Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz MP is calling for community members to have their say on the Coalitions Policy Discussion Paper on Foreign Investment in Australian Agricultural Land and Agribusiness. Mr Buchholz said it is clear that there is scope to improve the current foreign investment regime when it comes to agricultural land and…
Local Liberal-National Party (LNP) members in the seat of Wright passed an urgent resolution on the weekend calling on the Federal Government to amend the Competition and Consumer Act. Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz MP said the amendment would provide the ACCC with divesture powers to disperse monopolies that engage in undermining competition. Ever…
Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz MP has today visited Beaudesert based meat processing company AJ Bush and Sons, who are one of the 294 companies who will directly pay the Carbon Tax. Mr Buchholz said the tour of the company operations provided him with first hand evidence of the losses local companies like AJ…
Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz MP has today appealed to the residents and businesses of Lockyer Valley and Scenic Rim to contact his office if they believe they will be better off with the Carbon Tax. Mr Buchholz has challenged the Prime Minister following her comments that nine out of 10 households will be…
Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz has last week raised an astounding flaw with an element of the Gillard Governments Carbon Tax. In a speech for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Bill 2012 last week, Mr Buchholz brought to parliament’s attention the potential make?up of the CEFC, drawing attention to the potential problems in…
Local residents in the Scenic Rim will have to wait several more years for access to the NBN. Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz said the project had turned into a blatant pork barrelling exercise with the vast majority of the rollout occurring in Labor held electorates. People right across the electorate of Wright are…
Federal Member Scott Buchholz has thrown his support behind an R18+ classification for video games. The new legislation debated in Parliament this week would see classification for video games brought into line with existing legislation for films and magazines. Mr Buchholz said the creation of an R18+ classification would give consumers clear information, a clear…
The 57,600 residents covered by private health insurance will be hard hit by Julia Gillards decision to break another promise and means test the private health insurance rebate. Federal Member Scott Buchholz said every person in Wright with private health insurance will pay more because of this legislation. Because of the means test, it is…
Local motorists can expect to feel more pain thanks to ongoing manipulation of petrol shopper docket schemes. Local federal MP Scott Buchholz said the Coalition has written to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to investigate fuel discount dockets following allegations the dockets have been used to hide an unjustified increase in the cost…
TONY ABBOTT: Its good to be here in Grantham. I want to thank Scott Buchholz for all the work he has done for the people of his electorate, particularly the people of the Lockyer Valley in the twelve months since this area was hit by Australias most devastating floods of modern times. I want to…