HUNDREDS of local industry staff and contractors will have a safer run to work after a $750,000 upgrade to Sandy Creek Road at Bromelton was completed. Workers have laid the final seal on the stretch of the heavily-used road, which links to major employers AJ Bush and Sons, Gelita and Neilson’s Quarry just outside Beaudesert. The…
A KOALA habitat restoration project at Peak Crossing is set to boost the environment and help local youth get jobs. With the help of the federal government’s Green Army program, weeds will be cleared and native food trees planted at the Queensland Trust for Nature site on Mt Flinders Road. The 652 hectare former grazing…
TIGHTENING up union corruption in the construction industry is so crucial that it is worth potentially heading to an early election for, says Wright MP Scott Buchholz. Mr Buchholz on Monday spoke up in support of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s moves to bring MPs and Senators back to Canberra on April 18 in a final…
ON Tuesday, March 15 the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal heard AIG and other peak bodies’ applications to delay the commencement date of the Payments Order, which applies to independent contractor drivers across Australia. Ministers Michaelia Cash and Darren Chester intervened in the proceeding in support of the application, informing the Tribunal that the commencement date…
WRIGHT MP Scott Buchholz is urging families to make sure their children are immunised as local vaccination rates lag behind the national average. The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register shows vaccination rates for infants aged 12 to 15 months sit at 84 per cent locally – 8 per cent below the national average of 92 per…
A HISTORIC grandstand which has been a vantage point for Beaudesert Show -goers from across the state for generations is being restored through Commonwealth funding. The Beaudesert Show Society is carrying out the $10,734 restoration through a $5367 federal government Stronger Communities program grant. The money is being used to repair and replace damaged steps…
A KOORALBYN woman who graduated from the Green Army recently has praised the program for giving her new confidence, skills and independence. Oasis Langtree, 21, was one of 11 young people to graduate from the federally funded training and employment program after six months of planting trees and clearing weeds across Scenic Rim. Katisha Cordingley,…
BUSINESS operators struggling with slow internet expect the local roll-out of National Broadband Network technology will boost efficiency and productivity. Work is under way to connect 6500 premises at Cedar Grove, Cedar Vale, Jimboomba, Mundoolun and South Maclean through NBN fibre to the node technology. The NBN Co expects to start offering services to the region by…
WRIGHT MP Scott Buchholz has issued a reminder to councils and community groups that applications for federal government CCTV funding close at 2pm Wednesday, March 2. The government's Safer Streets program delivers on the Coalition Government’s $50 million election commitment to address crime hot-spots through grants focused on crime prevention. More than $19 million was awarded under round one…
WRIGHT MP Scott Buchholz has re-opened nominations for the Wright Community Contribution Awards after commitments in Canberra forced him to postpone award presentations in 2015. The awards, which started in 2014, are a way for the community to recognise and thanks people who devote their time to helping others and making the region a better…