Last night the Federal Government handed down their budget for 2022-2023. The questions from the budget are what’s in it for you and what’s in it for the Sunshine Coast? Halving fuel excise (22.1 cents per litre discount) for six months, from midnight Wednesday. $420 tax offset for people earning up to $126,000 per year, this is in addition to…
Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has welcomed the $1.6b Federal Government funding commitment for rail to Maroochydore in the upcoming Budget and challenged the State Government to be a government for all of Queensland and match it. “Now is the time for State Labor to stop playing politics and match this. Being ready for the…
Media reports regarding the cosy relationship between CleanCo, the Labor Government and Labor lobbyists are deeply concerning. The Crime and Corruption watchdog has already warned the government about “sham” employment contract arrangements to avoid lobbying laws and here it is plain as day. These dodgy practices have to end. Taxpayers are the ones losing in…
The report released by John McKenna QC is damning. This report has confirmed the State Archivist’s annual reports were changed on multiple occasions after the Director-General and the department asked for them to be altered. The report has confirmed “shortcomings” and entire sections of annual reports were deleted. Sections from the reports that were deleted…
Les Walker must be sacked. Any Queenslander who believes accountability and integrity matters will agree the Member for Mundingburra must go. The audio recording released today portrays someone unfit to sit in the Queensland Parliament. The recording is from a night Mr Walker said he couldn’t remember. Astonishingly, he now claims he can’t remember taking…
FLOOD SUPPORT INFORMATION The past week has certainly challenged the region with the massive rain bomb seeing some areas of the Sunshine Coast have rivers peak at levels not seen in decades. I understand that a lot of people will only be just beginning to assess the damage and it will take time to recover. I…
26 February 2022 Media Release – Insurance Council of Australia Insurance catastrophe declared for Southeast Queensland impacted by severe weather and flooding The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared an Insurance Catastrophe for Southeast Queensland impacted by severe weather and flooding that has occurred since 21 February. Record flood levels in the Mary River…
The Crime and Corruption Commission has confirmed it did not order the raid on the Integrity Commissioner’s laptop. This government’s credibility on transparency and openness is in tatters. The excuses of the Public Services Commissioner Rob Setter and the Premier about why this laptop was taken and why they can’t talk about it is quickly…
The Premier has today re-badged an old announcement from 6 months ago in an attempt to trick Queenslanders into thinking she has an infrastructure plan. The Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail announcement was made in September last year. Queenslanders can find the original announcement here. The only thing Queenslanders have learnt today is after…
It has come my attention that today the Attorney-General has taken an interest in the integrity failures of her government. I can confirm I welcome this news. I also thank her for reminding all public servants and whistleblowers that they can contact the Opposition Office if they would like to discuss the failings of this…