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 […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Renewable Energy – Transcript “Madam Deputy Speaker, according to last year’s report from the construction skills Queensland, Queensland will need up to 196 gigawatts of installed capacity and renewable capacity to meet the state’s target. Just to put that into perspective. Currently […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Regional Queensland, Energy Projects; Housing – Transcript The government currently has $20.8 billion of green energy projects which are either already underway or confirmed to commence between 2021 and 2025. Most of these projects are expected to land in Central and Northern […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Motion Youth Crime – Transcript Mr ANDREW: I was going to go through some of the statistics that we have on crime but first I will touch briefly on a story that a 21-year-old tribal girl told me at the airport. She […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 – Transcript Stephen Andrew: I rise to speak on the Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022. The bill amends the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019, the Mental […]
Urgent Review needed into the outrageous hike in Qld land valuations Last month, landowners across the state were left stunned after receiving land revaluation notices which showed eye-watering increases in the unimproved value of their land. At least one farmer in Mackay was hit with a […]
Stephen Andrew MP – Local Government Electoral and Other Legislation (Expenditure Caps) Amendment Bill – Transcript “I rise to speak on the Local Government Electoral and Other Legislation (Expenditure Caps) Amendment Bill 2022. According to the bill’s explanatory notes accompanying the bill, there is a concern […]
Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-0QtVBicAQ&ab_channel=StephenAndrewMP Stephen Andrew MP – Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 – Transcript “I rise to speak on the Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022, which amends the Environmental Protection Act, 1994 and other […]