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Stuck on the M1? Your Time Is Valuable. This Federal Election Is Our Chance to Get the M1 Moving Stuck on the M1? Your time is valuable. This Federal election is our chance to get the M1 moving. Act now and let your local Federal candidate know we need to expand and upgrade the M1. #LetsGetMoving #M1carpark #ExtendSEbusway Go to www.letsgetmoving.com.au to have your say. | Call your local Federal candidate and ask for their commitment on this project. | Call the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition and let them know this project matters. | Get moving on social media and spread the message. Let candidates know their stance on this issue will influence your vote. Authorised by John Oberhardt, 150 Wembley Rd, Logan Central QLD 4114 Printed by Logan City Council, 150 Wembley Rd, Logan Central QLD 4114 What we need: • Widen the M1 between the Gateway and Logan Motorways (16 km). How can you help us • Extend the South East Busway to the to get moving? Logan Hyperdome. • Go to www.letsgetmoving.com.au to have your say in this campaign. • Call your local candidates and Why is the M1 upgrade ask for their commitment on these important? projects. • It’s a vital link in the national road and • Call the Prime Minister and Leader freight network and one of the busiest road of the Opposition and tell them these corridors in Australia. projects matter. • It carries 140,000 vehicles a day in each • Get moving on social media and direction, creating a four-hour peak period spread the message. morning and afternoon. • Let candidates know that their • RACQ has identified the M1 as the second worst stance on these issues will influence road in Queensland. your vote. • Upgrade will save 80 hours in travel time per • Get the facts and tell your friends. vehicle each year. • Benefit to the economy of $9.6 billion through increased productivity for commercial vehicles and $1200 a year in congestion costs per private vehicle (KPMG). Who’s already committed to getting Logan moving? Check out the latest funding and campaign announcements at: www.letsgetmoving.com.au How to contact your candidate Prime The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Leader of the Hon Bill Shorten (ALP) Minister Prime Minister of Australia (LNP) Opposition [email protected] [email protected] (03) 8625 5000 (02) 9327 3988 Forde Mr Bert van Manen MP (LNP) Mr Des Hardman (ALP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3807 6340 0478 776 198 Bonner Mr Ross Vasta MP (LNP) Laura Fraser Hardy (ALP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3893 3488 (07) 3890 7310 Rankin Dr Jim Chalmers MP (ALP) Ms Freya Ostapovitch (LNP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3299 5910 Moreton Mr Graham Perrett MP (ALP) Mr Nic Monsour (LNP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3344 2622 0474 281 626 Wright Mr Scott Buchholz (LNP) Mr Allistair Smith (ALP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 5541 0150 0431 739 985 It’s time for us to get moving #LetsGetMoving www.letsgetmoving.com.au Make my family’s safety a priority on Mt Lindesay Hwy! This Federal election is our chance to get Logan moving. Act now and let your local Federal candidate know the Mt Lindesay highway needs to be upgraded to make it safer. #LetsGetMoving Logan #saferMtLindesayHwy Go to www.letsgetmoving.com.au to have your say. | Call your local Federal candidate and ask for their commitment on this project. | Call the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition and let them know this project matters. | Get moving on social media and spread the message. Let candidates know their stance on this issue will influence your vote. Authorised by John Oberhardt, 150 Wembley Rd, Logan Central QLD 4114 Printed by Logan City Council, 150 Wembley Rd, Logan Central QLD 4114 Why a safer highway is important? How can you help us • Safer roads for families travelling to work and school. to get moving? • Better access for South-West residents. • Go to www.letsgetmoving.com.au • Critical for connectivity to 30,000 local jobs over to have your say in this campaign. the next 30 years. • Call your local candidates and • Less traffic and less time spent travelling = more ask for their commitment on these time with family and friends. projects. • Safer, more efficient national freight route. • Call the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition and tell them these projects matter. Why does Mt Lindesay Hwy • Get moving on social media and matter? spread the message. • More than 42,000 vehicles drive south on the • Let candidates know that their highway from Browns Plains every