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BONZA COLLAPSE REMINDER MORE WORK IS NEEDED ON THE COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

  Following the announcement that Bonza Airlines has been placed into voluntary administration, Federal Member for Groom Garth Hamilton has called on the government to do everything it can to ensure a competitive aviation sector. “This news about Bonza’s collapse will only add to the imbalance in the Australian domestic aviation sector. “Less competition is…

GET BACK-TO-BASICS TO FIX OUR ECONOMY

Two years of Labor’s failed policies and wrong priorities have left Australians worse off. Visiting Toowoomba yesterday, Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor joined Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton to meet with business and community leaders. Mr Hamilton said that family budgets had been smashed by higher prices, higher mortgage repayments and higher taxes over the…

FEDERAL OPPOSITION WELCOMES NATIONAL CABINET OUTCOMES, EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN ABOUT PRIME MINISTERIAL FAILURE TO DELIVER EXISTING PROMISES

THE HON SUSSAN LEY MP  DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR WOMEN SHADOW MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY, SKILLS AND TRAINING SHADOW MINISTER FOR SMALL AND FAMILY BUSINESS FEDERAL MEMBER FOR FARRER THE HON DAVID COLEMAN MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BANKS SENATOR KERRYNNE LIDDLE SHADOW MINISTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION AND THE…

Labor reaps dividends from the misery of escalating student debt

Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson, says the Albanese Government is reaping dividends from the misery of escalating student debt, with ATO data revealing Australians paid a record $2.9 billion in voluntary HELP debt repayments in 2022-23, up from $780 million in the previous year. As a result of Labor’s sky high inflation, the 2022-23…

Statement – Tragic events in Sydney

Australians are in shock at the tragic and terrifying events which have taken place over the past few days. The situation at Bondi Junction was a terrible loss of life and a traumatic situation. As I went around the Toowoomba CBD and out in our community more broadly in recent days, talking to people, there…

KOTZUR INVESTS FOR THE FUTURE, INLAND RAIL MUST FOLLOW

An Australian family-owned manufacturing business has celebrated its expansion in the Toowoomba region and beyond. Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Sussan Ley joined Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton at the grand opening of Kotzur Group’s new storage and handling manufacturing facility Mr Hamilton said the opening was a significant milestone for the family business…

NAB’S BRANCH CLOSURES ARE SIMPLY DISAPPOINTING

Despite the support of 758 residents calling for NAB to keep the Pittsworth branch open, closure looms. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton said residents and small businesses in Pittsworth who had joined the fight to keep the NAB branch open were being ignored by the big bank. “Despite the very clear outpouring of community…

BIG JOB AHEAD FOR ALBANESE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE AUSTRALIA’S ECONOMY

The Albanese Labor Government has weakened Australia’s economy through additional red tape, costly industrial relations reform, and falling productivity. The final report of the Inquiry into promoting economic dynamism, competition and business formation was provided to the House of Representatives yesterday. Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Economics, Garth Hamilton, welcomed the report and…