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Groom’s Gifts is back for 2024! ? This Christmas season, we’re putting the spotlight on YOU – our incredible community and local businesses! Groom’s Gifts is all about supporting our local businesses and encouraging residents to shop local this holiday...
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (13:54): We learned in today’s AFR that this evening our Prime Minister, in a speech, will be telling a group of business leaders that, with regard to the fight against inflation, the worst is now behind us....
Senate Estimates hearings this week have revealed alarming failures on the Toowoomba to Brisbane Passenger Rail business case project. Questions put to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee on behalf of Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton,...
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (16:24): by leave—I’d like to start by thanking the chair for his stewardship of this very difficult report. This was a Standing Committee on Economics inquiry that went right into emotional statements from people, something we...
Newtown Park has a fascinating history. You can walk through it today, and it has a beautiful rose garden, the Queensland State Rose Garden. But, on those grounds, the 11th Light Horse Regiment trained. They famously followed the 4th and...
Release of the Committee Report into the House Economics Inquiry into insurers’ responses to 2022 major floods claims Opposition Members of the House Standing Committee on Economics have delivered a dissenting report, outlining key concerns with the recommendations put forward...
The Peri-Urban Mobile Program (PUMP) established by the former LNP Government continues to deliver for the regions with round two delivering a $40.9 million investment. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton said the latest round would see improved mobile coverage...
Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton, has called for urgent reform to Australia’s aged care system during an emotional debate on the Aged Care Bill 2024. Mr Hamilton urged the government to ensure the dignity and care of older...
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (17:01): I second the motion with great joy. It’s a very sensible motion put forward by the very sensible member for Fairfax. We seek every opportunity to work with the government on sensible policy. We seek the...
Today the Albanese Government blocked scrutiny of the Future Made in Australia legislation, which will see a whopping $23 billion in new spending. On the initiative of the Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Ted O’Brien, the Coalition moved:...
Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton has reiterated his strong opposition to Labor’s proposed misinformation laws, which are an attack on free speech. When the Government released its first Misinformation Bill last year, more than 20,000 people put in...
Last week, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Final Report was tabled in Parliament. The Coalition recognises that the release of the Final Report will be difficult for many current and former Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and...
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (17:10): I will miss the member for Moreton. I will miss him deeply. Labor didn’t miss him; they shot him down in his prime, sadly. He was just about to cut loose, too. He knows the personal...
Yesterday, farmers from across Australia rallied at Parliament House for the first time in nearly 40 years, in protest of Labor’s anti-farming agenda. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton said Labor is destroying agriculture and making life impossible for the...
Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (13:57): It was an absolute privilege to go out the front, on the lawns of Parliament House, and listen to the concerns of farmers who had gathered there—some of whom are here with us in the gallery...
Economy Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (11:19): I will miss the member for Moreton. I’ll miss him terribly. He knows my personal regard for him, but there’s much to be made of this particular speech. I will just take issue with one...
STATEMENT I want to thank Mr John Dornbusch for his long period of dedicated service to the University of Southern Queensland. John is not only a champion of the University, he is a champion of our region, the regions and...