Welcome to my first issue! I am very excited to launch this newsletter which will inform and advance you bi-monthly with all things Mirani. Over the last few months especially, I have found that, more than ever, there is a need to inform my constituents with […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Government Accountability – Transcript Mr Andrew: It was once widely accepted that functioning democracies contain five main defences against tyranny: a parliament with a real opposition capable of holding the government to account; an independent and accountable public service; an independent and […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Question Without Notice – Olympic and Paralympic Games, Infrastructure – Question Without Notice – Transcript Mr ANDREW: My question without notice is to the Treasurer. Concerning supply chain constraints and skyrocketing building costs and cost blowouts on nearly all Queensland key infrastructure […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 – Transcript I rise to speak on the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Amendment Bill 2023. The bill amends the Forestry Act 1959, the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, the Recreation Areas Management Act […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Waste Reduction and Recycling and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 – Transcript I am pleased to rise to contribute to the debate on the Waste Reduction and Recycling and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023. It was introduced into the Queensland parliament on […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Bill – Transcript I rise to speak on the Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Bill 2022. The purpose of the bill is to […]
https://stephenandrew.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Renewable-project-owned-and-operated-by-the-state.mp4 You be the judge … Queenslanders will be left at the mercy of many foreign multinationals for their future power needs, as the State ploughs billions into new transmission infrastructure and distribution networks over the next 5 years. That was the ‘take-away’ I got today when I […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Path to Treaty Bill 2023 – Transcript Mr ANDREW: I rise to speak on the Path to Treaty Bill 2023. I want to first recognise the traditional custodians—the Aboriginal people, the Torres Strait Islander people and the South Sea islander people, of […]
INCREASE PATIENT TRAVEL SUBSIDIES Thousands of Queenslanders in regional and remote areas are having to choose between feeding their families or accessing medical treatment. Patients forced to travel far distances for hospital treatment are sleeping in cars and outside hospitals, because they cannot afford accommodation and […]
All flying foxes and their roosts are protected by law and two species, the grey-headed and spectacled flying foxes, are nationally listed as vulnerable species. Flying foxes are Australia’s long-range pollinators and seed dispersers. Without them, eucalypts couldn’t hybridise, rainforests would decline and commercial hardwoods would […]