Community News & Speeches

13 May | '2021

$1.2bn Tourism Support Package-Half Price Airfares

  See Gold Coast Tourism Half-price Airfare Speech Good solutions in a time of crisis start with leadership—leadership that listens to stakeholders, crafts efficient and effective policies and then executes well. The minister for tourism has done exactly that for the Gold Coast, listening to Gold Coast tourism stakeholders, who’ve said that what they need […]

12 May | '2021

Budget 2021 – Securing Australia’s Recovery

Australia has come a long way over the last year. All Australians can be proud of the role they have played. Around the world, there are currently around 800,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day. Here in Australia, this scale of tragedy has been avoided. Last year, the UK, French and Italian economies declined by […]

7 May | '2021

RISE Funding for the Arts in Moncrieff

Pictured: Angie Bell MP, Arts Minister Paul Fletcher, Jan McCormick and Billy Cross In Broadbeach today, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP and Member for Moncrieff, Angie Bell announed funding for Gold Coast events. Major Events Gold Coast (MEGC) and Cross Promotions International received federal government funding […]

7 May | '2021

Light Rail Stage 3 Funding Announcement

The Morrison Government will provide a $126.6 million funding boost for the Gold Coast Light Rail, boosting jobs, investment and transport connections across the region.Federal Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, said the additional funding for Stage 3 of the project would help to ensure more Gold […]

28 Apr | '2021

CHT Column-Tourism

Gold Coast Bulletin April 17, 2021 ‘The City Heart Taskforce led by Angie Bell MP, Member for Moncrieff, and the ongoing valued support from Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate and councillors affords us great opportunity to succeed and bounce back post-pandemic’. Paul Donovan Destination Gold Coast Chair

29 Mar | '2021

We All Have a Responsibility to Support Women

Gold Coast Bulletin 29/3/2021 I joined several of my Morrison government colleagues at the women’s march in Canberra last week because I support Australian women and I represent the women of Moncrieff. I do not believe the march alone will improve respect for women and deliver outcomes to women, who deserve to be safe at […]

25 Mar | '2021

Cancer Council Queensland 60th Anniversary

Earlier this month I had the privilege of celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cancer Council Queensland with staff and volunteers. They are dedicated to improving quality of life for people living with cancer, through research, patient care, prevention and early detection. The CEO, Chris McMillan, reflected on the work the Gold Coast volunteers gave, […]

23 Mar | '2021

Respect for Women

I rise to talk about ‘boys to men’. We know that some boys grow up to be men who disrespect women and children of both sexes. It’s not exclusively men, but, overwhelmingly, it is males who perpetrate against the most vulnerable in our society. Women will not gain respect by simply demanding it. It’s about […]

22 Mar | '2021

Economic Support for the Gold Coast

 I find it very interesting that the member for Fowler took this opportunity in this debate on Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2020-2021 to bring up Labor’s response to the GFC, allowing me to actually highlight or at least look at the differences between how Labor responded to a crisis and how the LNP government responded […]