Julian Simmonds (Ryan, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to speak about World Environment Day, which is happening this Saturday. The Ryan electorate is home to a wonderful local environment that I am fighting to preserve and protect. During my tenure as both a local councillor now a Federal MP it has been my great pleasure to get my hands dirty, so to speak, in terms of helping our local environment groups with new plantings, weeding and otherwise to protect and enhance our local environment. We have a number of local environment grounds who are doing tremendous work in the Ryan electorate, and since my election in 2019 I have secured over $54,700 for these environment groups to continue their work.

The Moggill Creek Catchment Group have used their funding to undertake weed removal at the Gold Creek Reservoir. The Cubberla Witton Catchments Network has used their funding for the installation of nesting boxes at Green Hill Reservoir and restoration and revegetation at Merri Merri Park. Finally, the Pullen Pullen Catchments Group put their funding towards the rehabilitation of the Pullenvale Forest Park.

I'm so proud of the volunteers in the Ryan electorate who are undertaking this and other important work to preserve our local environment. On World Environment Day this Saturday I look forward to visiting the Green Hill Reservoir to see some of this completed work firsthand and I hope you will join me there.