession and create nearly 100 new jobs. LNP Deputy Leader and Shadow Treasurer Tim Mander made the announcement today with Ninderry MP Dan Purdie and…
Ms Simpson said: “Footballers and celebrities are allowed COVID-safe plans to home isolate in Queensland but this vulnerable and frail woman has been denied the same opportunity to home quarantine under a COVID-safe plan and has instead been told to go into hotel quarantine. “That’s cruel and wrong for her health condition. Her family says…