In the 2017 Budget the Australian Government committed funding of ide Bay, as up to $150,000 to W FEDERAL MEMBER FOR WIDE BAY part of the Stronger Communities Programme. Applications for round three will open mid-2017. Budget 2017-18 Community Newsletter Mr OBrien encourages communityide Bay to and sporting groups in W apply for funding. P2 Wide Bay in Pictures P4 Your Guide to the P6 Progress Report and P8 Bruce Highway INSIDE &3 and Local News &5 2017/18 Budget &7 $20 Million Jobs Package Update
Working for Wide Bay Dear Resident, New safety works near The Coalition Government Tiaro will Budget for 2017-18 is save lives going back to basics and on the focusing on the core needs highway. of all Australians jobs, health care, education, and cost of living. This Budget will deliver growth, fairness, MARYBOROUGH: Presenting a flag to opportunity and security for Maryborough State High School captains Schools all Australians, while Jayden Phillips and Annabel Head. Wide Bays 74 primary and Mental Health creating more jobs and The Federal Government is making secondary schools, and their 23,652 A $170 million package will aid guaranteeing the essential it easier for small businesses to students, will receive $318 millionough mental health services. People living services that we all need and rely thrive, fast-tracking water extra over the next 10 years thr in rural and regional areas will now on. infrastructure projects and nments new the Coalition Gover have significantly improved access We are tackling the cost of living, delivering an energy security plan needs-based funding model. to psychologists under a new $9.1 from housing to energy prices and that will tackle rising electricity Importantly, increased funding will be million telehealth initiative set to roll childcare costs. prices. tied to reforms that evidence shows out later this year, as well as funding ence to supporting We are investing in regional areas make a real differ for suicide prevention, mental health The Federal Government is like the Wide Bay by delivering our teachers and schools to improve research and support for veterans. ensuring our health needs are GYMPIE: Discussing local employment student outcomes. looked after, with the Medicare infrastructure that will drive challenges with Aaron Papas and Nicole Quinn Guarantee Fund that will pay for economic growth. and their team from Max Employment Gympie. Medicare and medicines. Power Prices Veterans We are delivering regional The 1,907 veterans and their We are fully funding the NDIS so development programmes to build More than 35,000 people in the ide Bay will have families living in W that Australians with disabilities better communities, extending Wide Bay will get a helping hand telecommunications with mobile easier access to free mentaloved health have a secure future. with their power bills. A one-off support services, and impr blackspot funding and connecting om the Energy Assistance Payment of $75 access to counselling fr We are launching Quality more homes and businesses to the for single recipients and $125 per Veterans and Veterans Families Schools, a new, needs-based NBN. couple will be available for those model for funding schools which Counselling Service. All 3,365 DVA The Coalition is also investing eligible for payments including the ide Bay will also benefit ensures a fair go for all our clients in W $75.9 million to improve the Bruce Age Pension, Disability Support children, and delivering affordable, With Cr Ros Heit, Kristy Frahm, from the investment in this years and local roads in Wide MURGON: Pension, Parenting Payment Single, nise the accessible childcare for families. Highway MP Deb Frecklington and Cr Kathy Duff after Budget to moder Bay. and a range of veterans payments. Departments computer and IT These essential services have being guest speaker at a BIEDO event. systems providing easier access to been secured in the Federal For more details on how you and oving claim DVA services, impr Governments 2017-18 Budget, your family will benefit from the Communities processing times. along with positive reforms to Federal Budget, turn to pages 4-5. In the 2017 Budget the Australian ensure people are getting a fair Government committed funding of - Llew O'Brien ide Bay, as deal from banks. up to $150,000 to W The NDIS ide part of the Stronger Communitiesound An estimated 3,855 people in W Contact Llew O’Brien Programme. Applications for r Bay will benefit from this years es funding for three will open mid 2017, and Budget, which secur (07) 4121 2936 / 1300 301 968 [email protected] Mr OBrien encourages community SUNSHINE BEACH: Delivering funding oups in Wide Bay to the National Disability and 319 Kent Street, Maryborough QLD 4650 www.llewobrien.com.au and sporting gr Insurance