Community News & Speeches

15 Aug | '2024

Pacific Airshow Gold Coast

The Pacific Airshow is back on the Gold Coast this weekend, after an immensely successful sellout in its inaugural year last year. It’s held over three days. The rain, I know, is going to stop and the sun will come out on Friday, Saturday and Sunday all day so that we can be treated to […]

15 Aug | '2024

Small Business

As it’s the home of the entrepreneurial spirit, Gold Coasters love to support small business. We have 78,000 registered businesses that employ over 383,500 locals. It’s a huge number. This is the story for many regional towns and small cities across our great country. But small businesses and families are all hurting under this government. […]

14 Aug | '2024

TRANSCRIPT – ABC AFTERNOON BRIEFING

GREG JENNETT:
Okay, let’s bring in our political panel now standing by to join us Labor frontbencher, Kristy McBain, welcome Kristy and LNP frontbencher Angie Bell is with us. Same to you, Angie, welcome back.

13 Aug | '2024

Child Care

It has been over two years since the Albanese Labor government was elected, promising Australians that life would be cheaper under them, and yet, after two years of Labor, the cost of essentials has increased. Food is up by 11 per cent, housing is up by 15 per cent, rents are up by 15 per […]

13 Aug | '2024

Little Grubbs Orchard

Little Grubbs Orchard, founded by Gold Coaster Lily Grubb, provides critical support services and programs for children, and their families, impacted by neurodevelopmental conditions. Lily provides this life-changing support to families, schools and childcare centres. She also offers her voluntary time to assist families that would not otherwise have the funding or the means to […]

9 Aug | '2024

More empty promises from out of touch Prime Minister

The Albanese Government have once again shown Australian families they care more about politics then tackling rising cost of living pressures and inflation. Today’s announcement on child care wages is further proof that Labor is all about spin, not substance. It is abundantly clear that the Albanese Labor Government does not have a meaningful plan to restore the Australian way of life.

17 Jul | '2024

TRANSCRIPT – ABC AFTERNOON BRIEFING

GREG JENNETT:
Okay, let’s bring in our political panel now standing by to join us Labor frontbencher, Kristy McBain, welcome Kristy and LNP frontbencher Angie Bell is with us. Same to you, Angie, welcome back.

5 Jul | '2024

Housing

This Labor government is all talk and no action. They’re spouting and spinning about what a great two years it’s been under Labor, but it hasn’t been a great two years, and Australians know it. It’s been a train wreck. We’ve seen 12 interest rate rises and watched on as Australia’s housing crisis just got […]