Restraint is a big word. Until yesterday I didn’t know how big, but after the budget we can put an exact figure on restraint. Apparently you can increase spending by $185 billion in less than 12 months and still call it restraint. Laughable as that sounds, it’s exactly what the Treasurer did when he delivered…
On 8 March 2024, I will join a delegation to the middle east with several Parliamentary colleagues. I will return on 15 March 2024. The program will include a series of high-level briefings focusing on the events of October 7 2023 and the subsequent conflict in the region. The delegation will meet with senior political…
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 am bewildered as to why the Australian Rugby League Commission would decide to withdraw support for the Western Clydesdales. Grassroots sport is critical to the success of any serious, national sporting code and the geographic area covered by the Western Clydesdales, stretching well beyond Toowoomba, has provided many league legends over the years. Country…
Sessarago, Mr John (Sess) Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (13:46): I rise to speak in memory of a truly great teacher and mentor, Mr John Sessarago. Sess, as he was lovingly known, was farewelled last week at Fairholme College, a school he had taught at for 36 years. John was born in Roma to Brian and Elizabeth…
A life of service has come to a peaceful end. Her grace and dignity were ever present features of the modern world. Her steady leadership as reliable as the rising sun. The Queen was a reminder of all we have come from but also what we each might grow to become. We have all benefited…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (17:36): I rise to join speakers from across the parliament in condemnation of Hamas’s attacks on Israel. It has been impossible to look at the visuals that have come through with the stories over the last couple of days without feeling incredible emotion. Indeed, that is the intent of what Hamas have…
Australians are in shock at the tragic and terrifying events which have taken place over the past few days. The situation at Bondi Junction was a terrible loss of life and a traumatic situation. As I went around the Toowoomba CBD and out in our community more broadly in recent days, talking to people, there…
An annual Australia Day fundraiser has been shunted due to ‘sensitivities’ around celebrating the national day, in a sign of things to come under Labor. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton has slammed this decision, criticising the Prime Minister for his lack of leadership on the issue. “You can’t have a High Commissioner who is…
The extension of the Coalition’s popular Sporting Schools program will see more children across the Toowoomba Region participate in free sport activities. Member for Groom Garth Hamilton said the Sporting Schools program is the Government’s largest individual investment to help Australian kids stay physically active. The $79.6 million extension to the end of 2024 was…
