Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (18:47): by leave—I thank the chair of the committee, the member for Fraser. This was a very broad-ranging report that we engaged in, and his work in directing us towards an outcome required some work. I thank him for his collegiate approach and thank him very much for coming to Toowoomba, the…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (12:41): Whilst the recent review by Graham Quirk into Olympic funding largely focused its attention on Brisbane and what stadium is going to be used, the other big story locally for us is that the Toowoomba Sports Ground is no longer considered a viable option. The independent study found that there was…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (10:34): I’m very happy to speak on this bill, because today we are seeing Toowoomba’s voice heard. We are seeing Oakey’s voice and Pittsworth’s voice heard. Right across our region, this has been raised with me by locals as a great example of a grassroots campaign being adopted as Liberal Party policy.…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (13:30): Our community will be celebrating the opening of the new premises for Hope Horizons, the Jenny Black Cancer Wellness Centre, on Saturday 6 April. This is a fantastic occasion. There are very few projects that I’ve seen in my community that have had such great support from locals, and I want…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (11:46): It’s always valuable to hear the contributions from the member for Fraser. Labor have entered another dimension with this motion: they’ve gone on a journey through a wonderous land of imagination! They’ve entered the twilight zone. They’re nestled deep within the Canberra bubble, comforted by the orchestrated applause of a loving…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (09:55): Toowoomba, like the rest of Australia, has been facing a housing crisis. We’ve had one solution on the table now for over two years, but if we don’t act on it we are at risk of losing that funding. Toowoomba has similar problems to those we’ve seen elsewhere. We’ve got vacancy…
Sessarago, Mr John (Sess) Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (13:46): I rise to speak in memory of a truly great teacher and mentor, Mr John Sessarago. Sess, as he was lovingly known, was farewelled last week at Fairholme College, a school he had taught at for 36 years. John was born in Roma to Brian and Elizabeth…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (18:09): You find me in a state of absolute shock. I just heard a Labor member stand up and speak ill of throwing money around willy-nilly. I think this is throwing out the entire Labor Party scheme and the building blocks of the whole Labor Party—a government that came in and increased…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (17:44): What a fantastic contribution to end on productivity, a point that I will take further. I am going to make the obvious observation and repeat what has been said. The incursion of conflict into a conversation on productivity is something that is detrimental to all Australians across the workforce and all…
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (10:15): At the request of the member for Hume, I move opposition amendment (1): (1) Clause 1, page 1 (lines 5 and 6), omit “Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Act 2024“, substitute “Treasury Laws Amendment (Broken Promise) Act 2024“. This amendment would change the name of the Treasury Laws…
