Federal Politics
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Health dept classifications handicap outer city aged care homes
AN Ipswich MP is calling on the Federal Department of Health to amend the classification system for aged care facilities. Federal Member for Blair, Shayne…
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Labor plan to address GPs shortages in regional and rural areas
THE Labor Party has announced it will expand the overseas trained and bonded doctor access to Medicare, ensuring more GPs work in outer suburban and…
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Disaster Ready Fund promises to deliver
LABOR has put forward a plan to prevent and prepare for future natural disasters and to rebuild after they occur in Ipswich, the Somerset and…
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Level crossing fears arise for Inland Rail project
New developments have come for residents along the Inland Rail Calvert to Kagaru line as the Australia Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) work to compile more…
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Full fibre-access promise for Blair
IN ONE of his first election promises Member for Blair Shayne Neumann has talked up Labor’s $2.4 billion plan to expand fibre access to an…
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Federal election campaigns start
A RECORD number of Australians are now enrolled to vote at the next federal election, with enrolment this week surpassing 17 million or around 96…
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‘The worst I’ve ever seen’: Ipswich housing crisis
With Ipswich’s housing crisis at a ‘boiling point’, the Greens have unveiled a plan they say will end homelessness and housing insecurity in the region. …
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Federal Labor MP slams governments Net-Zero plan
ACCORDING to Federal Member for Blair, Shayne Neumann, the government’s Net-Zero by 2050 plan is nothing more than a ‘scam’. In the wake of Prime…
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Ipswich MP slams LNP child care fee rise
The Department of Education’s most recent data, released in March, showed child care fees had risen across Ipswich, Somerset and Karana Downs. The data showed…









