People living in the small communities of Mount Whitestone, Ma Ma Creek, Fordsdale and Egypt will soon enjoy the benefits of better mobile phone coverage thanks to the Liberal National Government’s $220 million Mobile Black Spot Program. Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz recently joined community members at the Mt Whitestone Rural Fire Shed to…
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 local councils is the result of a…
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 Buchholz said the Ma Ma Creek Community Centre, a recipient of…
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 really angry that the alternative Prime Minister can have a plan that will add up to…
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 the changes and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator…
Bill Shorten is up to his old tricks. It’s widely agreed that he ran an untrue scare to try to win the last election. That’s why it was dubbed “Mediscare”. And he’s doing the same thing again now – just weeks out from the election. Talking about a Medicare “freeze” and claiming that Medicare will…
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, with new signals enhancing safety for more than 20,000…
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. It would lead to the decimation of the…
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 across South East Queensland and this new deal would help unlock further…
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 far too long. “Since the introduction of $1/ litre milk in 2011 the number of dairy…