Families in Groom are making tough decisions about their own budgets right now and next week’s Budget must provide a plan to address the cost of living crisis and show real fiscal restraint. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton has outlined his priorities for the budget and said it was an opportunity for the Labor…
Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has officially opened the $2.96 million Rockville Park clubhouse upgrade project funded with support from the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Fund. The new amenities were used for the first time today when Coolaroo AFC took on Toowoomba AFC in a local AFL game. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton…
Almost a third of the cost of the $31.4 billion Inland Rail project could be saved if the line stopped at Toowoomba. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton said the Schott review of the project, which concluded the project was facing a delayed completion date and additional costs, was justification to review the stop and…
A polite ‘No’ to a divisive Voice. I have previously outlined my position on the proposed Voice to Parliament and it is a position based on principle and a strong belief in opposing the separation of Australians or giving Australians different rights, based on race. I reiterate that my position remains unchanged. I will be…
I find myself outnumbered here, but we’ll have a go anyway! I will take up a point from the previous speaker, the member for Adelaide. Groom must be a very different place. We saw tremendous investment in our energy sector across coal, gas and solar. Just outside wind, we’re energy agnostic; we’ll take whatever works,…
Price caps simply do not work. This is a longstanding truism in politics and economics. It was true in recent times in South America, as it was true back in Roman times. The edict on maximum prices led to a period of chaos. It’s true because it tries to defy the laws of supply and…
I love my home town of Toowoomba. It’s a wonderful place to live, to work, to raise a family. It’s a great place in and of itself—a wonderful city, a wonderful lifestyle—and it’s been a hub for so much of south-west Queensland and northern New South Wales for years. Growing up, this is where we…
On Monday I will introduce my private member’s bill to the parliament that seeks to explicitly expand the powers of the eSafety Commissioner to deal with the promotion of crimes committed repeatedly in Queensland’s youth crime crisis. It’s a bill born of our local community, and I want to thank two local groups for their…
On Monday I will introduce my private member’s bill to the parliament that seeks to explicitly expand the powers of the eSafety Commissioner to deal with the promotion of crimes committed repeatedly in Queensland’s youth crime crisis. It’s a bill born of our local community, and I want to thank two local groups for their…
It’s a great joy to have the member for Spence back on the rotation. I always make an effort to try and find one point I can agree with the last speaker on. I’m wholeheartedly all-in on the line, ‘It’s not going to get too much better.’ I think that’s very much the situation Australia…
