We need to cut the online crime recruitment pipeline

We need to cut the online crime recruitment pipeline. Tougher laws and more police are solid foundations for a response to Queensland’s youth crime crisis. This week, it has been exposed that the rampant misuse of social media, is exacerbating criminal activity across Queensland. We heard evidence presented to the Youth Justice Reform Select Committee…

TOOWOOMBA TURNS OUT TO SAY ‘NO’

Residents from Toowoomba and surrounds have turned out in droves to support the ‘No’ campaign, at a much-anticipated rally with Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.    Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton said the Toowoomba event was the largest event of its kind to date.    “It was great to see so many locals turnout, and…

Speech – Aged Care – 14 February 2022

As a 42 year old, I’m in that stage of life where we go from our parents caring for us to us caring for our parents. It’s a strange transition to make, and you get your first real view of human frailty. I think it’s important that we are all very clear and aware of…

Building Inland Rail: Doers v Reviewers

In March of 1959, the Labor Premier of NSW Joseph Cahill defied political consensus and ignored the nervousness of his policy wonks by pushing ahead with the construction of the Sydney Opera House. Across both sides of politics, general opinion held that the ground earmarked for the project would not hold the structure’s weight and…

Quarantine Camp Concerns

I want to place on record my deep concern and regret, at the Queensland Labor Governments idea, of placing regional quarantine camp in Toowoomba, in my electorate of Groom. The Premier floated this idea at a press conference on 22 January, 2021 – in what now seems a desperate attempt to find a solution to…