day. stance on these issues will influence your vote. • It’s a key route for commuters and local traffic. • Get the facts and tell your friends. • It’s a transport route crucial to regional and economic growth in South East Queensland. • It is a significant connector for emerging South West Logan communities. • There were 500 reported accidents on the highway between 2007 and 2014. Who’s already committed to getting Logan moving? Check out the latest funding and campaign announcements at: www.letsgetmoving.com.au How to contact your candidate Prime The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Leader of the Hon Bill Shorten (ALP) Minister Prime Minister of Australia (LNP) Opposition [email protected] [email protected] (03) 8625 5000 (02) 9327 3988 Forde Mr Bert van Manen MP (LNP) Mr Des Hardman (ALP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3807 6340 0478 776 198 Bonner Mr Ross Vasta MP (LNP) Laura Fraser Hardy (ALP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3893 3488 (07) 3890 7310 Rankin Dr Jim Chalmers MP (ALP) Ms Freya Ostapovitch (LNP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3299 5910 Moreton Mr Graham Perrett MP (ALP) Mr Nic Monsour (LNP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3344 2622 0474 281 626 Wright Mr Scott Buchholz (LNP) Mr Allistair Smith (ALP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 5541 0150 0431 739 985 It’s time for us to get moving #LetsGetMoving www.letsgetmoving.com.au South-West Logan needs rail transport! This Federal election is our chance to get Logan moving. Act now and let your local Federal candidate know Logan needs a rail service for the South-West Logan community. #LetsGetMoving Logan #railforSWLogan Go to www.letsgetmoving.com.au to have your say. | Call your local Federal candidate and ask for their commitment on this project. | Call the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition and let them know this project matters. | Get moving on social media and spread the message. Let candidates know their stance on this issue will influence your vote. Authorised by John Oberhardt, 150 Wembley Rd, Logan Central QLD 4114 Printed by Logan City Council, 150 Wembley Rd, Logan Central QLD 4114 What we need • Bring forward planning to fund the business case to: How can you help us o Deliver passenger rail to service south-west Logan community. to get moving? o Provide new train stations in the City of Logan: • Go to www.letsgetmoving.com.au Hillcrest, Boronia Heights, Greenbank, New Beith, to have your say in this campaign. Flagstone and Undullah. • Call your local candidates and ask for their commitment on these projects. Why is the new line • Call the Prime Minister and Leader important? of the Opposition and tell them these projects matter. • 120,000 people will be living in the Greater Flagstone area alone in the coming decades. • Get moving on social media and spread the message. • Efficient public transport now means less cars on the road in the future and less congestion. • Let candidates know that their stance on these issues will influence • The line can be shared with commuter passenger your vote. transport and Inland Rail. • Get the facts and tell your friends. • We need passenger train stations at Hillcrest, Boronia Heights, Greenbank, New Beith, Flagstone and Undullah. Who’s already committed to getting Logan moving? Check out the latest funding and campaign announcements at: www.letsgetmoving.com.au How to contact your candidate Prime The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Leader of the Hon Bill Shorten (ALP) Minister Prime Minister of Australia (LNP) Opposition [email protected] [email protected] (03) 8625 5000 (02) 9327 3988 Forde Mr Bert van Manen MP (LNP) Mr Des Hardman (ALP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3807 6340 0478 776 198 Bonner Mr Ross Vasta MP (LNP) Laura Fraser Hardy (ALP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3893 3488 (07) 3890 7310 Rankin Dr Jim Chalmers MP (ALP) Ms Freya Ostapovitch (LNP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3299 5910 Moreton Mr Graham Perrett MP (ALP) Mr Nic Monsour (LNP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 3344 2622 0474 281 626 Wright Mr Scott Buchholz (LNP) Mr Allistair Smith (ALP) [email protected] [email protected] (07) 5541 0150 0431 739 985 It’s time for us to get moving #LetsGetMoving www.letsgetmoving.com.au Without NBN our students and businesses fail! This Federal election is our chance to get Logan moving. Act now and let your local Federal candidate know our students and businesses need fast reliable internet to move forward.
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