Daily Archives: 18 January 2011

48 Chaplains from Victoria and NSW to arrive in Lockyer Valley

Federal MP for Wright, Scott Buchholz has announced that 48 crisis-care chaplains will arrive in the Lockyer Valley regions that suffered the State’s greatest loss of life. The chaplains are from Chaplaincy Australia, the peak chaplaincy accreditation body that works in conjunction with Australian Christian Churches. They are all experienced in dealing with situations that…

Scott Buchholz thanks Queenslanders & media

Federal MP for Wright Scott Buchholz has thanked Queenslanders for remembering the people of the Lockyer Valley by observing a minute’s silence yesterday. The state stopped for a minute at 2:33pm – exactly a week after the massive storm hit Toowoomba, resulting in the first lives lost in the region. The water then gushed down…