Local government elections were held in Queensland recently, and I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate the local mayors who were re-elected or elected in my region. From the Scenic Rim, I congratulate the new mayor, Tom Sharp, on his election. Tom Sharp defeated the former mayor, Greg Christensen. I’d like to pay tribute…
I thank you, Deputy Speaker Wilkie, and acknowledge your high office in the Speaker’s chair. I will firstly give an overview of my electorate, situated in Queensland, in which the largest contributor to GDP is agriculture. Beef production is No. 2 and horticulture is No. 1. All of my growers—my horticulturalists and my graziers—are captured…
Today, out on the lawns of our amazing parliament, there’s a gathering of the Australian caravan industry—proud Australian manufacturers of caravans, displaying their products. It’s an industry which is doing us very proud. Before I share some statistics with the parliament about the impact of the caravan industry on Australia, I want to acknowledge the…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (17:11): The Help to Buy Bill 2023 is definitely a bill that impassions the spirits of both sides of the House. Madam Deputy Speaker, you have heard from speaker after speaker in this place from the coalition about our enthusiasm for Australians to own their own homes. It is in our DNA.…
I rise to inform the House of an extraordinary individual, Merv Kurz from Springbrook. I offer his name into the Hansard for the extraordinary contribution he’s made over five decades to that community. I recently attended a community event in Springbrook where we celebrated Merv’s 87 years of life, but we also recognised his 55-year commitment to…
Today I’d like to acknowledge and congratulate all the students at Beaudesert State High School on their recent leadership ceremony. Last week I had the pleasure of attending the ceremony. The true respect, talent and regard of the school’s students was on full display. I want to congratulate Phoenix Brooks and Jack Smith on their…
It’s always a great pleasure to speak on an appropriation bill because it gives me an opportunity to speak about some amazing things that are happening in my electorate. I want to take the opportunity to acknowledge some of the local government representatives that are going around again. My electorate is made up of four…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (16:11): It gives me great pleasure to stand and speak on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024. Fundamentally, the reason the Liberal Party will be supporting this bill is that we are the architects of the stage 3 tax cuts. We’re the architects, the legislators and the…
This is my 14th year of service in this parliament. Unfortunately, it’s about the 10th time I’ve got to my feet after returning from the break to share with the House natural disasters that have happened in my electorate, the first one being in 2010, with the Grantham floods, which very sadly took 35 lives.…
It's my honour to rise in the chamber and to respond to the Governor-General's speech. Can I say at the outset how deeply honoured I am to be returned as the member for Wright, representing an electorate that is arguably one of the most diverse in our nation. In the north, we have the Lockyer…