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Warren Truss MP - Federal Member for Wide Bay, Warren Truss today said the latest rise in the Wide Bay Burnett region’s unemployment rate to 9.5 percent cements his call for action to help people into jobs. “Over the last three months the unemployment rate has gone up and up and up, from 7.5... (19-Apr)
George Christensen MP - The Mackay sugar industry’s chances of participating in the Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme’s first year are all but dashed because the random starting date is eight weeks too late. Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, wrote to the Employment M... (19-Apr)
Michael McCormack MP - There must be a water plan which satisfies the triple bottom line approach, taking in the social, economic and environmental implications of any reform according to Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack. In his submission to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority... (19-Apr)
Darren Chester MP - Gippslanders are being urged to show their respect for Australian servicemen and women by reflecting at one of the many commemoration services to be held across the region on ANZAC Day next Wednesday. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said there would be ANZAC... (19-Apr)
Senator Fiona Nash - Nationals Senator, Fiona Nash, has proposed an itinerary for the new Greens Leader, Christine Milne’s planned regional tour. Murray Darling Basin – Meet with irrigation communities such as Griffith in NSW and explain why the Greens want to take 7600 gigalitres from th... (19-Apr)
John Cobb MP - Federal Member for Calare, John Cobb today officially opened the newly expanded rehabilitation unit at Dudley Private Hospital. The new rehabilitation unit comes as the increasing need for rehabilitation services in the region grows. The new rehabilitation unit... (17-Apr)
George Christensen MP - Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, has called on Mackay residents to have their say on cyber safety as part of a Liberal National Coalition review of online safety for children. With an estimated 2.2 million Australian children actively engaged in online... (16-Apr)
George Christensen MP - It won’t happen overnight, but the sooner disability reform is started, the sooner people with disabilities and their carers will be better off, according to Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen. Mr Christensen has heard enough heart-breaking storie... (16-Apr)
Warren Truss - Local LNP Members of Parliament have joined together to call on the liquidators of Cooroy Mountain Spring Water to give priority to protecting local jobs when it comes to assess bids for the future of the business. Federal Member for Wide Bay, Warren Truss, State Membe... (13-Apr)
Michael McCormack MP - Riverina families and business will pay an average 16 per cent increase in their electricity bills, with half being attributed to the carbon tax according to Nationals’ Member for Riverina Michael McCormack. “The announcement made yesterday by the Indep... (13-Apr)