I rise to support the motion. I do find it interesting that the member for Blair seems to think this is an issue that is over—that this is something that happened—and I think that probably explains a lot of what we’re seeing, quite frankly. But, since we were last in this place, to be frank,…
I’m delighted—absolutely tickled pink—to be standing in the Chamber today talking about the future of New Acland Mine with a smile on my face. It’s fantastic news. You see, one week ago the state Labor government finally bowed to reason and granted the necessary mining approvals for New Acland’s stage 3 expansion to go ahead,…
This motion speaks to three things I would like to raise that are very important. This is the story of infrastructure and infrastructure delivery, and the two very different approaches that we see. Usually when we talk about infrastructure in seats like yours and mine, Mr Deputy Speaker, we’re talking about the roads, the rail,…
The $50 million Trailblazer funding investment, made under the previous government, is the single largest amount of government funding that UniSQ has ever received. This investment opens a door to a whole new universe of opportunities for future generations of local kids who are interested in exploring the emerging field of space engineering. Who would…
It’s just a couple of days past a year since I made my maiden speech in the other chamber. It takes you some time to work out how you can best help your community when you work in this place. I will make mention of the member for Hunter, who was a valuable source, I’m…
There is something very big happening in the town of Goombungee, the picnic town. What a great name to say—Goombungee. The picnic town is experiencing something of a revival, with new business owners taking over the local cafe and pub. The new publican of the Pioneer Arms Hotel, Tom Gaslevich, started off his working life…
BILLS – Religious Discrimination Bill 2021, Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 – Second Reading Thank you to all who have written in to me on this issue, both in support of and in opposition to this bill, the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021. Overwhelmingly, the correspondence received by my office…
Health care is an economic mainstay of the Toowoomba region, contributing around $1.6 billion to our regional economy and accounting for one in five jobs in our fair city. That’s why I was delighted to welcome the regional health minister, Dr David Gillespie, to our region last week. It was a vote of confidence in…
The town of Oakey in my electorate of Groom is a very proud garrison town. If you drive down the main street in the morning, you’ll see plenty of men and women in uniform dropping off their kids at school or shopping in the street before heading into the base some five minutes outside of…
I’m very happy to speak about the government’s great achievements on the NBN. After all, when this government came to office, we had the task of fixing Labor’s NBN mess, and what a mess it was! Labor had a gold plated approach which would have cost billions of dollars more and left millions of Australians…