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 Sunshine Coast, we have the second biggest population in Australia of veterans and that is why Member for Fisher Andrew Wallace MP and I are calling on the Labor Government to reinstate critical funding for a Veteran Wellbeing Centre to be established here in our community.
Bruce Highway Construction Completed
After three years of construction, the Maroochydore and Mons Roads Interchange upgrade on the Bruce Highway is finally complete.
I am proud to have secured $241 million (80% of the total funding) for this integral infrastructure project designed to improve traffic flow, cut congestion and get drivers home sooner and safer.
This project took much advocacy and discussion with the State Government to get it over the line and I am immensely proud to have delivered this essential road infrastructure for the Sunshine Coast.
My First Speech Competition
Do you have a Year 10, 11 or 12 student who fancies themselves as a budding politician?
The My First Speech competition asks year 10 to 12 students to consider what they would say if they were a newly elected Member of Parliament and record themselves presenting the speech on video.
Applications are open now and close 11 August. For more information go to www.aph.gov.au/myfirstspeech.