More State funding wins for local community groups

News of just over $140,000 in grants to seven local community groups under the latest State Government funding rounds has been welcomed by Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson. Ms Simpson said organisations within the Maroochydore electorate to receive funding through the Gambling Community Benefit Fund and the Jupiters Casino Community Benefit Fund in this round…

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New Ambos for the Sunshine Coast

News that extra paramedics will join the Sunshine Coast ranks was welcomed by Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson who also rebuked false claims of staffing cutbacks. “Our area is growing and there has been no cutbacks in ambulance officer numbers. A media story that university students had been used to backfill to cover cutbacks was…

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Premier’s Drama Awards

Budding playwrights can have their play professionally produced by winning the Premier’s 2014 Drama Award.   We are looking for playwrights who have a story about Queensland to tell.  The plays don’t have to be set in Queensland but the spirit of the award is about reflecting an aspect of Queensland life, from the past, present…

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The Queensland Plan

There has been a great response to the Queensland Plan in the Maroochydore electorate with 104 individual responses to the survey and over 40 people attending my round table forums.  Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to give me your feedback or completed the online survey. I have enjoyed catching up with…

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Supporting Women Scholarships program

The Department of Education, Training and Employment has announced the opening of round two of their Supporting Women Scholarship program for women considering future study in agriculture and environmental studies, architecture and building, engineering, earth science, or information technology. Scholarships of up to $20,000 are available for study from Certificate IV through to postgraduate courses…

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