Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to attend the National Farmer Rally outside Parliament House, ignoring farmers who travelled from Central Queensland to plead with the Labor Government to stop its anti-farming agenda. Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce said the Prime Minister had once again demonstrated complete contempt towards farmers and rural, regional and…
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce is pleased to announce the Growing Regions Program Round 2 will open on Thursday, September 5. Mr Boyce said not-for-profit organisations and government entities are invited to submit an application for Round 2 of the Growing Regions Program. “Grants between $500,000 and $15 million are available to support capital…
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce introduced a motion in the Federal Parliament today calling for further protections to be put in place for the Great Artesian Basin. Mr Boyce said he has been fighting to protect the Great Artesian Basin for many years. “In 2018, I expressed my strong opposition to anything that could…
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce has strongly welcomed the announcement by State LNP candidates Donna Kirkland and Glen Kelly that a future State LNP Government will build a high school in Gracemere. Mr Boyce said, the wider Gracemere community has been advocating for a high school for almost 30 years and in this time,…
After two years of high interest rates, along with skyrocketing energy bills and grocery prices, the people in Central Queensland are at breaking point. Australians are paying 20% more personal income tax, real wages have gone backwards, and living standards have collapsed by nearly 8%. But despite the cost of living being the number one…
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce alongside board members of the Mount Morgan Promotion and Development Inc have encouraged Central Queenslanders to participate in an historic journey of Mount Morgan’s CBD area. Mr Boyce said he was pleased that the Mount Morgan Promotion and Development Inc project ‘Mount Morgan CBD -Links to its Historic Past’…
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce says the Albanese Labor Government’s Roads to Recovery funding distribution is leaving regional councils behind as they struggle to address the ever-growing road maintenance task. While the Federal Labor Government is increasing the Roads to Recovery funding gradually from $500 million to $1 billion per year by 2027-28, Mr…
Television viewers have been warned of more station closures, following the shutdown of the Mildura Digital Television service in Victoria. The owners of the TV service which broadcast Network Ten programs to about 70,000 local residents ended its broadcasts on Sunday night (30 June), citing falling advertising revenues. The Albanese Government’s solution to replace the…
Australian households are burdened with another year of unaffordable energy costs as the new financial year’s electricity prices start applying from this week. The new prices confirm that Labor has broken its promise to reduce household power bills by $275, with Australians instead paying among the most expensive power bills in the world. The Australian…
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce is warning Labor is once again making it harder to get food from paddock to plate, by axing a crucial backpacker and worker program for farms from this weekend. Mr Boyce said Labor’s scrapping of the harvest trail program from June 30 meant farmers in Flynn would find it…
