The first construction is officially underway on the Queensland section of Inland Rail with Interlink SQ’s contract to relocate various utilities starting this week. Member for Groom Garth Hamilton MP said this was the beginning of an exciting future for the Toowoomba Region. “The beginning of the enabling works project shows that Inland Rail has…
Community projects in the Toowoomba Region will be eligible for grant funding to support the recovery and protection of local Koala populations. Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said grants of up to $200,000 will be offered for on-ground community projects and local activities that support the recovery and protection of the nationally listed Koala…
Multiple road projects are at risk across the Toowoomba region, as the Albanese Labor government seeks to cut funding in rural Queensland to fund city projects. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton was joined by Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Tony Pasin to call on Labor to save investment in Groom. Mr Hamilton…
More road and community infrastructure projects will be rolled out across the Toowoomba Region, thanks to a further $500 million in funding for the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program. The Morrison-Joyce Government is continuing to deliver for local communities through the 2022-23 Budget. Federal Member for Groom Garth Hamilton said local councils would…
Aren’t MPIs fun! I’m going to address some of the issues that have been raised here. It was suggested previously that we can’t talk about immigration and its impact on infrastructure without somehow raising the prospect of the White Australia policy. That was raised in the context of the current debate on the Voice. So…
Last Tuesday there was an extraordinary coming together of the greater Queensland GPS community, as Mr David Scott Bell was laid to rest at a very moving ceremony at Brisbane Boys College. Since the late eighties, Mr Bell has been a much-loved teacher and colleague at no less than five GPS schools: BBC, Churchie, and…
I’ll give you some real action. Let’s get that on the table. That’s a bit of fun. Let’s do that. Let’s have real action. The lowest unemployment in 50 years—we delivered that real action. We did that. The lowest welfare dependency in 30 years—we did that too. Small businesses—you opposite talk about middle Australia, and…
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,…
It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to talk about the government’s failure to reduce cost-of-living pressures at this time, I can assure you. It’s right to talk about the impact that mortgage costs going up is having on families, and what it’s like growing up in that situation. Labor certainly does have a mortgage on…
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…
