The State Labor Government should come clean over secret high-rise plans to redevelop Crown Land at the end of Mooloolaba Spit, State LNP MP Fiona Simpson said. Ms Simpson said a Transport Department document revealed the State Government was investigating a high-rise redevelopment plan in the water police and harbours and marine precinct at the…
DetailsNINE years on from winning the battle to get the Water Police located on the water at Mooloolaba Spit, Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson is again calling for action to help keep Coast residents safe on our waterways. Asking a Question in Parliament last month, Ms Simpson called for the Police Minister to provide additional…
DetailsThe State Labor Government has been accused of failing passenger and bus driver safety with revelations of cuts to Translink officers on Sunshine Coast buses. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said that despite growing public concerns over safety and fare evasion on Sunshine Coast buses, the Palasczcuk Labor Government had cut the number of Senior…
DetailsMember for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson‘s Electorate Office is moving from near the RSL to new wheel-chair accessible premises in Horton Parade. Fiona thanked disability advocates who raised the problem about the current office’s lack of wheel-chair access, saying they had been heard. “It’s true that one dear gentleman’s wheelchair got stuck going into…
DetailsAfter popular craft breweries were slugged a near 10-fold tax hike in early July, they are celebrating a reprieve with the withdrawal of the increase in Queensland Parliament. LNP Small Business Spokesperson Fiona Simpson who joined the small brewers in fighting against the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s “beer tax” hike (the emergency services management levy…
DetailsMember for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has questioned the Labor Premier’s priorities for spending $250m of taxpayer’s money on a controversial cash bonus to the public sector while failing to fund the Sunshine Coast’s rail duplication. “How can the Premier cry poor for the rail duplication and blame other people for her failure to fund 50%…
DetailsHats off to the heroes – in our everyday lives. So grateful for our emergency services, volunteers, auxiliary and full-time professionals who saved homes and lives – along with the many community groups and good neighbours who came to help during the fires that ripped through our Sunshine Coast community recently. It makes you proud…
DetailsConsultation is now open – until 4 October 2019 – on the proposed Alex Headland to Maroochydore cycleway. I am urging all lovers of the beachfront at Alexandra Headland to have their say, on the cycleway – read my media release here. The final community pop-up session on the project will be held at: Buhk Park,…
DetailsAll lovers of the beachfront at Alexandra Headland are urged to have their say about a proposed 3 metre-wide $6.7m cycleway with consultation opening today. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said that the Transport department’s consultation starts today on the M2M cycleway and it was vital that all ages and different users had their input…
DetailsAlexandra Headland beachgoers and surfers may soon lose their beachside parking under plans to build a new cycleway along the foreshore, which could make it less safe and accessible for other users. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has called on the State Government not to cut car parking and to properly consult the public about…
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