GRANTS of up to $15,000 are available for not-for-profit community organisations to help preserve and protect nationally significant collections through the Community Heritage Grants Program. Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz encouraged public libraries, museums, historical societies, Indigenous and multicultural groups to apply before submissions close on May 8, 2017. “These grants help local communities to…
THE new and improved $1.84 million Tramway Bridge at Christmas Creek has opened to traffic. The Scenic Rim Regional Council replaced the single-lane load restricted timber bridge with a modern concrete structure through a $921,000 grant from the federal government's Bridges Renewal program. Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz welcomed the opening of Tramway Bridge.…
FEDERAL Member for Wright Scott Buchholz has welcomed a review of regional education as a win for students and families in his electorate. The Coalition Government will do a comprehensive review of regional education with the aim of getting more regional, rural and remote students to not just be successful at school but to go…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (13:46): It is not every day that you get to see the sort of teamwork that we have seen from a very special couple from the Lockyer Valley. I speak of no other than Marjory and Lawrie Johansen. Marjory and Lawrie are our 2017 Lockyer Valley Citizens of the Year. The Johansens…
LOCKYER Valley veterans and their families are the winners out of a $34,237 Commonwealth grant for the Veterans’ Support Centre at Laidley. The Veterans Support Centre Lockyer Valley will use the money towards much-needed upgrades towards their kitchen so they can provide better services for local veterans. Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz said it…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (18:30): I rise to associate myself with the comments of the previous speakers on this motion about Remembrance Day that is before the House at the moment. Unlike the families of other members that have made a contribution in this chamber today, my family were not participants in any great war. We…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (16:20): I rise to defend Australia’s values and condemn anyone who ever thinks that it is okay to hit a woman. I refer to comments by the prominent Muslim leader Keysar Trad implying that violence against a woman is okay as a last resort for husbands. Trad, who is the president of…
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…
