A Dutton LNP Government will provide $100,000 from a revitalised Safer Communities Fund (SCF) for additional security for the Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton said the upgrades would help deter vandalism, like those that occurred last year. “The disgraceful acts of vandalism that occurred last year resulted in damage to…
Newtown Park has a fascinating history. You can walk through it today, and it has a beautiful rose garden, the Queensland State Rose Garden. But, on those grounds, the 11th Light Horse Regiment trained. They famously followed the 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments in the ride on Beersheba. It’s a proud part of our…
In June, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced that a Coalition Government would raise the age of social media access to 16. The Coalition also committed to introducing legislation to give effect to this within 100 days of taking office, including an obligation on social media companies to implement age verification technology. Federal Member for Groom,…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (11:50): When I came into this role, one of the first groups that came to see me in my office was from Toowoomba’s Garden City Mosque. This is a facility that has suffered arson twice. It has been burnt down twice, and they came to ask whether there any way that the…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (09:53): ‘We will decide, and nobody else, who comes to this country. We’ll be compassionate, we will save lives and we’ll care for people.’ With those words in 2001, Prime Minister John Howard set out his vision for Australia’s immigration and refugee program. With strong borders and a strong economy, Howard believed…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (10:56): I will begin my comments by thanking the member for Fisher for raising this motion. It is important. It does speak to so many issues that are coming to the forefront of the national conversation today as we look across this nation to the level of lawlessness and social discord that…
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…