Popular Sunshine Coast craft breweries have been hit with up to a 10-fold hike in State Government tax, threatening their viability and pushing up beer prices in a move described as “devastating and unAustralian”. Shadow Minister for Small Business Fiona Simpson has called on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to dump the huge hike for craft…
We live in paradise but it’s not paradise for everyone with many vulnerable Sunshine Coasters experiencing homelessness. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has called on the State Government to do more to support homeless people of all ages and demographics but particularly homeless men over the age of 25 with men making up more than…
More funding is needed to tackle “at risk” school kids on the Sunshine Coast but the Queensland Government has cut funding to a vital learning support program to help them stay in school. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has criticised the State Labor Government for cutting funding by 50% to the Sunshine Coast Individualised Learning…
The next generation of small business leaders will receive the training and support they need to launch their own business under a Deb Frecklington LNP Government. Shadow Minister for Small Business Fiona Simpson today launched the LNP’s Young Entrepreneurs Program as one of two new LNP policies announced during Queensland Small Business Week with award-winning…
Giving small businesses a fair go to better access $15 billion of State Government contracts is at the centre of a new policy released by the LNP for Small Business week today. As part of Queensland Small Business Week, LNP Shadow Minister for Small Business and Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson will be meeting with…
In a damming insight into Labor’s chaotic mismanagement of Queensland TAFE it has been today revealed that the government has spent years covering up a dangerous public health risk at Nambour TAFE. Shadow LNP Minister for Training Fiona Simpson slammed the Palaszczuk Labor Government for covering up a noxious mould infestation that risked the respiratory…
The Sunshine Coast needs a new Exhibition and Convention Centre and Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has asked the Premier in Parliament if the State Government will commit to funding it. Ms Simpson has championed this project for several years and asked the Premier if the State Labor Government will help fund Council’s plans to…
The LNP is calling on the Queensland Labor Government to listen to the concerns of disability organisations and continue the Taxi Subsidy Scheme for people with disabilities beyond June 30. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said that it was unfair that Sunshine Coast residents with disabilities would no longer be eligible for a 50% discount…
More funding is needed to tackle growing youth crime and violence locally but the Sunshine Coast is missing out, claims Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson. Speaking in Parliament this week, Ms Simpson called on the State Labor Government to provide more funding for youth justice and youth engagement strategies on the Sunshine Coast to help…
The Airport Expansion Project is well-underway and due for completion by the end of 2020. The community is invited to provide feedback on the proposed airspace and flight path design for the new runway, which is now being finalised. Information is available online at http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/projects/flight-path-changes/sunshine-coast-airport-airspace-changes-runway-1331/ Submissions close on 30 April 2019. Sunshine Coast Council, Airservices…