Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright—Government Whip) (11:58): I appreciate the opportunity to stand in the House and speak once again on an issue that touches me deeply. Before coming to this House I was a state board director of Lifeline Queensland and spent many hours compiling and centralising the governance procedures for Lifeline Queensland. I know only…
Mitchell Brimblecombe and Cheneya Freese from Faith Lutheran College were given the once in a lifetime opportunity to attend a hearing for the Reserve Bank of Australia, held in Brisbane this week. In addition to attending the hearing they were also given the opportunity to ask questions directly to the Governor of the RBA, Glenn…
The $2.1 billion Roads to Recovery programme was passed in the Senate today after a long negotiation process which saw the extended funding withheld from local councils. Scott Buchholz, Federal Member for Wright is happy that the local Council will finally have access to the Roads to Recovery funding which goes a long way towards…
Young people of the Lockyer Valley will be able to gain valuable skills at a new facility being officially opened today at Faith Lutheran College in Plainland. The Plainland Trade Training Centre is offering local secondary students qualifications in automotive, construction, electrotechnology and engineering. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Senator the Hon Scott…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright—Government Whip) (15:50): I welcome the member for McMahon back into the chamber and note with interest that the terms of the matter of public importance contain the word 'chaotic'—it is always a pleasure to have him back in the chamber given yesterday's unsavoury performance. This week is a great week for Labor…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright—Government Whip) (18:40): My question goes to the parliamentary secretary regarding Budget Paper No. 2, page 233, on smaller government, surplus Commonwealth properties and divestiture of some non-defence surplus Commonwealth properties. In my electorate of Wright I am privileged to have the defence training facilities of the Canungra warfare training centre. I am…
Three local arts projects have received a combined $61, 500 worth of funding through the Federal Governments Regional Arts Fund. The projects are: Lake Wyaralong Sculpture Festival 2014 with the Beaudesert and District Community Arts Project Association Inc. receiving $15,950 to host the 16 day public event during September and October this year. The Goat…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright—Government Whip) (19:12): It is a pleasure to be able to stand in this House once again speaking to the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014. I remind the House that in the last parliament I put forward a private member's motion to bring into line some of the concerns that were…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright—Government Whip) (17:35): Tonight I rise to speak on behalf of my constituents who struggle on a daily basis to send a text message or receive a call or receive or send a simple email due to significant shortcomings in the telecommunications infrastructure around my electorate or Wright. For those who have not…
Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz MP, today hosted a community leader’s round table to discuss the serious deficiencies in our local mobile telecommunication with Paul Fletcher MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications, who is responsible for implementing the Government’s $100 million Mobile Black Spot Programme. Scott Buchholz says the need for improved…