Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal National Party) | Link to this | Hansard source

I recently hosted the shadow minister for communications in Fisher, and I took the opportunity to call for funding for mobile service infrastructure. Since my election in 2016, I am pleased to have secured federal funding for new or expanded mobile phone services in communities like Conondale, Glenview, Caloundra South, Caloundra West, Beerwah, Glass House Mountains, Peachester, Beerburrum and more—all under a coalition government. But there's room for more, particularly across the Glass House country and Maleny communities.

Regional Queenslanders are bearing the brunt of Labor's mobile failures. Labor slashed the Mobile Black Spot Program in the 2024-25 budget. Can you believe that? I can't believe it. And the last round of mobile service funding was used to reward Labor seats in three out of four cases. Three out of four cases in their vast array of regional seats—can you believe it? Labor have all but abandoned regional Australians, as have their metropolitan counterparts in the Greens and the so-called Independents. After two years of crisis and neglect at every level, it's clear that only the LNP cares about connecting regional Queenslanders.