State MP Fiona Simpson has called for more police and security at Maroochydore Bus Station and across the coast after a worried parent spoke out after her son was allegedly bashed and robbed while waiting for a bus. Ms Simpson raised the issue in the Parliament this week, calling on the State Government to provide…
The State Government has come under criticism for paying consultants $62,150 to investigate highrise redevelopment options of publicly owned land at the end of Mooloolaba Spit. State MP for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson slammed the expenditure and secrecy, calling on the government to release the report and rule out highrise in the area. The land on…
Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has called on the Palaszczuk Government to boost police numbers and restore the Sunshine Plaza Police Beat after concern crime has spiked in the centre.Local shop keepers in Sunshine Plaza have told Fiona that the criminals are out of control, not only with theft but with their verbal abuse, language…
Secrecy still abounds over State Labor Government plans for Mooloolaba Spit. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has questioned the State Transport Minister, asking him to rule out more high rise on the Spit and to outline the plans to redevelop the marine services at the end of Mooloolaba Spit. These are just two of the…
The State Labor Government should come clean over secret high-rise plans to redevelop Crown Land at the end of Mooloolaba Spit, State LNP MP Fiona Simpson said. Ms Simpson said a Transport Department document revealed the State Government was investigating a high-rise redevelopment plan in the water police and harbours and marine precinct at the…
NINE years on from winning the battle to get the Water Police located on the water at Mooloolaba Spit, Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson is again calling for action to help keep Coast residents safe on our waterways. Asking a Question in Parliament last month, Ms Simpson called for the Police Minister to provide additional…
The State Labor Government has been accused of failing passenger and bus driver safety with revelations of cuts to Translink officers on Sunshine Coast buses. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said that despite growing public concerns over safety and fare evasion on Sunshine Coast buses, the Palasczcuk Labor Government had cut the number of Senior…
Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson‘s Electorate Office is moving from near the RSL to new wheel-chair accessible premises in Horton Parade. Fiona thanked disability advocates who raised the problem about the current office’s lack of wheel-chair access, saying they had been heard. “It’s true that one dear gentleman’s wheelchair got stuck going into…
After popular craft breweries were slugged a near 10-fold tax hike in early July, they are celebrating a reprieve with the withdrawal of the increase in Queensland Parliament. LNP Small Business Spokesperson Fiona Simpson who joined the small brewers in fighting against the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s “beer tax” hike (the emergency services management levy…
Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has questioned the Labor Premier’s priorities for spending $250m of taxpayer’s money on a controversial cash bonus to the public sector while failing to fund the Sunshine Coast’s rail duplication. “How can the Premier cry poor for the rail duplication and blame other people for her failure to fund 50%…
