The YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament (QYP) is fantastic opportunity for those ages 15-25 years of age to nominate to become a Youth Member. The six-month program will teach the Youth Member all they need to know about parliamentary debate, Bill writing, working with the media and more! QYP also provides a fantastic opportunity for personal…
DetailsIn 2015, the Labor State Government watered down criminal laws in Queensland and Sunshine Coast locals are feeling the effects. Since then, crime rates have exploded across the state to crisis levels. Newly released data from the Queensland Police Service (QPS) sadly prove what Queenslanders from across the state are telling us – they no…
DetailsI welcome the right decision at last week’s Sunshine Coast Council meeting where they voted to listen to community concerns and not proceed with tenders on the proposed Mooloolaba Seawall project until the new Council is in place in March. It is important the new Council can make a decision with all the facts and…
DetailsValuing who we are as a nation, means embracing all our history and not erasing it. Acknowledging the good, the bad and the worthy and telling those stories. And being grateful for the countless thousands whose sacrifices in the ordinary and extraordinary struggles of the everyday, created one of the most successful and wealthy democratic…
DetailsValuing who we are as a nation, means embracing all our history and not erasing it. Acknowledging the good, the bad and the worthy and telling those stories. And being grateful for the countless thousands whose sacrifices in the ordinary and extraordinary struggles of the everyday, created one of the most successful and wealthy democratic…
DetailsPeter Coaldrake said the importance of an independent Public Service is paramount. Mr Coaldrake also pointed out that the tone is set from the top. One of Steven Miles’ first acts is to appoint former Labor MP Mike Kaiser as the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet – the head of the apolitical Public…
Details“I’m pleased to hear light rail has been shelved but what a waste of money. Shame the State Government and Council didn’t listen to the Sunshine Coast people who kept saying they didn’t want light rail and all its impacts between Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Alexandra Headland and Maroochydore, but they spent millions anyway. “However, the fight…
DetailsLast week was the final Parliamentary Sitting Week for the year with yet more chaos and crisis from a State Labor Government with major ramifications for the Sunshine Coast. The big news for the week was the fake fight between the State and Federal Government over Labor’s infrastructure cuts with multi-billion projects axed, delayed or…
Details“I welcome news the Federal Government will commit $1.44 billion to the Direct Sunshine Coast Rail Line, but the State Government needs to commit their funding to a destination in Maroochydore with a deadline to build. “The State Government needs to stop dragging the chain and get on board. “There’s been more business cases done…
DetailsAfter Labor’s announcement of the savage infrastructure funding cuts to critical Sunshine Coast transport projects, I have received a lot of feedback back from residents. They have rightfully been speaking strongly about their views on how this will impact our area. The fight goes on to have a pipeline of desperately needed road and rail…
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