Members of the Yandina Creek community are celebrating a win for road safety with the announcement of a reduction in the speed limit to 80 km/h along a busy section of the Yandina-Coolum Road. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has campaigned on behalf of local residents and the Coolum Beach Christian College for the speed…
Local sports and community groups have received a welcome funding boost through the latest round of Gambling Community Benefit Fund grants. Ms Simpson said that almost $150,000 in grants will be paid to local groups in the Maroochydore electorate, including: Coolum Beach Junior Australian Football Club will receive $27,000 to upgrade facilities and equipment; Coolum…
Thank you to those offering help for Mooloolaba residents impacted by Sunday’s severe storm event. Member for Maroochydore, Fiona Simpson said that St Vincent de Paul is co-ordinating the recovery effort and helping to meet the needs of those who have lost their homes. People in need of support or wanting to help should contact…
A LNP jobs plan will see up to 20,000 young Queenslanders in jobs, encourage apprentices to finish their training and incentivise employers to train and retain workers. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson, in welcoming the State LNP's policy, said the Sunshine Coast had one of Australia's highest rate of business ownership. “Under an LNP State government…
An angry Member for Maroochydore has labelled the State Labor Government as inept after it was revealed they’ve failed to get cracking on a major funded Federal Project to blitz a Bruce Highway blackspot on the Sunshine Coast. “Labor’s not just asleep at the wheel in Queensland, they’ve been really sneaky and it comes at…
To mark World Environment Day, the LNP has committed to a policy to address one of Queensland’s enduring environmental issues – cans and bottles littering our land and waterways and creating excess land fill issues. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said the LNP would introduce a container deposit scheme (CDS) that would see Sunshine Coast…
Did you hear the news? More than a billion dollars-worth of works is about to start on the Bruce Highway between Caloundra Interchange and the Sunshine Motorway. This is a huge funded project approved in last year’s Federal budget, to be spent upgrading the Bruce Highway on the Sunshine Coast – in addition to what…
State Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson is calling for support for an e-petition to Save Our Sparkies and protect local businesses. Ms Simpson said the Labor Government was planning to create a new government-owned business which would compete against local sparkies by offering a range of electrical services such as smart meter and solar panel…
Minister for Main Roads Mark Bailey has avoided the biggest traffic bottleneck on the Sunshine Coast on his visit today. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson called on him afresh to tell Coast residents why he has scrapped plans for a $440 million upgrade of the dangerously congested Mooloolah River Interchange on the Sunshine Motorway and…
The Palaszczuk Labor Government is playing politics with people's lives after freezing critical road upgrades leading to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, the State Opposition says. Minister for Main Roads Mark Bailey was asked by the LNP Opposition in Parliament whether the Palaszczuk Labor Government would upgrade the Mooloolah River Interchange and shrugged off concerns…
