Dickson is set for improved mobile communications after five areas in the electorate were selected as priority locations as part of the Coalition Government’s $220 million Mobile Black Spot Program. This announcement delivers on the Coalition’s commitment to address the coverage issues identified at Cashmere, Dayboro, Highvale, Samford and Wights Mountain in Dickson. 106 priority…
The Pine Rivers Men’s Shed has been awarded a grant of over $4,000 from the Turnbull Government for tools and equipment under the Government’s National Shed Development Programme. Member for Dickson Peter Dutton today congratulated the Men’s Shed for its successful application for the grant. “Like similar sheds across Australia, the Pine River’s shed offers…
The Turnbull Government will prioritise a vital upgrade to the Bruce Highway, ensuring Brisbane motorists have faster and more direct access to and from the highway. The federal government has today made a commitment to fund 80 per cent of an upgrade to the Bruce Highway at Murrumba Downs, specifically creating direct access for motorists…
Hundreds of new jobs will be created in Queensland with the Turnbull Government’s announcement that the next generation of the Australian Army’s Combat Reconnaissance will be built in Queensland. The project will span the next several decades and provide huge ongoing benefits to the Queensland economy, Queensland companies and workers. The Federal Government will spend…
More patients in Dickson are seeing their doctor without paying a cent, with the bulk-billing rate increasing to a record 85.8 per cent in the first half of the 2017–18 financial year. This is the highest GP bulk-billing rate on record for the July to December period and it is nearly 4% higher than Labor’s…
Young people in the northern Brisbane and southern Moreton Bay regions will have access to state of the art facilities and a local tertiary education in two years’ time from 2020. The Turnbull Government will guarantee funding for student places at the future Petrie Campus of the University of the Sunshine Coast. The Member for…
With limited medallions awarded each year, the award is officially recognised by the National Australia Day Council and is one of the highest forms of recognition that an organisation or workplace can give to an individual. The Member for Dickson Peter Dutton congratulated Mick Phelan and Coralee Goedhart on receiving the award. “The Australia Day…
Today marks a milestone for Australia – the establishment of the Home Affairs portfolio – the most significant reform of Australia’s domestic security and law enforcement arrangements in decades. It is an important move to protect Australia’s security and prosperity at a time when nations face a growing number of challenges. Australia’s security and law…
Petrie Police have been armed with 16 new portable CCTV cameras to help combat crime. The police can deploy the cameras in crime hotspots; use them to combat anti-social behaviour such as alcohol-fuelled violence in public places or hooning on suburban streets. They can also be deployed discreetly and used to gather evidence as part…
Former part-pensioners in Dickson will have their Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) reinstated from this week. These former part-pensioners lost the card in January as a consequence of reforms to the pension assets test, which were designed to make the pension system more affordable and sustainable for the future. “Those reforms provided increased pension for people…