The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics will hold a hearing in Toowoomba this Friday, 30 June. Federal Member for Groom and Deputy Chair of the Committee, Garth Hamilton has been working behind the scenes to bring the committee to the region, given the significance of customer-owned banking. “Toowoomba has a proud history of…
I’m very sad that I can’t attend the opening of the iLAuNCH program in Toowoomba; parliamentary duties call me away. However, this is one of the most important programs, one of the most important steps forward, in Toowoomba’s long history. I think it will even come to surpass inland rail and Wellcamp Airport itself: $180…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (13:54): Another week, another terrible crime on Toowoomba’s streets. In today’s Chronicle we have reports of four men forcibly entering a house, stealing a car, going to another house, committing an assault, stealing another car and then, as has become all too common, leading police on a dangerous chase through our streets.…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (16:56): I think the previous speaker, the member for Gilmore, laid out much of why this has become such a contentious issue. We hear the concerns raised by local pharmacists described as a ‘vicious scare campaign’. There are two sides of that: dismissing these concerns out of hand as a vicious scare…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (11:47): The opening question, of course, is: where is the Treasurer? It’s a fair question. The previous minister, I’ll acknowledge, is the first Labor minister to sit the whole way through on this. I’ve sat in on a number of these consideration in detail processes. It’s become the norm for Labor not…
Despite the Treasurer arguing his Budget helped Australians, the Reserve Bank lifting interest rates is again evidence to the contrary. Australians will understandably be feeling anxious following yesterday’s decision, on the back of a Labor Budget that did nothing to help them. “The RBA are trying to do their job to fight inflation, but they…
Community pharmacists are growing increasingly concerned at the changes made by the Albanese Government to 60-day dispensing and pharmacy funding. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton said he has spoken at length with many local pharmacists, and he holds grave concerns for the viability of community pharmacy. “What this government is doing is cutting on…