This week the LNP Opposition will introduce tough new laws to State Parliament to tackle the growing scourge of domestic violence in Gregory and across the state.

• Proposed Changes to Great Artesian Basin Management Plan open for public comment
• Submissions Close April 17, 2017

Media reports that BHP has struggled for months to recruit locally for 270 jobs at its Peak Downs and Saraji Mines have surprised local MP Lachlan Millar and he says the feeling is widespread.

• Agriculture is paying Queensland’s bills but Government won’t invest
• Water and transport infrastructure upgrades desperately needed
• Boost productivity to create real jobs says local MP

A tragic road accident over the Christmas holiday period has led for calls by the member for Gregory Lachlan Millar for an urgent upgrade to the intersection of the Anakie-Sapphire Road with the Capricorn Highway.

Every Queensland landholder should start 2017 by downloading the latest Property Map of Assessable Vegetation (PMAV) for their property.

There are more important issues facing Queensland than daylight saving.

• Local MP calls for recruitment of local workers as well as FIFOs
• Locals must not be excluded from recruitment pathways for Adani

• Labor Bill will increase council rates and cost western jobs
• Legislation strips away public accountability measures

• Game changing funding scheme approved for Longreach Shire
• Model would work for other local governments