CASH MUST STAY! Mr ANDREW: I would like to thank the Katter party for bringing this motion to the House. Cash is legal tender and the message needs to go out from this House loud and clear that there is nothing dirty or wrong with producing […]
Electricity Prices Mr ANDREW: Queenslanders have now endured two straight years of huge electricity price hikes, with prices set to rise again this year. According to Foodbank Queensland, many people have started reaching out for support for the first time in their lives. In January the […]
Double Jeopardy Mr ANDREW: I rise to speak on the cognate debate with specific reference to the Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Double Jeopardy Exception and Subsequent Appeals) Amendment Bill 2023. The bill was introduced in response to the 2022 report by Walter Sofronoff KC following […]
Increased Cost of Running a Business Mr ANDREW: The cost of running a business here in Queensland has skyrocketed. There are soaring costs in electricity, rent, fuel, interest rates, utilities, gas, wages and insurance. Over and above all of that, there are the costs to small […]
Nurse-led Medical Abortions Mr ANDREW : I rise to speak on the Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2023. Once enacted, this bill will make Queensland the first jurisdiction in Australia to allow midwives, nurses and other prescribed health practitioners to perform medical terminations […]
https://youtu.be/p8_WEpRJEnk Health System, Workforce- Questions Without Notice Mr ANDREW: My question is to the Premier. With Queensland facing crippling workforce shortages in the healthcare sector and hundreds of Queensland health workers desperate to return to work after being stood down over the COVID-19 vaccine mandates, what […]
Recreational Pistol Shooters’ participation conditions Queensland’s recreational pistol shooting community request that the participation conditions for maintaining a license, be revised to provide a fairer and more equitable means of counting pistol range participation days, including both practice and competition shoots. Due to the current ‘cost […]
(PET) SCAN – ROCKHAMPTON BASE HOSPITAL The community in the southern part of my electorate has an aging population. Unfortunately, with age comes significant health issues; some of which require medical imaging including PET scans. PET scans are not accessible in the Rockhampton region. Our community […]
Sexually explicit publications There is a large number of sexually explicit publications held in public libraries and school resource centres that are not classified by the Australian Classification and may meet the definition of a ‘submittable publication’ as defined in The Classification Act 1995. Namely an […]
Subordinate Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2019, which provides for tourist parks with unisex facilities as per Schedule 13, (6)(1)(ah) table 2. Prohibit council ‘unisex only’ gender neutral amenities blocks The Fraser Coast Regional Council redevelopment of Scarness, Burrum Heads, Pialba and Torquay Caravan Parks will […]