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10 April, 2019 Lockyer Valley Regional Council is set to receive $927,079 extra to upgrade local roads as part of a $2.2 billion boost to road safety announced by the Liberal National Government. Federal Member for Wright and Assistant Minister for Roads and Transport Scott Buchholz said the extra funding to loca... Read more

04 April, 2019 Communities across Queensland are experiencing some of the toughest drought conditions in Australia’s history, and the Ma Ma Creek community will receive a share of $1.2 million provided under the latest round of the Tackling Tough Times Together program. Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buch... Read more

02 April, 2019 Local MP for Wright Scott Buchholz has vowed to fight Labor’s Plan to make sure that 50% of new vehicles sold in Australia are electric over the next decade, describing it as “devastating for local residents”. “I am actually ... Read more

02 April, 2019 Lockyer Valley farmers are set to be among the winners from a proposal that will allow easier movement of agricultural vehicles on our local roads according to Federal Member for Wright and Assistant Minister for Roads and Transport Scott Buchholz. State and territory governments recently agreed to... Read more

08 March, 2019 Works are underway to improve the safety of the North Maclean section of the Mount Lindesay Highway, just south of Brisbane. Federal Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, said the jointly funded project would improve traffic conditions at North Maclean, wi... Read more

07 March, 2019 Although on the face of it, a motion to support the introduction of a national floor price for milk might seem like a solution to the problems faced by our dairy farmers, the reality is that it would have been no remedy at all for local farmers. ... Read more

20 February, 2019 Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz has welcomed the Morrison LNP Government’s announcement of a City Deal for South East Queensland. Scott Buchholz said the Morrison LNP Government was already delivering billions of dollars of funding for congestion busting roads and rail projects acro... Read more

18 February, 2019 Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz has today welcomed Woolworths decision to dump $1/ litre milk. Mr Buchholz said $1/ litre milk has undermined the long term sustainability of our dairy industry and commercial viability of local farms for fa... Read more

18 February, 2019 Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz has today gone into battle for tens of thousands of residents in the Scenic Rim and Logan who will be impacted by the Kagaru to Acacia Ridge and Bromelton section of the Inland Rail Project. “As Federal Member for Wright, I’m today calling for t... Read more

15 February, 2019 Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz has written to all major milk processors in Queensland following an emphatic result in an online local poll where 97% of local residents from over 1,800 votes said they would pay 20c per litre more for milk if it is passed to the farmgate. Mr Buchholz said ... Read more

13 February, 2019 After the recent decision made by Westpac to close down its branch in Beaudesert, Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz, has expressed his disappointment as he understands the inconvenience of this decision for individuals and businesses that rely on face-to-face banking services. “It is ... Read more

02 February, 2019 The Morrison Government will invest $130 million to fix traffic headaches at exits on the M1, Mount Lindesay Highway and Ipswich Motorway corridors. The projects will improve the local economy and importantly provide a safer journey home for motorists. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said making it ... Read more

25 January, 2019 Local Tamborine Mountain residents who are concerned about a reduction in health services under a new Federal Health classification system have a strong voice in MP Scott Buchholz who described the change as “madness” and has vowed to continue fighting for a fairer deal for Tamborine Mou... Read more

10 January, 2019 Federal LNP Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz is calling on sport and physical activity providers in Wright to apply for funding for a national $28.9million program aimed at encouraging Australians to get more active. Mr Buchholz urged all sporting ... Read more

09 January, 2019 Federal LNP Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz is encouraging all communities across the region to contribute to the Australian War Memorial initiative Places of Pride— an online national register of war memorials to record the locations and images of every publicly accessible memorial in Austr... Read more