The Albanese Government’s scrapping of the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program (HVSPP) will have devastating consequences for Flynn. Labor’s decision to axe the HVSPP follows on from significant funding cuts made to the program in its first Budget, leaving Australian truck drivers and road users’ safety at risk. Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce…
The Albanese Labor Government is overseeing a serious primary healthcare crisis in Flynn, which is making it harder and more expensive to see a doctor. The recent report released by Cleanbill has confirmed a trend that has been evident for months – Bulk billing is collapsing under Labor, after being at record highs under the…
Federal Member of Flynn, Colin Boyce said food prices were set to climb and cost-of-living pressures would get even harder for Central Queensland families, with Labor’s anti-farming changes to the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) Scheme. Under the new rules from this month, farmers will be forced to offer a minimum of 30 hours per…
The Labor-Greens Government has quashed an attempt by The Nationals in Parliament, to ensure important safeguards are in place to protect Australia’s water aquifers. It comes after Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud and Member for Flynn Colin Boyce moved an amendment to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act so that the…
People in Central Queensland are facing a tough Christmas this year thanks to Labor’s cost of living crisis. Before the last election, Anthony Albanese promised that Australians would be better off under a Labor Government. Instead, the cost of almost everything has gone up and Australian households are going backwards because Labor has been focused…
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce said Labor’s plan to underwrite a five-fold increase in new government-backed renewables across Australia will have profoundly damaging consequences in Flynn and more broadly Central Queensland and will continue to drive up the cost of everyone’s living. Mr Boyce said Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s panicked market intervention to achieve…
Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud is calling on the State Labor Queensland Government and Fortescue to come clean on how much water they plan to take from the Fitzroy River and Rookwood Weir for use in the proposed hydrogen project in Gladstone. It comes after reports Fortescue, owned by billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest, has…
After more than 10 years in the making, the construction of the $568.9 million Rookwood Weir draws to a close. The imminent completion of the weir marks a significant milestone poised to catalyse the growth and diversification of agriculture, bolster drought resilience, and address industrial and urban water requirements in the Gladstone, Capricorn Coast, and…
Michelle Landry MP, Colin Boyce MP, and Senator Matthew Canavan are calling on the Federal Labor Government to deliver certainty to the Rockhampton Ring Road following statements from the Federal Labor Minister for Infrastructure that federal government contributions to infrastructure projects would be reduced from 80 per cent to 50 per cent of each committed…
