REDUCING CONGESTION ON THE BRUCE HIGHWAY
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…
QUEENSLAND TO BENEFIT FROM NEW COMBAT RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES
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…
RECORD MEDICARE BULK BILLING RATE A WIN FOR PATIENTS IN DICKSON
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…
GUARANTEED FUNDING FOR USC PETRIE CAMPUS
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…
LOCAL DEFENCE COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECOGNISED WITH AUSTRALIA DAY MEDALLION
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…
A NEW ERA FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
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…
CCTV BOOSTS FIGHT AGAINST CRIME IN DICKSON
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…
PENSIONER CONCESSION CARD REINSTATED FOR FORMER DICKSON PART-PENSIONERS
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…
ARMISTICE DAY CENTENARY GRANTS FOR DICKSON
The Turnbull Government has provided $50,000 in grant funding for local community commemorations in Dickson to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War in 2018.…
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AWARDS
The Federal Member for Dickson Peter Dutton has called on businesses and veterans in the Dickson electorate to nominate for the inaugural Veterans’ Employment Awards. Peter Dutton said the Veterans’…