If we’ve learned anything in the last couple of years of COVID, it’s that simple pleasures, such as getting together with loved ones for meals and special occasions, are the glue that hold families and the community together. I would like to give a special mention to our frontline healthcare workers that will either be…
Congratulations to Amy and Wade on winning the latest Weber Baby Q! If you want enter the draw for the next Weber Baby Q tell me what matters to you in the Maroochydore Electorate by completing my survey ….. Entries Close 23 June 2023 – CLICK HERE to complete my 30 second survey.
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 Destination Events Program: Destination Event Investment – up…
RACQ’s 2022 Annual Road Safety Survey has revealed that more than one in ten drivers (13.3 per cent) have admitted to driving when they thought they might be over the blood alcohol limit in the last 12 months. Tragically, in the first six months of this year, we lost 37 lives in Queensland from drink…
The FREE BreastScreen Queensland mobile screening service is visiting Bunnings Maroochydore from 10th to 16th January 2023. BreastScreen Queensland provides FREE high quality breast cancer screening to women aged 40 and over. Women aged 50 -74 are strongly encouraged to participate in regular breast cancer screening as the evidence of the benefits of regular participation…
In September this year the ChaplaincyWatch world-class Rest and Recovery Centre was officially opened at 9 Ocean Street, Maroochydore. This space has been previously serving the Coast in a temporary capacity since New Year’s Eve 2019. Many have already been cared for, supported, given a safe space to rest and assisted to get home in…
The YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament (QYP) is an opportunity for those ages 15-25 years of age to nominate to become a Youth Member. The six-month program will teach the Youth Member all they need to know about parliamentary debate, Bill writing, working with the media and more! QYP also provides a fantastic opportunity for personal…
Feedback for the two design concepts referred to as Concept Blue and Concept Yellow has closed. The council will now consider all community feedback along with engineering reports, authority approvals and funding requirements to assist in determining the final design and timeline for the Stage Two Central Meeting Place. Council have advised that they anticipate…
The State Government has confirmed that funding for the M2M (stage 6) project to deliver a safer cycle and pedestrian pathway for the 1.2 kilometre stretch between Alexandra Headland and Maroochydore has been removed from the four-year funding program. This is a broken promise from the Government and until they restore it to four-year QTRIP…
For those that haven’t already heard, late November we had win for the community with the Transport Department finally listening to what we have been asking for with an expanded dredging trial off Mooloolaba. Unlike previous programs which involved dredging the entrance to the channel, the trial will involve dredging sand banks to the west…