Flaws in the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s COVID-19 package for business must be urgently fixed to allow recently-founded firms to apply for interest-free loans. Shadow Small Business Minister Fiona Simpson said many firms had been shocked to discover that they can only access the loans if they were founded before July 2017. “These loans are meant…
DetailsThe LNP has called on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to support casual workers who are losing work in the COVID-19 pandemic to reskill into demand areas, such as the health and wellbeing of elderly Queenslanders. LNP Shadow Minister for Employment, Small Business, Training and Skills Development Fiona Simpson raised the issue in Queensland Parliament today…
DetailsThe LNP is calling on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to immediately suspend payroll tax for small and medium-sized businesses in Queensland for six months. We are calling for the payroll tax threshold to be lifted from $1.3m to $6.5m which would provide instant relief for around 15,000 businesses and save jobs threatened by the economic…
DetailsI commend the Prime Minister on the stimulus package announced to help businesses keep staff employed, particularly apprentices. For further detail about the package to help them through the challenges of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak go to: Australian Government Economic Stimulus Package The Queensland package can also be found here Queensland Government Immediate Industry Recovery…
DetailsReports that the Palaszczuk Labor Government are releasing a State-wide juvenile crime plan that ignores the Sunshine Coast has been attacked as a political joke. State MP for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said that reports 10 centres would get funding but not the Sunshine Coast, where juvenile crime issues had made the Maroochydore Bus Station a…
DetailsThe State Government must slash red tape to urgently approve the cleaning out of drains in Mount Coolum and surrounding area to improve safety and cut risk of flooding, State MP Fiona Simpson said. Ms Simpson said that local residents had contacted her as they were concerned the drains were compromised due to red tape which had…
DetailsState MP Fiona Simpson has called for more police and security at Maroochydore Bus Station and across the coast after a worried parent spoke out after her son was allegedly bashed and robbed while waiting for a bus. Ms Simpson raised the issue in the Parliament this week, calling on the State Government to provide…
DetailsQueensland has recorded a dramatic drop in the number of young people completing apprenticeships and traineeships as Labor’s skills crisis worsens. Data released by the National Centre for Vocational and Educational Training (NCVER) shows since Annastacia Palaszczuk was elected, completions have fallen by more 20.7 per cent and there are 11 per cent fewer…
DetailsThe State Government has come under criticism for paying consultants $62,150 to investigate highrise redevelopment options of publicly owned land at the end of Mooloolaba Spit. State MP for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson slammed the expenditure and secrecy, calling on the government to release the report and rule out highrise in the area. The land on…
DetailsMember for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has called on the Palaszczuk Government to boost police numbers and restore the Sunshine Plaza Police Beat after concern crime has spiked in the centre.Local shop keepers in Sunshine Plaza have told Fiona that the criminals are out of control, not only with theft but with their verbal abuse, language…
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