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…
Shadow Attorney-General David Janetzki said it was disgraceful staff must use umbrellas inside the Maroochydore Courthouse to keep dry when it rains. Mr Janetzki and Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson slammed the Labor Government for ignoring terrible working conditions caused by the building’s leaky roofs and disrepair. “It’s just not good enough that there is…
Queensland small businesses have been hit with a new waste tax in today’s State Labor Budget which will cost them and their customers $1.3 billion over the next four years. “It’s a cruel and crass tax that takes more than Labor is giving in any cash incentives to business,” Ms Simpson said. “The Budget papers…
DELIVERING faster payments to businesses working with the State Government is part of Liberal National Party Leader Deb Frecklington’s plan to encourage owners to grow and employ more Queenslanders. Ms Frecklington and Shadow Minister for Small Business Fiona Simpson unveiled the plan to industry representatives at a breakfast in Brisbane this morning. “Small businesses are…
Calling all entrepreneurs. Grants of up to $5000 are available to provide new small businesses access to professional advice and support in the critical early stages of establishing a business. For info go to https://www.business.qld.gov.au/…/grants/entrepreneur-grants Applications close 5 June.
