Crazy inconsistencies in COVID rules were smashing struggling Sunshine Coast and needed urgent fixing, State MP for Maroochydore and Small Business Shadow Minister Fiona Simpson said today. Ms Simpson, visiting Alexandra Headland Surf Club, called on the Premier to listen and act on the problem which saw bars, pubs, and restaurants threatened with fines of…
DetailsState MP Fiona Simpson is calling for clarity and direction around the Queensland border reopening. Amanda Gawthrop and Milan Somerville are getting married on the 8th of August and want their family (who all reside interstate) to attend their wedding. Right now there is no clarity around whether their family will be able to cross…
DetailsSalt is being rubbed in the wound of a bleeding Sunshine Coast tourism industry who are being slugged thousands in State Government taxes without relief while other regions get special multi-million dollar relief packages. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has called for a fair go and fee relief for Sunshine Coast businesses such as “The…
DetailsThe State Labor Government has refused to release a secret Mooloolaba Spit redevelopment plan in the latest question in Parliament. State MP for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said she asked Transport Minister Mark Bailey to release the secret plan which was scoping out redevelopment of the Spit with land being given over to private development and…
DetailsIt’s outrageous and ignores top medical advice for Queensland’s state borders to remain closed until September or later, Small Business Shadow Minister and State MP for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said. “The State Labor Premier’s flipflopping on the border reopening date of July ignored her own published roadmap when she told journos the date could instead…
DetailsNearly 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…
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