Translink and Council have agreed to re-route a bus route into the new Maroochydore CBD via Dalby St without any public consultation and the community is fighting back. Residents of Dalby Street are worried about loss of on-street parking and the narrowness of the road with the large buses. State MP Fiona Simpson said the…
I am absolutely horrified by the latest incident involving the Member for Mundingburra. Les Walker represents a community where his government has allowed youth crime to run out of control. Mr Walker has previously been banned from Townsville’s safe night precinct and now he is making a mockery of Queensland Police at a Police Remembrance…
Alarming news broke recently that the CEO of the overseas owned election software company that has a contract with the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) has been arrested on suspicion of putting American polling booth worker data on to Chinese servers . Last week in Parliament I expressed my concerns regarding this critical software system,…
The Queensland State Labor Government is the only government in the history of Queensland that has a permanent running gag motion, introduced every sitting of parliament that is used to shut down debate. The parliament should respect all Queenslanders and the members they elected to speak and raise issues on their behalf without fear or…
Last month we had a big win with the controversial new land tax rules scrapped. The Premier buckled under pressure and intervened to shelve the Treasurer’s contentious reforms which would have resulted in making the housing crisis in Queensland even worse. The proposed changes would have seen land tax calculated using the total value of…
We have seen a record budget blowout confirmed of $2.8 billion in the 2021-22 Financial Year by the State Labor Government. That is significant money and there is much waste in the way that this government goes about its budgeting. The Treasurer’s budget fail is a major blow for Queensland Taxpayers – the 2021-22 Financial…
The Sunshine Coast Council has embarked on Phase Two of the community engagement process of the next stage of the Mooloolaba Foreshore Revitalisation Project, known as the Central Meeting Place. The next stage involves two concepts, named Concept Blue and Concept Yellow, which have been designed for the area. Council have advised that the feedback received…
On 9 October I completed the seventh annual Lift the Lid Walk for Mental Health. This walk was started by local mental health advocate, Vicki Stewart, with a vision to lift the lid on mental health, to make it ‘okay, not to be ok’ and be able to talk about that. The walk started here…
Queensland Parliament will for the first time be offering a Graduate Parliament Service Officer Program. This rare and unique opportunity is for recent graduates to join the Parliamentary Service and make a positive difference to parliamentary democracy in Queensland. There are four positions available for a two-year employment at an AO3 level. As part of…
The Workforce Connect Fund is a Queensland Government initiative for industry and community peak bodies to trial workforce solutions with partner bodies. The goal of this funding is to make it make it easier to match employers with the right workers. The funding will be available for eligible small businesses to apply for grants of…