August 31st, 2022
SPRING ROAD TRIP I LOOK forward to catching up with you at my pop-up office this week on Thursday, September 1 from 7.40 – 9.00am near the Coolum Surf Club. This is part of my quarterly Road Trip around the Fairfax electorate, so…
September 28th, 2022
Heavy Rail to the Sunshine Coast IN MARCH this year, my colleague Andrew Wallace and I announced $1.6 billion to build a new heavy passenger rail line from Beerwah to Maroochydore. This was the single largest transport infrastructure project in…
January 11th, 2023
Planting trees for the Queen’s Jubilee It was a pleasure to join two local communities in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II. I joined student leaders at Coolum State School at the end of 2022 where I helped secure…
March 8th, 2023
My Biggest Survey Do you have big ideas about how to can make our local community an even better place in which to live, work and play? I want to hear your views and I’ve launched the Biggest Survey to…
April 5th, 2023
Happy Easter I would like to wish all Coolum residents a very Happy Easter! I hope you have an opportunity to spend time with friends and family. It’s also school holidays so please take care on the roads during this…
May 3rd, 2023
Anzac Day I had the pleasure of attending many Anzac Day services across the electorate and I would like to congratulate the organisers and volunteers involved. These events can’t happen without their hard work. In particular, I’d like to mention…
May 31st, 2023
Ted with Meals on Wheels volunteers. Photo: contributed. Supporting Volunteers VOLUNTEERS are the backbone of our community, and they deserve our thanks and support. Sociologists like Hugh Mackay point to the Sunshine Coast as a region that has the highest…
June 28th, 2023
Grants for Local Sporting Champions CONGRATULATIONS to Coolum locals, siblings Rebecca and Patrick Davies, of St Andrew’s Anglican College who were recently awarded a Local Sporting Champion grant of $750 each to help with the cost of participating in the…
July 26th, 2023
Sunshine Coast Veteran Wellbeing Centre Last week I invited representatives from local veteran organisations to meet with Shadow Minister for Veteran Affairs Barnaby Joyce to discuss how to provide better support for ex-service personnel in our community. Here on the…
August 23rd, 2023
COOLUM State School painted the town REaD on Wednesday, August 23. Taking their book week out into the community, with over 20 local businesses getting involved in sharing the importance of reading. I was delighted to provide four book gift…