About 40,000 more people call the Sunshine Coast home compared to five years ago yet fewer people are using public transport. 120,000 fewer bus trips were made in 2017-18 compared to in 2013-14, showing that our public transport system urgently needs fixing if the Coast is to avoid more congestion and parking problems in the future.…
DetailsSmall businesses right across Queensland will be better off under a Deb Frecklington LNP Government, as confidence under Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk collapses. LNP Leader Deb Frecklington and Shadow Minister for Small Business Fiona Simpson unveiled two new LNP policies, as part of Queensland Small Business Week. Ms Frecklington said an LNP Government will prioritise procurement…
DetailsGiving small businesses a fair go to better access $15 billion of State Government contracts is at the centre of a new policy released by the LNP for Small Business week today. As part of Queensland Small Business Week, LNP Shadow Minister for Small Business and Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson will be meeting with…
DetailsIn a damming insight into Labor’s chaotic mismanagement of Queensland TAFE it has been today revealed that the government has spent years covering up a dangerous public health risk at Nambour TAFE. Shadow LNP Minister for Training Fiona Simpson slammed the Palaszczuk Labor Government for covering up a noxious mould infestation that risked the respiratory…
DetailsExplosive findings* from the Queensland Audit Office have revealed TAFE Queensland’s ‘financial performance is at risk because of declining student numbers’. LNP Shadow Minister for Training and Skills Development Fiona Simpson slammed the Palaszczuk Labor Government for their mismanagement of Queensland TAFE and leading the institution onto the road of insolvency. “Under Annastacia Palaszczuk, TAFE…
DetailsThe Sunshine Coast needs a new Exhibition and Convention Centre and Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has asked the Premier in Parliament if the State Government will commit to funding it. Ms Simpson has championed this project for several years and asked the Premier if the State Labor Government will help fund Council’s plans to…
DetailsThe LNP is calling on the Queensland Labor Government to listen to the concerns of disability organisations and continue the Taxi Subsidy Scheme for people with disabilities beyond June 30. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said that it was unfair that Sunshine Coast residents with disabilities would no longer be eligible for a 50% discount…
DetailsMore funding is needed to tackle growing youth crime and violence locally but the Sunshine Coast is missing out, claims Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson. Speaking in Parliament this week, Ms Simpson called on the State Labor Government to provide more funding for youth justice and youth engagement strategies on the Sunshine Coast to help…
DetailsProtecting our children is more important than protecting the anonymity of paedophiles. This week in Parliament, Labor voted against our plan and has failed to protect the community, but the LNP will take our plan to keep children safe to the 2020 election. The Palaszczuk Labor Government has denied parents the ability to identify child…
DetailsSunshine Coast youth have a harder time getting a job under State Labor with youth unemployment rates rising to 15% (up 3.5% in the last year), yet the State Labor Government has cruelly axed desperately needed employment programs for local residents. Annastasia Palaszczuk has stopped Sunshine Coast residents from accessing the Back to Work program,…
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