Monday 18 August was an important day for many locations across Australia, including my region of Hinkler. Vietnam Veterans’ Day is commemorated on the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, which took place in 1966. Major services were held...

My electorate of Hinkler is hurting due to a worsening skills shortage and inaction from this Labor government. While a hand-picked few met here in Canberra with the Treasurer and Prime Minister for a three-day roundtable, the predetermined outcomes were...

How amazing is this love story: on 12 August, just two weeks ago, James and Gladys Turner of Kawungan in Hervey Bay celebrated 75 years of marriage! Can you believe that—seventy-five years? In 1950 James and Gladys married in Burpengary....

In my electorate of Hinkler, life-saving work happens in many ways and forms. Tina Davie and the Bayside Transformations team in Hervey Bay are changing lives for the better through a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. Transformations operate all...

I’ll begin by celebrating the grassroots life-saving work of our local LifeFlight helicopter and its crew. During the past financial year, the Bundaberg based rescue chopper and crew completed a record number of search-and-rescue missions, supporting 306 people—more than any...

I stand here humble and proud to have been elected by the people of Hinkler as the 1,248th member of the House of Representatives and fifth member for Hinkler. No matter where my house has been, Hinkler has always been...