Early payment of Financial Assistance Grants good news for Sunshine Coast
• Sunshine Coast to share in early payment of $1.2 billion • Program enables councils to spend their grant according to local priorities Sunshine Coast Council will be able to start work on crucial new…
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Grants for volunteer organisations in Fairfax
Ted O'Brien MP has called on community organisations in Fairfax to apply for grant funding to support the efforts of their volunteers. Mr O'Brien the Federal Government was providing $20 million worth of grants valued between…
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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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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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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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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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2018 Fairfax Seniors ‘Cost of Living’ Forum
Please join me at the 2018 Fairfax Seniors 'Cost of Living' Forum. I will be joined by two guest speakers - Julie Schafer, Financial Planner and Margaret Donaldson, MyAged Care specialist. Date: Monday 6 August When: 9 am…
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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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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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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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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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VETERANS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL
The debt Australia owes our military past, present and future is immeasurable. It is a debt we owe for our basic freedoms and our way of life. As capable and increasingly well-equipped as our Defence…
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Call for Fairfax preschools and schools to take part in languages program
The Federal Government will expand its successful Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program into more preschools and schools in Fairfax. Member for Fairfax, Ted O’Brien encouraged Fairfax preschools and schools to get on-board and give…
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AGRIBUSINESSES TARGET NEW MARKETS AND JOB GROWTH WITH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Farmers, food suppliers and retailers across the country are set to benefit from Australia’s first ever agribusiness clustering initiative. Food Innovation Australia Limited’s (FIAL) Cluster Programme encourages businesses, researchers and educational institutions to work together…
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STATEMENT – Arts and Culture on the Sunshine Coast.
The arts and cultural sectors are alive and well here on the Sunshine Coast. I took the opportunity to remind my colleagues in Canberra last week. . . #QCCC #SunshineCoastTheatreCo
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Helping Fairfax small businesses grow by going digital
The Federal Government today announced funding of $18m towards a new Australia-wide program helping family and small businesses build their digital capability. Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation, Craig Laundy, said…
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MOTION Infrastructure
When it comes to ensuring that our cities have the vital infrastructure they need, it isn't just about 'show us the money'. Even though, yes, we have spent more and invested more than Labor. That…
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STATEMENT – Longman Electorate
"There's a vacant seat in this chamber on which two words are written. Do you know what those two words are? Those two words are 'Trevor Ruthenberg'— A government member: Big Trev."
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STATEMENT – Australian Culture
"There is an enemy of freedom, and that enemy is political correctness. I am becoming increasingly concerned by the overreach of political correctness in our country. It's an overreach which is an enemy of the…
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START-UPS IN FAIRFAX GET A BOOST FROM GOVERNMENT
Regional incubators in Fairfax will be given additional assistance to apply for the Incubator Support initiative to improve their commercial prospects. A new regional specialist will be appointed to assist local incubators through the application…
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FUNDING APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR VETERANS’ HEALTH WEEK 2018
NUTRITION will be the theme for this year’s Veterans’ Health week with funding for applications to support events highlighting the week now open for Ex-Service organisations (ESOs) and community groups. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Darren…
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Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax) Bill
"In my region of the Sunshine Coast alone, over 126,000 low- and middle-income earners are set to receive income tax relief next financial year thanks to this bill."
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MOTION Indonesia
"Indonesia is a country of first-order importance to Australia, and that was confirmed in our foreign affairs white paper. It has a vibrant economy and a vibrant democracy of now over 250 million people. It's…
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STATEMENT BY MEMBERS Budget
"The importance of Queensland as a state was affirmed in this year's federal budget, where we saw so much money dedicated to infrastructure—well over $5 billion—on new projects. One of those projects, the upgrade of…
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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill
"Let's look at this budget, firstly from where we have come—and we've come a long way. We've come, of course, from the back of that disastrous Rudd-Gillard-Rudd era. It almost sends a shiver down the…
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Home Affairs and Integrity Agencies Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
"Our intelligence agencies are currently managing around 400 high-priority counterterrorism investigations, and so it is essential that we continually invest in and support our national security agencies."
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Interactive Gambling Amendment (Lottery Betting) Bill 2018
"Legal gambling appropriately takes place in Australia, and should only take place, under a social contract. This bill represents a bid to ensure that the terms of that social contract are indeed met by all…
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MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE Vocational Education and Training
"Let's again shine a light on the Leader of the Opposition's absolute incompetence.' That's why he should never be Prime Minister."
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STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS Queensland: Infrastructure
"The federal budget has now been delivered and Queensland are winners big time. Twenty billion dollars is going to Queensland for infrastructure, including $5.2 billion for new projects."
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SOLAR FARM HAS ITS TIME IN THE SUN
Sunshine Coast Solar Farm project wins national award • Sunshine Coast Council wins one of 10 categories of the 2018 National Awards for Local Government • The council is Australia’s first local government to offset…
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