Scheme, extending the for Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club, PO Box 283, Maryborough QLD 4650 f llewobrienLNP llewobrienMP with Scott Summer. apply for funding. NDIS to parts of Wide Bay in 2018. It was an honour for Mr OBrien to help officiate at the opening of the Gympie Aquatic Recreation Centre. Celebrating Gympie's new Aquatic Centre Hundreds of people came along to see the new facility as Gympie Mayor it opened in April, which features an outdoor 50 metre Mick Curran, pool, a 25 metre indoor pool, childrens play pool, former Gympie waterslides, and a café. Lady Mayoress Dulcie Dyne, Gympie Mayor Mick Curran, State Member for Gympie former Deputy In the 2017 Budget the Australian Tony Perrett, former Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss, Prime Minister Government committed funding of former Gympie Lady Mayoress Dulcie Dyne, and Mr Warren Truss, ide Bay, as OBrien opened the centre which is already a prized Wide Bay MP up to $150,000 to W Llew OBrien and part of the Stronger Communities community asset, supporting local jobs and providing new opportunities for sport and recreation in the region. State Gympie MP Programme. Applications for round Tony Perrett three will open mid-2017. The project was jointly funded by the Coalition at the Gympie Aquatic Centre Mr OBrien encourages communityide Bay to Government ($5 million) and the Gympie Regional Council and sporting groups in W ($17.2 million). Opening. apply for funding. Winning art shows why students #lovewidebay Mr OBrien said he was impressed by the quality of entries in his Wide Bay in Pictures competition, which showed the diversity of the electorate. The students took great pride in highlighting Wide Bays many New safety special places, he said. works near Tiaro will Winning entries from Lan Geromet, Thys Benade, Fayanne Gibson, Lan Geromet from Tewantin State save lives School captured the silhouette of trees Lewis Hopkins, James Anderson, Kaitlin Francis, Ellouisa Smith, over the water at Noosa National Park. on the and Skye Hanson will be reproduced on canvas. highway. The artworks will be hung in Mr OBriens Parliament House office.
Thys Benadè from Noosa Christian College shows the gritty side of Schools Wide Bay life. Wide Bays 74 primary and Mental Health Maryborough State High secondary schools, and their 23,652 A $170 million package will aid Fayanne Gibson from Murgon student Kaitlin Francis showed High showcases the beauty of students, will receive $318 millionough mental health services. People living A photo by Lewis Hopkins displays values a keen eye for the heritage of extra over the next 10 years thr in rural and regional areas will now held dear by Australians, shown in a mural the South Burnett wine district. Maryboroughs Wharf Street. nments new at Cherbourg State School. the Coalition Gover have significantly improved access needs-based funding model. to psychologists under a new $9.1 eased funding will be Importantly, incr million telehealth initiative set to roll tied to reforms that evidence shows ence to supporting out later this year, as well as funding make a real differ for suicide prevention, mental health our teachers and schools to improve research and support for veterans. student outcomes. Tinana State Primarys James Anderson painted Ellouisa Smith from Victory College, Power Prices Veterans a beautiful image of a Skye Hanson from Kilkivan State School took this Gympie, took a stunning photo at Teewah The 1,907 veterans and their whale off Fraser Island. a-moo-sing photograph of cattle at Kilkivan. Beach overlooking Double Island Point. More than 35,000 people in the families living in Wide Bay will have Wide Bay will get a helping hand easier access to free mentaloved health with their power bills. A one-off support services, and impr om the SAFER Energy Assistance Payment of $75 access to counselling fr $600,000 to improve community COMMUNITY: for single recipients and $125 per Veterans and Veterans Families safety and security in the Wide Bay Member for Wide Bay couple will be available for those Counselling Service. All 3,365 DVA Llew OBrien has eligible for payments including the delivered on his clients in Wide Bay will also benefit The Coalition Government is The $396,698 funding for Age Pension, Disability Support election commitment from the investment in this years providing almost $400,000 to Murgon delivered on Mr Pension, Parenting Payment Single, nise the to improve community Budget to moder the Murgon Business & OBriens election commitment. and a range of veterans payments. safety at Murgon. Departments computer and IT Development Association to The Cooroy CCTV cameras systems providing easier access to install more than 30 CCTV oving claim were installed under the