Jobs, manufacturing and the defence industry were on Prime Minister Scott Morrison s agenda when he visited Maryborough today. Mr Morrison visited the Rheinmetall Nioa munitions factory construction site and Global Manufacturing Group while in the heritage city. We re making things in Australia, we re making things in Queensland and we re making things in Maryborough and we re making jobs. MARYBOROUGH VISIT: (L) Global Manufacturing Group Director of Business Development, Phil Dowling, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and MP Llew O Brien. Mr Dowling presented the Prime Minister with a laser cut name plate bearing, ScoMo. Defence manufacturing is one of Australia s priorities, we re really, really good at it, you can see it all over the country … we get it done on the ground, that s why it s a priority.
For many decades government policies have been enhanced for people to make money or commodify a home. Some people even have rental properties in their wealth generating, tax minimised retirement fund. We all have to live somewhere. We can only live in one home. The greedy don t necessarily work hard for their wealth, they may seek out a good accountant and a few rental properties. Former police officer and now Federal MP for Wide Bay Llew O Brien who has battled the demons of PTSD from his career as a Traffic Accident Investigator in the Queensland Police. Picture Supplied Lucky for this region, Wide Bay voters voted for a politician who has proclaimed that he was a couch surfer. And told a story of how hard his life was. Don t you love politicians who say how hard they had it and never actually do anything to make sure no other human has to endure couch surfing.
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Subscriber only MEMBER for Wide Bay Llew O Brien has visited Fraser Island in the aftermath of a wildfire that burned for seven weeks, calling for a thorough examination of land management policies, practices and resourcing. Federal Government Minister Emergency Management David Littleproud also travelled to the island alongside Mr O Brien. About 50 per cent of the island was ravaged by the fires. It s important to remember that 98 per cent of the island is state owned and controlled by the Queensland Government, Mr O Brien said. I welcome the inquiry but it needs to be an investigation that leads to actions and improvements, not just a review that sits on a shelf.