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Boyce responds to proposed Voice to Parliament
The Prime Minister has finally revealed what the Australian people will be asked in the referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament later this year. As the proposed question has reference to the Executive of government, this makes the body more powerful than any Cabinet Minister. No Cabinet Minister can apply to the High Court…
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CQ LNP CALL FOR SUBMARINES TO BE BASED IN GLADSTONE
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce, Federal Member for Capricornia, Michelle Landry, and Senator Matthew Canavan have called on the Federal Government to consider Central Queensland as the home of Australia’s first nuclear submarine base. Specifically, in the Gladstone region following the announcement that Australia will have eight new nuclear submarines as part of the…
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Labor breaks aged care promise
Anthony Albanese has broken his headline election commitment to older Australians to have a registered nurse on site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in every aged care home in the Flynn electorate by 1 July 2023. Yesterday, the Aged Care Minister conceded that the Government’s legislated policy is not deliverable, as they…
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Boyce claims win for local Calliope community
After years of advocacy, Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce has welcomed the start of construction for the upgrade of the Drynan Drive intersection in Calliope. The intersection has daily high-traffic flows including frequent truck movements, with the road often crossed by school children. Mr Boyce said he has advocated for lights at the Dawson…
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Gladstone Bypass Reaches 250 Days
Most women look forward to the birth of their baby with feelings of anticipation as well as excitement. But for many women in the wider Gladstone and Biloela regions, this excitement is tempered with feelings of anxiety and fear. Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce said for many years, the provision of medical services to…
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Labor’s desperate dodgy deal with the Greens
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce has called out Anthony Albanese’s dodgy, desperate deal with the Greens to pass their flawed National Reconstruction Fund Bill which will hurt Australian manufacturers. Labor have failed to deliver the $275 reduction in power bills they promised at the last election, in fact power bills are only going up….
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Boyce asks Labor what’s next?
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce has asked the question “what’s next” following the Labor Government’s commitment to ban live sheep exports from the country. Mr Boyce said Labor couldn’t be trusted to look after the agricultural sector, with history of attacking the beef industry in particular. “Central Queensland is the centre of Australia’s beef…
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Boyce: More needs to be done to improve mobile coverage
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce has called on the Federal Government to further extend the Improving Mobile Coverage Round (IMCR). The IMCR will deliver funding to extend and improve mobile phone coverage and competition in regional and remote Australia, by co-funding new or upgraded telecommunications infrastructure in 54 target location with up to $40…
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