Nearly 3000 young drivers may be backlogged awaiting a driving test by the middle of June unless the State Government urgently releases a roadmap for recovery for drivers tests. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has called on the State Government to give clarity about the reopening of testing and also more resources to cut through…
DetailsSunshine Coast State MPs have backed a four-stage plan for re-opening the local economy to give businesses certainty, calling for businesses to give their feedback. The Sunshine Coast team are taking the plan across their Coast business communities, asking local businesses to have their say, while pressure mounts on the State Government to act. Shadow…
DetailsState MP Fiona Simpson has called the draft M2M cycleway at Alexandra Headland plan a chook’s cage in suburbia. Ms Simpson responded to the on-line draft design released this week by the Department of Transport which showed proposed metal fencing down much of the centre aisle on Alexandra Parade from Okinja St to the Alexandra…
DetailsPassionate beach lovers who lined the beach between Alexandra Headland and Maroochydore to speak out against the current design of the proposed M2M cycleway recently spoke up because they want to keep this area safe and accessible. I support this cause and have been raising this in the media, in Parliament and through my social…
DetailsSunshine Coast business urgently need a clear road map to reopen as COVID-19 restrictions start to lift, State MP Fiona Simpson has said. Ms Simpson, the LNP Shadow Minister for Small Business and Member for Maroochydore, said the State Government needed to give greater clarity about how and when businesses which are currently closed or…
DetailsState MP, Fiona Simpson, is calling on Sunshine Coast residents to stand up for small businesses that have been ignored by the Palaszczuk Labor Government in the covid-19 crisis. Ms Simpson speaking with Joe Da Silva from The Silva Spoon said Queensland was the only state where small businesses were not being given emergency assistance…
DetailsIt’s good news for the local residents crossing to the beach at David Low Way, Marcoola, says Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson. Ms Simpson said: “The Queensland Transport Department has confirmed funding has been approved for a pedestrian refuge just south of the Mudjimba Esplanade intersection. “The pedestrian refuge will help make it safer and easier…
DetailsWith so many Australians looking to honour ANZAC Day in new ways this year due to coronavirus restrictions, State MP Fiona Simpson has written and released a special song to mark the occasion. Called, “Lest We Forget”, the song poignantly references the lighting of candles at dawn which the RSL is encouraging people to do…
DetailsThe State Government needs to stop the cover-up on investigating redevelopment options on the publicly owned land at the end of Mooloolaba Spit. State MP for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has evidence obtained under the Right to Information Act that confirms that the “Commercial advice provided by Ernst & Young was based on the department’s instruction…
DetailsDisplaced workers and people forced to stay home during the coronavirus restrictions should be able to unlock their own skills with free online training courses, the LNP said today. LNP Training Shadow Minister and Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has called on the State Government to help workers turn the tough times of home-isolation into…
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