Safer DVA services, impr cameras and improve street COOROY ON Streets Programme, funded Communities processing times. lighting in Murgons CBD - on CAMERA: In the 2017 Budget the Australian from the proceeds of crime. Police officer Mal Scott, top of $200,000 for cameras at Cooroy Chamber of Government committed funding of Its a practical way in which the ide Bay, as Cooroy. Commerce president up to $150,000 to W Coalition Government is helping The NDIS ide Mr OBrien said the CCTV Danielle Taylor, Lynda part of the Stronger Communities to make local streets safer for Sandford and Mr ound An estimated 3,855 people in W cameras and better lighting Programme. Applications for r Bay will benefit from this years Wide Bay communities, OBrien inspect the new es funding for would deter criminals, and also CCTV cameras. three will open mid 2017, and Budget, which secur Mr OBrien said. Mr OBrien encourages community help people to feel safer. oups in Wide Bay to the National Disability and and sporting gr Insurance Scheme, extending the Budget 2017-18 Community Newsletter PAGE 2 apply for funding. NDIS to parts of Wide Bay in 2018. Funding confirmed for Wide Bay Surf Life Saving Clubs Local problem, Federal issue? Ask Llew... While the bricks and In the 2017 Budget the Australian FUNDS DELIVERED: mortar of my office is Government committed funding of Member for Wide Bay ide Bay, as located in Maryborough, up to $150,000 to W Llew O’Brien and Noosa Heads club my mobile office is part of the Stronger Communities president Ross Fisher. regularly on the road and Programme. Applications for round available to meet with three will open mid-2017. people in local Mr OBrien encourages community ide Bay to communities. and sporting groups in W apply for funding. If you have any concerns Llew OBrien is delivering on his election confirmed funding for new beach safety about a matter that is commitments and supporting our surf life equipment for surf life saving clubs at controlled by the Federal savers, with $20,000 given to the Surf Life Noosa Heads, Sunshine Beach and Government, such as Saving Club at Peregian Beach. Rainbow Beach. Centrelink, Veterans Affairs, Taxation, or The money helped fund upgrades to the This support recognises the great work Immigration, please make New safety clubs kitchen, male and female amenities, that surf life savers do on our beaches and an appointment to meet works near deck, and training and storage areas. in the community, Mr OBrien said. Tiaro will me at one of the locations save lives The Coalition Government has also listed below. on the highway. Getting results Monday, 24 July for Cooloola Coast $15 million to combat drought Pomona Community House, 10.00am Cooroy Library, 11.30am The Tin Can Bay Tewantin Council Office, 2.00pm Community & Mens Shed
is off to an even better Tuesday, 25 July Schools start, with confirmation of Imbil RSL, 9.00am Wide Bays 74 primary and Mental Health Federal Member for Wide secondary schools, and their 23,652 A $170 million package will aid Bay Llew OBriens Gympie Council Office, 11.00am students, will receive $318 millionough mental health services. People living $68,000 election Curra Country Club, 3.00pm extra over the next 10 years thr in rural and regional areas will now nments new commitment, plus an extra the Coalition Gover have significantly improved access $8,000 from the Coalition Wednesday, 26 July needs-based funding model. to psychologists under a new $9.1 Government for the sheds Importantly, increased funding will be Tin Can Bay RSL, 9.00am million telehealth initiative set to roll internal fit-out. tied to reforms that evidence shows out later this year, as well as funding DROUGHT RELIEF: Mike Barry, Member for Wide Bay Cooloola Cove Veterans Hall, 11.00am eal difference to supporting evention, mental health make a r for suicide pr The additional funding will Llew OBrien, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Jeff Atkinson. Rainbow Beach Community Hall, 1.30pm our teachers and schools to improve research and support for veterans. be used to fit security student outcomes. windows on the new shed, An extra $15 million in Coalition Government Drought Thursday, 27 July install plumbing fixtures Assistance Concessional Loans is now available for such as a toilet and sinks, Murgon Council Office, 10.00am Power Prices Veterans Queensland farm businesses to 30 June 2017. The 1,907 veterans and their and electrical work Goomeri SES Office, 12.00pm The new support measures were announced by Deputy More than 35,000 people in the families living in Wide Bay will have including internal lighting Kilkivan Council Office, 1.30pm Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Wide Bay will get a helping hand easier access to free mental health and