Thursday, 19 September 2019 I rise to speak about a matter concerning a constituent in my electorate of Southern Downs. Mrs Lauren Goss, who lives on the slopes of Girraween National Park at Wallangarra, just south of Stanthorpe, has had a monstrous injustice perpetrated on her by the state government.
Wednesday, 18th September “We heard about magic tricks from the Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. This motion and its purpose is one long virtuoso example of a magic trick. It is trying to distract attention from the appalling situation that the government finds itself in thanks to the
Wednesday, 18 September 2019 I, too, rise to speak against this bill, the Environmental Protection (Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019. I might start by giving credit to Michael Guerin, who is the CEO of AgForce. In an article which he penned that appeared in
Tuesday 17th September 2019 “I rise to speak in favour of the disallowance motion standing in the name of the member for Chatsworth, and I am proud to do so. I am standing up for the families and the small businesses of my electorate of Southern Downs against this outrageous
Wednesday, 4 September 2019 I rise to make a contribution to the debate of the Transport Legislation (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2019. I have listened with interest to the contribution of many members. I have learned a bit in the process. I commend the member for Macalister
Tuesday, 3 September 2019 I rise to speak to the Personalised Transport Ombudsman Bill 2019. Along with my LNP colleagues, I will be opposing the bill. I thank the committee for its deliberations. I note that a fair bit of work was involved on what is a relatively straightforward bill,
Wednesday, 21 August 2019 I, too, rise to make a contribution to the debate on the Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019. I have listened with interest to the contributions of the members before me. I heard the minister and my honourable friend the member for Toohey ask
Wednesday, 16 May 2019 I rise to speak in the House about an important issue in my electorate of Southern Downs—and that is the drought. We have experienced an extreme drought for some time now. There has been very little meaningful rain throughout Southern Downs over the last few years
Friday, 4 April 2019 I rise to speak about an important matter in my electorate of Southern Downs. Most people would be aware that about a week ago there was an invasion of a feedlot at Lemontree owned by the McNamee family who are great constituents of mine. About 100
Tuesday, 26 February 2019 I rise to speak on the Liquor (Rural Hotels Concession) Amendment Bill and I, too, thank the member for Traeger for introducing this bill. It is a good bill but, as the member for Southern Downs, I have to say that it does not go far
