The Palaszczuk Labor Government’s poor budget management has had a big impact on the cost-of-living crisis in Queensland. Queensland families are feeling the pinch more than ever as the cost-of-living crisis continues to spiral out of control. The soaring cost of petrol, electricity, vehicle registration and rent has also added thousands of dollars to household…
This week we’ve seen the terrible news that police officers, Constable Matthew Arnold and Constable Rachel McCrow, were shot and killed in the line of duty. As with most of the community I found this news heart breaking – they were doing their jobs and lost their lives in the process. It is a timely…
Alarming news broke recently that the CEO of the overseas owned election software company that has a contract with the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) has been arrested on suspicion of putting American polling booth worker data on to Chinese servers . Last week in Parliament I expressed my concerns regarding this critical software system,…
The Queensland State Labor Government is the only government in the history of Queensland that has a permanent running gag motion, introduced every sitting of parliament that is used to shut down debate. The parliament should respect all Queenslanders and the members they elected to speak and raise issues on their behalf without fear or…
Last month we had a big win with the controversial new land tax rules scrapped. The Premier buckled under pressure and intervened to shelve the Treasurer’s contentious reforms which would have resulted in making the housing crisis in Queensland even worse. The proposed changes would have seen land tax calculated using the total value of…
We have seen a record budget blowout confirmed of $2.8 billion in the 2021-22 Financial Year by the State Labor Government. That is significant money and there is much waste in the way that this government goes about its budgeting. The Treasurer’s budget fail is a major blow for Queensland Taxpayers – the 2021-22 Financial…
The Sunshine Coast Council has embarked on Phase Two of the community engagement process of the next stage of the Mooloolaba Foreshore Revitalisation Project, known as the Central Meeting Place. The next stage involves two concepts, named Concept Blue and Concept Yellow, which have been designed for the area. Council have advised that the feedback received…
On 9 October I completed the seventh annual Lift the Lid Walk for Mental Health. This walk was started by local mental health advocate, Vicki Stewart, with a vision to lift the lid on mental health, to make it ‘okay, not to be ok’ and be able to talk about that. The walk started here…
Queensland Parliament will for the first time be offering a Graduate Parliament Service Officer Program. This rare and unique opportunity is for recent graduates to join the Parliamentary Service and make a positive difference to parliamentary democracy in Queensland. There are four positions available for a two-year employment at an AO3 level. As part of…
The Workforce Connect Fund is a Queensland Government initiative for industry and community peak bodies to trial workforce solutions with partner bodies. The goal of this funding is to make it make it easier to match employers with the right workers. The funding will be available for eligible small businesses to apply for grants of…