Each year all southern Gold Coast students – from Grades 3 to 6 – are invited to participate in a special Christmas Card Drawing Competition. Download the entry form (below) and draw a picture of “Christmas on the Gold Coast”. The winning entry will receive a bumper Book and Art Pack and their drawing will…
DetailsLast night the Parliamentary Friends of the Space Industry group convened a very large group of not only space enthusiasts but organisations, companies and businesses from across Australia that are doing some fantastic work in the space industry. I had the opportunity to meet with many of those people last night, some of whom I…
DetailsThe southern Gold Coast is home to many veterans and their families, who have given so much for their country in often the most unimaginable of circumstances. Today, I again reaffirm my commitment to them, as I did in my first speech in this place, and I thank our veterans for their service. Each year…
DetailsLast weekend the Zonta Golden Z Club at Griffith University, Gold Coast set up a black shoe display at the Runaway Bay Shopping Centre. At that display there were 31 pairs of black shoes, with each pair representing a woman who died between 1 January and 31 May this year from gender-based violence. I thank…
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Today I will speak about transport infrastructure on the southern Gold Coast, specifically about the upgrades to the M1. There is quite a long history to this particular upgrade. Back in the lead-up to the 2007 election, there was a commitment made by the coalition government to upgrade the M1 from the south of Brisbane…
DetailsThe 94th Mudgeeraba Agricultural Show was held last weekend, on 29 and 30 June. The Mudgeeraba show is a very traditional agriculture show where you would find everything that you would expect there to be at such a show. There were equestrian events and competitions. There were cattle, sheep, goats and poultry. I did even…
DetailsI’ve always actively reached out to the community of McPherson to listen to and best understand their concerns and feedback. Today I’d like to report to the House the top issues that are being raised with me. Let me start with transport. The widening of the M1 is well supported but the work needs to…
DetailsAlmost every single day, hardworking Australians speak to me about the cost of living, and they have multiple concerns. For some, it’s the very high cost of their mortgages, and their struggles to pay their mortgages and to provide anything but the essentials for themselves and for their families. For others, it’s their struggle to…
DetailsI thank the member for Warringah for bringing forward this motion and I thank everyone who has had the opportunity to speak on this already today. Domestic violence affects every single one of us. It affects every single person who is in this chamber right now. It affects people in the gallery. It affects everyone…
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