‘SLIPPERY SLOPE’ MISINFORMATION BILL SHOULD BE SHREDDED

The Coalition will not support Labor’s proposed Misinformation laws. The Albanese Government’s exposure draft of the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 would suppress free speech in Australia. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton said the Coalition was concerned about the impact of the laws on freedom of speech. “Freedom of speech…

Brimblecombe Road prior to upgrade

SUBMISSION CALLS TO PROTECT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN GROOM

The Albanese Government’s 90-day infrastructure review threatens to cut important road safety and congestion busting upgrades in the Toowoomba region. Uncertainty for 400 critical road and rail projects across the nation remain under threat of cancellation with Labor’s 90 day infrastructure review hit by further delays. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton said Labor’s infrastructure…

Garth Hamilton MP with Vice Chancellor Geraldine McKenzie and other University of Southern Queensland representatives

LABOR ABANDONS COALITION INVESTMENT TO BUILD OUR SPACE ECONOMY

The Albanese Government has confirmed it has cut over $1.2 billion from Australia’s space industry by cancelling the National Space Mission for Earth Observation program in its entirety. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton has labelled the cuts to the space industry ‘economic vandalism’. “This is pure and simple economic vandalism. Labor is cannibalising a…

Position Partners CEO Martin Nix, Geoscience Australia Representative Martine Woolf, Member for Groom Garth Hamilton, USQ Head of School (Surveying and Built Environment) Dr Glenn Campbell

Lift off for Toowoomba’s space industry

Today’s official launch of the University of Southern Queensland-led iLAuNCH Trailblazer Program greenlights Toowoomba’s future in the space industry. The $180 million project includes $50 million of federal funding provided under the former Coalition government’s Trailblazer Universities Program. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton, says he is proud to have worked closely with Vice-Chancellor, Geraldine…