For almost two years now, Labor has been missing in action on the Cost of Living crisis that is crippling many families and businesses across our region. The Senate Cost of Living Committee has now released its second Interim Report which makes 14 recommendations on how the Albanese Government can act to help Australians. In…
The starting point for tomorrow’s budget is that it must bring down Labor’s home-grown inflation. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton has called on the Albanese Labor Government to do more to tame inflation, ease the cost of living and get their priorities right. “They have been focused on the wrong priorities and so…
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…
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…
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…
Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton is calling on all agencies involved in the response to detection of fire ants in Oakey to prioritise containment, decontamination and communication. Mr Hamilton said biosecurity agencies and the National Fire Ant Eradication Program (NFAEP) should work with the local community to provide more information about the risk and…
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…
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…
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…
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…