KEEP ON TRUCKING

April 18, 2019

Bill Shorten’s campaign promise to move Australia’s new vehicle fleet to 50 per cent electric vehicles by 2030 is causing lots of excitement.

SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH

April 5, 2019

Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition is an overlooked job description these days
but it is still an accurate one, despite everything.

“Her Majesty” gets a mention because “the Crown” includes the state interests of Queensland and the interests of the people of Queensland.

The “Loyal” is in there to show the Opposition should represent those interests if the Government fails to do so.

Parliament last week was a copybook example.

CHANGES COST RATEPAYERS
March 22, 2019
Labor is planning monumental changes to local government that will cost ratepayers $10 million, introduce senate style voting to council elections and lead to party politics being foisted onto ratepayers.

COAL INDUSTRY SHUTDOWN

March 8, 2019

When somebody shows you who they are – believe them; the first time!

Last week in parliament, Jackie Trad showed us clearly who she is.

What sort of person is so brutally cheerful about the loss of thousands of coal mining jobs?

FLOOD DISASTER

February 22, 2019

A Report from the North West Floods

I spent last Friday and Saturday visiting flood-affected communities across Queensland’s north west with Deb Frecklington and then visiting my own constituents in flooded parts of Gregory.

I can’t begin to tell you how badly it has been hit.

THREAT TO AGRICULTURE

February 8, 2019

The latest attack on Queensland agriculture has left me shaking my head in anger and disbelief.

The publication of the personal details of Queensland farmers on the deceptively named “Aussie Farms” website by animal rights activists is more than a gross invasion of privacy. It is a threat against farmers and their families and an incitement to break the law.