FEDERAL Member for Wright Scott Buchholz has encouraged regional artists and organisations to apply for funding through the Festivals Australia program. Applications are open from February 20, 2017 to March 24, 2017 and activities can include but are not limited to a parade, performance, workshop, installation or exhibition. Mr Buchholz said it was a good opportunity…
FINGER lime farmers in Scenic Rim are buzzing over a new study which they hope might unlock the opportunity for them to export fresh fruit across the globe. Australian growers cannot export fresh finger limes to China, India, Japan, the USA, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam or New Zealand because of concerns over fruit fly.…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (13:47): I want to share some of the positive news for finger lime growers not only in my electorate but right around Australia. Just a few days ago I got a really excited call from Ian and Margie Douglas, who run the Lime Caviar Company in the Scenic Rim. They were telling…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (13:51): I rise to express my empathy for the residents and staff of an aged care facility in my electorate which is going to be closed down. On Thursday, PresCare announced its plans to close the Roslyn Lodge on Tamborine Mountain. I understand that PresCare had sought to sell the home to…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (11:53): On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the report of the committee relating to referrals made in October and November 2016. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order 39(e). Mr BUCHHOLZ: I ask leave of the House to make a short statement in…
FEDERAL Member for Wright Scott Buchholz and Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt have spoken out to express their disappointment over the impending closure of PresCare Roslyn Lodge. “I empathise with the disappointment and sadness expressed by many people on Tamborine Mountain after PresCare announced its plans to close Roslyn Lodge Residential Aged Care facility,” Mr…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (18:53): I do not often speak on condolence motions, but Senator Trood is a person that I would refer to as a personal friend and, having heard the contributions from both the member for Ryan and the member for Rankin, I want to associate myself with both of their comments. They were…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (13:40): I bring good news to this parliament. Good news by way of a rising sports and athletics star: young Riley Day. Riley, who is in year 12 at Beaudesert high school, ran for Australia recently at the Nitro Athletics series in Melbourne on Saturday. She came second in the women's 150-metre…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (16:30): How the mighty have fallen! Once we used to see a proud Labor Party stand on the other side of this chamber and debate the issues that affected the nation. What we have seen the Labor Party revert to is a small band of merry men and women who are now…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (16:30): How the mighty have fallen! Once we used to see a proud Labor Party stand on the other side of this chamber and debate the issues that affected the nation. What we have seen the Labor Party revert to is a small band of merry men and women who are now…
