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Pictures of Lilley: PMâs incursion into ALP territory Save Share Not content with holding 23 of the 30 seats in Queensland, the Coalition is making a play for at least two more â the electorate of Blair and Wayne Swanâs former seat of Lilley. A day after announcing former Army sniper and Afghanistan veteran Ryan Shaw would be the Liberal-National Party candidate for Lilley, Scott Morrison made an incursion into the Labor-held seat to spruik his HomeBuilder program. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the newly selected candidate for Lilley, Ryan Shaw, visit a Metricon HomeBuilder site in Geebung. Dominic Lorrimer Mr Swan held Lilley between 1993 and 1996, when he lost to the Liberals, before taking it back in 1998 and holding it until his retirement at the 2019 election. ....
Advertisement A state push for a bigger quarantine regime has sparked a row with Prime Minister Scott Morrison over the road map to open the nationâs borders, as a top business chief calls for a faster plan even if some people die. Mr Morrison infuriated critics by dismissing a Queensland proposal to build a new quarantine centre that could ease the load on other states, with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson calling him âbloody-mindedâ for refusing to budge. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Toowoomba is not the right place for a quarantine centre. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer While the federal government assumes the borders will stay closed until the middle of next year, Virgin chief executive Jane Hrdlicka said the country should speed up that plan as people were vaccinated. ....
Budget stories are always about winners and losers, and Ipswich was mainly the latter after we took a while to look for which major projects were set to receive federal government funding. At the top of our list this year were upgrades to the Cunningham Hwy Yamanto to Ebenezer Creek section, the Springfield-Ipswich rail line, and improvements to North Ipswich Reserve. Blair MP Shayne Neumann has been scathing of the budget, saying Ipswich has been ignored. Picture: Alix Sweeney The upgrade to the Mt Crosby Rd interchange on the Warrego Hwy is the only major road project to get a mention in the budget. ....
Veteran suicide: Call for grieving families to be heard Grieving mothers have joined veterans and military lawyers in Canberra to air their concerns over the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into suicides. Health by Adella Beaini Premium Content Subscriber only Grieving mothers have joined veterans and military lawyers in Canberra to air their concerns over the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into veteran suicides in a last bid to have their voices heard. There is only one week left for the veteran community and families to submit their views on what the royal commissioner should consider, after the federal government announced last month it would look at both defence and veteran suicides. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only IPSWICHâS elected representatives all came to the same table this week to discuss the growing cityâs needs and priorities in a âuniqueâ initiative designed to build better bonds between all levels of government. The forum was spearheaded by division 1 Councillor Jacob Madsen, who moved a motion at a January council meeting for councillors and the regionâs state and federal politicians to meet once every three months. âThe year 2020 was a disruptive year in many ways, and as a means to improve discourse between the three levels of government in Ipswich it is necessary to facilitate greater working relationships to ensure collaborative problem solving and effective advocacy for Ipswich,â he said in January. ....