Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mine is the only seat in this place that conforms precisely with a city—that's Redland City in outer metropolitan Queensland. There's a bit going on in federal infrastructure in our neck of the woods. Only the second road to be duplicated, the duplication of Rickertt Road, connecting with Quarry Road, which was duplicated 10 years ago, is underway at the moment. We have wireless towers now approved to cover all of our Moreton Bay islands. That's very important for connectivity. NBN is about to start rolling again with HFC, and a final bit of fibre to the node to the mainland will start in October. These are all important coverages. We've seen funded the Icon radiation oncology centre, the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Chaplaincy, a passion of mine, has been defended. Launch into Work, a new program to get young, disengaged people into the workforce, is underway in a national first in my electorate. The early intervention model we are trialling so that we can get allied health into childcare centres is the first of its kind in Australia. We hope to see it running in an even broader sense by the end of the year. We have online NAPLAN being trialled in two of our schools, which was a great success, and we have a local drug action team raising awareness about the dangers of ice, which is a national fight, led by Linda Grieve in my area.

Redlands Netball Association has now been fully upgraded, with a new commercial kitchen and shed facilities. Australian Industry Trade College, one of the last remaining John Howard technical colleges, is still operating and is absolutely top of its class—funded in my electorate—together with The Sycamore School, for children with autism. Lastly, for all those businesses out there facing 2½ per cent tax increases under Labor, we'll make sure it never happens.