Fairfax Aged Care Forums
I invite your input into an electorate-wide submission to the aged care Royal Commission. Join me at one of three Fairfax Aged Care Forums on 30 and 31 October. Booking essential - Register here
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Medicare eligible MRI scans for the Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast is one of the fastest growing population centres in the country, yet access to Medicare subsidised MRI scans has fallen behind. This situation is especially acute at Buderim Private Hospital, the only not-for-profit…
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Funding boost for Fairfax Men’s Sheds
The Federal Government is investing in men's sheds here in Fairfax with $90k for the Sunshine Valley Men's Shed and $84k for the Coolum Men's Shed.
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Aged Care
"The feedback I get from older Australians and their families, from our annual Fairfax seniors forums and from regular meetings of the Fairfax Seniors Advisory Committee, is that more needs to be done to improve the…
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Criminal Code Amendment (Food Contamination) Bill
“Sabotaging a piece of fruit that could be swallowed by a child or anyone for that matter is horrific. “The increase in penalties that this bill represents is needed. We need to ensure that, particularly…
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Trade Unions
Big unions have turned workplace relations into big business. With surging profits that defy a collapsing membership, the financial interests of big unions often directly compromise the interests of the very workers they purport to…
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ECONOMY
Under this coalition government, the Australian economy has taken off like a rocket. Our national economy is growing faster than any G7 economy—including the US —and well above the OECD average of 2.5 per cent.…
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Customs Act & Customs Tariff Act
These bills will amend the Customs Act and the Customs Tariff Act to introduce new rules of origin and introduce new preferential customs duty rates for goods imported into Australia from nations that are parties…
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Modern Slavery Bill
What exactly is modern slavery? Today, slavery is more about a de facto form of ownership that is often hidden. Slavery has today transformed itself to serve our insatiable global consumer economy and its demand…
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STATEMENT Fairfax Telecommunications
The Sunshine Coast will soon have Australia's fastest data link to Asia and second-fastest data link to the United States due to an international optic cable coming ashore by 2020, connecting here to Guam, Japan…
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Customs Amendment Bill / Customs Tariff Amendment Bill
The bill to which we refer today builds upon one of the most important networks of strategic and economic relationships that Australia has: our relationships with our closest neighbours, the nations and people of the…
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Statement from Ted O’Brien MP, 24 August 2018
A statement from Ted O'Brien MP on the Morrison - Frydenberg Federal Government.
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Energy
If the Queensland state government were to write down its network assets, or even half of them, it would have a material impact on electricity prices. But, when I raised the prospect last Friday, the…
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Income tax
The Turnbull government takes very seriously the role that a balanced and properly weighted tax system plays in sustaining not only fairness and justice but also a strong economy that not only underpins jobs but…
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Vietnam Veterans Day
While the Battle of Long Tan recedes into an increasingly distant past, I'm confident that its memory will continue to stir the hearts of generations of Australians to come. To those who have served and…
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Matters of Public Importance – Energy Prices in Queensland
Energy prices in Queensland are too high. The Queensland Government has been more than happy to see poles and wires charged to consumers at ridiculous, inflated prices. They've been more than happy to see the…
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Constituency Statement Political Correctness
One year ago, I rose to add my voice to a growing chorus of voices warning of a slippery slope of political correctness and socialist virtue signalling. We are one year on from my first…
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Customs Amendment Illicit Tobaco Bill
The ATO and the Department of Home Affairs estimate that almost $600 million in tobacco duty was forgone in the 2015-16 financial year due to Australia's illicit tobacco trade. This bill involves giving Australian Border…
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Employment
The Coalition government believes in creating jobs. The Labor Party believes in taxing people. Labor's plan isn't to create jobs but to actually make people poorer.
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Congratulations Sunshine Coast Lightning!
The Sunshine Coast Lightning did us proud by advancing to the Preliminary-finals of the National Netball League with their 1 point win over the Brisbane Firebirds! They now play the Sydney Giants at 1pm on…
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Fairfax 2017/18 Annual Report
I am pleased to present you with my 2017/18 Annual Report for Fairfax. To download a copy of the report, please click on the DOWNLOAD TRANSCRIPT button.
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Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation) Bill
This bill is part of a wider suite of targeted reforms under this government—reforms that safeguard and sustain Australia's huge $2.6 trillion superannuation sector. The reforms introduced into this parliament will improve the governance, transparency…
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STATEMENT THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
In Longman, the Labor Party are running an unashamed untruth. On the one hand they're saying, 'Look over here; there's a problem with hospital funding.' Meanwhile, what are they doing with the other hand? They're…
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CONSTITUENCY STATEMENT WESTERN VALUES
What we see with the Australian National University's rejection of a new course on Western civilisation is symptomatic of a lack of leadership through other institutions when it comes to fostering those key values of…
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BILL Appropriation
I've had the privilege, together with my Team Queensland LNP colleagues, of coming to understand the Land 400 project in great detail, because Team Queensland put its shoulder to the wheel in support of a…
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MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – INCOME TAX
The Liberal-National Party believes in free enterprise. We believe in empowering the individual to realise their full potential. The Australian Labor Party believes in big government and ensuring that the average Australian worker is kept…
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TREASURY LAWS AMENDMENT ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS
I constantly hear two things from small businesses in my electorate. No. 1 is that they want to keep creating jobs for Australians. No. 2 is that they want to see government continue to support…
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Treasury Laws Amendment Bill Superannuation Measures
An essential part of that planning is to ensure all Australians have adequate retirement savings courtesy of our superannuation system, a fair superannuation system with reliable measures and enforcement regimes to protect the hard-earned savings…
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APPROPRIATION BILL
Looking at the track record of this government, as somebody who has worked in trade most of his life, I cannot tell you how proud I am to be part of a government that has…
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PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILL AGED CARE
The coalition government respects the dignity and is responding to the needs of older Australians. There is not a crisis. Older Australians need not be suffering anxiety from the fear that the Labor Party is…
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