On Australia Day I announced the winners of the 21st Annual Griffith Australia Day Awards, a tradition started by my predecessor as member for Griffith and former Prime Minister the Hon. Kevin Rudd.
Read MoreIt is important, when we talk about why five out of the seven targets are not on track, that we think about the centrality of power in influencing the failures that have been laid at our feet.
Read MoreOne of Queensland's only youth arts organisations, Backbone, has had its funding slashed by the federal government despite its success.
Read MoreOf course, we've seen a horror summer, with 33 fatalities as a consequence of the bushfires and more than 3,000 homes lost. Businesses have been affected—some by physical damage, but many, many more by the economic loss that comes with the interruption that we've seen to the tourist season.
Read MoreThere’s a decrepit, vacant Commonwealth-owned property in my electorate that has fallen into disrepair and disuse.
Read More