30th March, 2017 – Bill – Business Corrupting Benefits
This bill aims to put an end to potentially corrupt secret payments that are too often exchanged between employers and unions to scratch each other's backs at great cost to workers.
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New Committee Puts Seniors First
Seniors on the Sunshine Coast will have their voices heard in Canberra through a new local committee dedicated to the over 50s. Member for Fairfax Ted O’Brien, who has established the Seniors Advisory Committee, said…
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Tourism Boom for Sunshine Coast Rolls On
Tourism operators and small businesses are hopeful the recent boom in trade will roll on as many people plan an extended long weekend ahead of ANZAC day. The local tourism industry is going from strength…
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FREE Glucose Monitoring Devices for Sunshine Coast Kids with Diabetes
Children suffering type 1 diabetes will no longer face the stress of having up to 10 blood tests a day thanks to a Federal Government initiative supplying eligible families with free, continuous glucose monitoring devices.…
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20th March, 2017 – Private Member’s Business – Trade Unions
The coalition government is going into bat for the very people the Labor Party and the unions pretend they want to represent.
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20th March, 2017 – Private Member’s Business – Energy
We need to ensure that we have energy security in this country. That means that we need secure, reliable and affordable energy.
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20th March, 2017 – Bill – National Rural Health Commissioner
The appointment of the National Rural Health Commissioner is an essential element to ensure the future way of life in outback Australia and in rural and regional communities continues.
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21st March, 2017 – Bill – Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance
In order for us to deal with multinationals that decide they wish to avoid their tax obligation, we need to take action.
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21st March, 2017 – Statement by Members – Political Correctness
In this country—a proud liberal democracy—we have no more important a foundation principle than freedom. Our forebears fought for it, they died for it, and it is our job now to protect it.
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21st March, 2017 – Constituency Statement – Sunshine Coast
The experts agree: Queensland's Sunshine Coast is on a roll. With proper management and strong representation, it has one of the brightest futures of any region in the country.
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23rd March, 2017 – MPI – Energy Security
What you see from the coalition side is action in trying to fix Labor's mess at the state level, action with the Snowy Hydro scheme that will deliver the largest storage capacity has this country…
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23rd March, 2017 – Bill – Competition and Consumer Amendment
The bill seeks to deal with one of the fundamental challenges in free market economies everywhere, which is to ensure that competition flourishes.
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7th February, 2017 – MPI – The Turnbull Government
"On this side of the House, the vast majority of people have started businesses and we have run businesses—it is in our DNA. We know the importance of ensuring (1) access to capital and (2)…
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28th February, 2017 – Statements by Members – Domestic Violence
"Violence in the home—no matter who the perpetrator is or who the victim is—is never acceptable. Domestic violence is against our values and our honour as a nation and it flies in the face of…
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28th February, 2017 – MPI – Child Care
"I am delighted to talk on this topic today because there are three big winners with the coalition's childcare package —families, women and children. As one of my colleagues mentioned, this would impact on almost…
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27th February, 2017 – Private Member’s Business – National Stronger Region’s Fund
"The economy is not an end unto itself. It is in fact the means by which you can enable local communities to take control of their own destiny. It is the means by which vital…
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27th February, 2017 – Bill – Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform
"The minister, when he introduced this bill, headlined the childcare measures because the potential positive impact of these measures is truly enormous. They support almost one million Australian families balance their work and parenting responsibilities.…
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NEW SUPPORT FOR YOUNG SUNNY COAST JOB SEEKERS
A new Federal Government incentive is now available to help Sunshine Coast businesses hire additional staff. Wage subsidies are a key component of the Government’s new jobactive PaTH Program, which will be fully rolled out…
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16th February, 2017 – Adjournment debate – Energy
"The Prime Minister is absolutely right when he says that if Australia is to have a reliable, affordable source of energy for households, for businesses, for hospitals and for schools—to sustain our way of life…
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15th February, 2017 – Statements by Members – The Economy
"As a medium-sized, open, free-market liberal democracy, operating in a highly integrated and volatile world, we must restore our competitive edge, because on that will depend our success."
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15th February, 2017 – MPI – Infrastructure
"In my patch alone on the Sunshine Coast we will see construction beginning this year on a $929 million spend on the Bruce Highway from north of the Caloundra Road turnoff to the Sunshine Motorway.…
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15th February, 2017 – Bill – NDIS Savings Fund
"Labor's funding gap for the NDIS in 2019-20, when it becomes fully operational as a program, is $4.1 billion, growing to $6 billion a year soon after. It was, and it is, a ridiculous and…
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13th February, 2017 – Statement by Members – Fairfax Electorate: Bushfires
"On behalf of this parliament and on behalf of the Sunshine Coast community, to you who serve, to you who protect, for you who have protected us from the recent Coolum-Peregian Springs fires, I offer…
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13th February, 2017 – Private Members Business – Centrelink
"If there is a difference between Labor's system and the coalition's system, it is that the coalition has digitised the otherwise archaic manual system that the Labor Party was using."
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9th February, 2017 – Constituency Statement – United States Presidential Election
"No American presidential election has ever attracted the attention of Australians like that of Donald Trump."
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8th February, 2017 – Bill – Corporations Amendment
"It was Robert Menzies who said: We took the name ‘Liberal’ because we were determined to be a progressive party, willing to make experiments, in no sense reactionary but believing in the individual, his rights…
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KIDS BEAT THE HEAT IN THE HOTTEST YEAR
It’s been a record hot start to the year but kindy kids, sports and volunteer organisations are playing it cool thanks to federal government funding. Community grants totalling $35,000 have warmed the hearts of community…
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COMPARE THE PAIR O’BRIEN VS PALMER – The numbers speak for themselves
O’Brien delivers 30 speeches in 33 days Palmer delivered 30 speeches in 33 months It’s taken Ted O’Brien just 33 days in Parliament to equal what his predecessor Clive Palmer achieved in 33 months as…
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TEACHING KINDY KIDS NEW LANGUAGES
Time is running out for Sunshine Coast Kindergarten’s to embrace an exciting early-learning languages program being rolled out nationally for the first time this year. Member for Fairfax Ted O’Brien is encouraging local Kindy’s…
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THANKING THE HEROS OF THE COOLUM BUSHFIRE CRISIS
TRANSCRIPT FROM PARLIAMENT HOUSE SPEECH: Ted O’Brien: So busy are the lives of everyday Australians that it sometimes takes a major event for us to pause; take a step back and reflect on how lucky…
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