THOUSANDS of Beaudesert homes and businesses are set to be connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN), with fixed line construction under way to more than 4000 premises in the town. Anticipation is building for faster internet locally, with the service expected to be ready for connection by the end of the year. Federal Member…
MOTORISTS will get a safer run on local roads through a $3.7m Commonwealth investment in road safety for the Lockyer Valley. Projects will be carried out at Gatton, Laidley, Laidley North, Kensington Grove, Regency Downs, Lake Clarendon, Lower Tenthill and Lockyer Waters, with construction expected to get under way in the new financial year. Federal…
VETERANS will be able to seek support in a safer environment when the Beaudesert RSL Sub-Branch replaces its old and uneven carpet through a Commonwealth grant. The organisation, which looks after the welfare of serving and ex-serving members of the Australian Defence Force and their families, will carry out the project through an $11,000 federal…
OWNER drivers will be able to get back on the road and regain their livelihoods after the Federal Parliament abolished the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) late Monday night. Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz said scrapping the RSRT – which Labor established in 2012 under the premise that drivers would go slower and work…
THE Gold Coast Woodturners will be able to do a good turn for even more people in the community after securing $5425 in Commonwealth funding towards two new woodturning lathes. The community group – which will pitch in for the $10,851 project – will use the two new lathes to cater to a growing demand…
FEDERAL Member for Wright has urged the local community get involved in a national campaign on how disrespect towards girls can grow into something more serious. Stop it at the start aims to help families, teachers, sports coaches and others challenge their own views about respectful relationships and gender equality, and start a conversation with…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (17:31): It gives me great pleasure to stand and give my comments on the Road Safety Remuneration Repeal Bill 2016 in this cognate debate. Before I start, I want to acknowledge the owner-operators in the gallery. Thank you very much for your commitment. It gives great weight to the debate to have…
BOONAH Golf Club members are swinging their clubs in joy after they secured $10,000 in federal government funding towards a new greens mower. The mower – which they will also pitch in for – will replace their archaic high-maintenance 25-year-old ride-on. The club expects getting a new model will slash the amount of money they…
GATTON people in wheelchairs will get a new sense of independence and freedom after local service Anuha secured $9655 in Commonwealth funding towards a wheelchair lift for its community transport bus. The lift – which Anuha will also pitch in for – will allow people in wheelchairs to board the community transport bus alongside other…
WORN out old signs will become history when the Tamborine Mountain Historical Society replaces more than 50 of them through a $5000 federal government grant. The $10,000 project – which the society will contribute $5000 cash, labour and materials towards – is expected to enhance the experience of tourists, visitors and school groups to the…