The Palaszczuk Government’s obsession with secrecy has reached a new low. Seven years ago, the Premier promised Queenslanders she would be open and transparent. Clearly, she has changed. Today, the Premier refused to release how much taxpayers are paying to cover the legal costs of her former deputy Jackie Trad. The disgraced former Deputy Premier…
If your organisation or community group is looking for available grants, my office maybe able to assist. I am also happy to provide letters of support, to request a letter of support, please click HERE . Below is some of the Queensland State Grants that are currently available: Queensland Arts Showcase Program, Round 7 – up to…
After technical issues the Business Basic Grants will relaunch next week. There is more than $5M available in this round. You may be eligible to apply for a single up-front fixed grant payment of $5,000 (excluding GST). The grant is for funding activities from the below 5 priorities: Training and coaching Website build or upgrades Professional…
Voting for the Federal Election is now open. To vote you are welcome to vote at one of the early voting locations or on Election Day, 21 May. To find out where you can vote before or on election day, please CLICK HERE
The Federal Government’s $1.6B commitment to go halves with Queensland State Government to fund heavy rail to Maroochydore is very generous, as it is not usually a Federal responsibility to fund this type of infrastructure. Still this State Government is late in rolling it out. The State Labor Government needs to do their job and…
The spike in brave whistleblowing public servants speaking up about corruption and misconduct under this State Labor Government is the tip of the integrity iceberg. I want to know why won’t the Premier answer questions about serious complaints in her own department? Why won’t she have a Royal Commission to bring the truth out, fix…
Queensland has the worst ambulance ramping in Australia – nothing has improved despite the State Government’s claims twelve months ago it had a plan to fix it. This can’t be blamed on Covid. To fix the problem you have to be honest about it and they have been covering up the data and wanting to…
Last week saw the launch of Queensland Small Business Month, celebrating the small businesses that make a vital contribution to our community. It was fantastic to see such a strong turnout to the launch of the Business Awards showing that the Sunshine Coast community is moving forward after the last two years of hardship. I…
As part of the start of small business week, I attended the Sunshine Coast Small Business Awards Breakfast, as well as the Food Agribusiness (FAN) meet the makers event. The Meet the Makers event was the biggest and best yet and wonderful to watch the FAN network grow substantially over the years, showcasing incredible Sunshine…
#makeitsafe Click HERE to complete a Complaint Form Click HERE to sign the Petition The current shoaling in front of the river entrance is dangerous and is making access for vessels extremely treacherous. While previously the use of the Port Frederick to dredge outside of the harbour entrance, supplementing the work of the smaller dredge,…