power outlets, oved Resources Barnaby Joyce, and Member for Wide Bay Widgee Community Hall, 3.00pm with their power bills. A one-off support services, and impr Mr OBrien said. Energy Assistance Payment of $75 om the Llew OBrien, in May at the Maryborough farm of access to counselling fr People in Tin Can Bay, for single recipients and $125 per Canegrowers Queensland director Jeff Atkinson. Veterans and Veterans Families Cooloola Cove and For an appointment couple will be available for those Counselling Service. All 3,365 DVA Rainbow Beach will benefit Drought Assistance Concessional Loans are an please contact: eligible for payments including the clients in Wide Bay will also benefit from the new Mens Shed important tool to assist farm businesses to manage Age Pension, Disability Support 4121 2936 or 1300 301 968 from the investment in this years that will deliver a new through drought conditions and recover once the Pension, Parenting Payment Single, nise the www.llewobrien.com.au Budget to moder community facility and season breaks, Mr OBrien said. and a range of veterans payments. Departments computer and IT become of point of activity Supporting farm businesses is vital to the Wide Bay, systems providing easier access to and engagement. and the Australian economy as a whole that is why A services, improving claim DV the Federal Government has delivered on its Communities processing times. This funding is part of the $5.1 million the Federal commitment to establish the Regional Investment In the 2017 Budget the Australian Corporation in the 201718 Budget. Government committed funding of Government has provided ide Bay, as up to $150,000 to W to the Australian Mens To find out more, please call QRAA on 1800 623 946 The NDIS ide part of the Stronger Communities Shed Association through or www.qraa.qld.gov.au. ound An estimated 3,855 people in W to 2018-19 to support the Programme. Applications for r Bay will benefit from this years For more on Australian Government assistance for es funding for national network of Mens three will open mid 2017, and Budget, which secur farmers, visit agriculture.gov.au/assistance. Mr OBrien encourages community Sheds. oups in Wide Bay to the National Disability and and sporting gr Insurance Scheme, extending the Budget 2017-18 Community Newsletter PAGE 3 apply for funding. NDIS to parts of Wide Bay in 2018. ION G LIT OV A ER O N C E M H E T N
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Llew O’Brien is delivering for Wide Bay: The Right Choices to The Right Choices to Ease Living within our means • $22 million extra for schools in Wide Bay over the Secure Services Living Costs next four years • $36.28 million for the Cooroy to Curra Section C project • A Medicare Guarantee Fund • We are investing in defence and • More opportunities for first • Fair, aordable and accessible • A plan to bring the budget to • A fair safety net for those in to pay only for Medicare and policing to combat terrorism. home buyers and downsizers. childcare for one million families. balance by 2020-21. need and tougher penalties for • $11.2 million to upgrade the intersection of the medicines. those dodging responsibility. Bruce Highway and Wide Bay Highway at Bells • Record needs-based schools • Secure funding for • Tackling rising energy costs by • Cracking down on Bridge • Secure and fully funded NDIS investment delivering fairness homelessness and social securing local gas access and multinationals not paying • Budget repair to secure the for Australians living with a and opportunity for students. housing. new storage and supply. their fair share by closing tax services Australians rely on. • $7.8 million to complete the Cooroy to Curra disability. loopholes. Section D planning and design study • $3.97 million to complete the Tinana interchange at Maryborough • $55,510 to improve local roads in the Cherbourg Growth for More and Securing Better Days Backing regional and rural Aboriginal Shire Council Better Paying Jobs for Families communities • $3.3 million to build better local roads in the Fraser Coast Regional Council area • Skilling Australians Fund - A • A Regional Growth Fund to back • Families will access more • Opportunity and fairness for • Work on one of the largest • Investing $24 million in Rural and • $1.8 million to upgrade roads in the Gympie levy on foreign workers to fund economic infrastructure. aordable and accessible child Australian students with record investments ever seen in Regional Enterprise Scholarships Regional Council area Australians’ skills training. • Delivering the training, skills and care through a simplified Child schools investment focused on regional Australia, the Melbourne to help regional students into • $1.1 million to upgrade roads in Noosa Council area • Ten-year, $50 billion opportunity for hardworking Care Subsidy. needs and quality. to Brisbane Inland Rail, will higher education. commence in 2017-18. • $2.28 million to upgrade roads in the South infrastructure plan for railways, Australians. • Downward pressure on rising • Supporting 68,000 young • Increased funding for local Burnett Regional Council area roads and runways. housing costs by oering tax parents with ParentsNext - • The Regional Growth Fund will councils. invest $472 million in regional • $197,500 in 2017-18 to renovate historic buildings in relief for first homebuyers childcare, training and education. infrastructure projects. Maryborough’s Portside Cultural Precinct • $675,000 in 2017-18 for Stage Two of the Fraser Coast Military History Trail The Right Choices Opportunities for A Fairer Banking Deal • $274,124 in 2017-18 to upgrade Gympie’s Pavilion for Seniors Small Business and Conference Centre • $530 million to upgrade the Bruce Highway to six • A Banking Executive • A Major Banks Levy for banks lanes from Pine Rivers to Caloundra, benefiting • Medicare Guarantee Fund to • Reducing barriers for older • Extending the $20,000 instant • $300 million for the states to Accountability Regime will with over $100 billion in motorists traveling between Wide Bay and secure Medicare. Australians to downsize their asset write-o for 12 months to remove unnecessary regulatory punish misconduct. assessed liabilities Brisbane • Reinstatement of the Pensioner home. boost investment. barriers. Concession Card for 92,000 • Reducing pressure on rising • Help to reinvest and replace or • Building on $5.8 billion of red • Serious sanctions for banking • No levy for ordinary bank senior Australians. energy costs. upgrade assets. tape reduction. executives who fail standards. deposits up to $250,000.
LLEW O’BRIEN MP Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien and the Liberal Nationals Government Working for the Wide Bay PROGRESS REPORT The Liberal Nationals Government is investing in a range of projects in Wide Bay to upgrade the Bruce Highway, build safer roads, support local community groups, and strengthen the economy to create jobs. In the 2017 Budget the Australian Llew O’Brien is working with the Coalition Government to deliver commitments to Wide Bay including: Government committed funding of ide Bay, as up to $150,000 to W In Progress part of the Stronger Communities Programme. Applications for round A $20 million Wide Bay Burnett Jobs Package to create local jobs three will open mid-2017. $52 million for planning and design for Section D of the Cooroy to Curra four- Mr OBrien encourages communityide Bay to lane upgrade and sporting groups in W $395,000 to renovate historic buildings along Kent and Wharf streets, apply for funding. Maryborough $400,000 to improve access at Noosa National Park $237,000 to support and strengthen the Ration Shed Museum at Cherbourg Extending mobile phone coverage to Poona and along the Wide Bay Highway between Woolooga and Kilkivan A $20 million jobs package will boost $68,000 to fund a Mens Shed at Tin Can Bay employment in the Wide Bay. New safety works near $25,000 to extend Murgon’s Mens Shed Tiaro will $396,698 for CCTV cameras to improve community safety at Murgon save lives $8,649,323 in 2017-18 Roads to Recovery Funding to improve local roads in the on the highway. Fraser Coast, Gympie, Cherbourg, South Burnett and Noosa Council areas $750,000 to upgrade the intersection of Station Road and Cogan Street, Gympie $191,000 to upgrade the intersection of Churchill and Tooley streets in Maryborough $5 million capital grant to Cooinda Aged Care Centre, Gympie for its new $11.9 million 50-bed building
Schools Planning Underway Noosa Community Radio received Wide Bays 74 primary and Mental Health $900,000 for Stage Two of the Fraser Coast Military Trail, Maryborough’s Duncan $5,160 for outdoor broadcasting secondary schools, and their 23,652 A $170 million package will aid Chapman Memorial equipment to keep the community students, will receive $318 million mental health services. People living up-to-date on local events. ough $2 million towards upgrading the Cooloola-Noosa Road to create better access and extra over the next 10 years thr in rural and regional areas will now nments new new opportunities for tourism and agriculture the Coalition Gover have significantly improved access needs-based funding model. to psychologists under a new $9.1 $12,585 to purchase conservation and storage materials for the Ration Shed Museum at Cherbourg eased funding will be Importantly, incr million telehealth initiative set to roll tied to reforms that evidence shows ence to supporting out later this year, as well as funding Delivered make a real differ for suicide prevention, mental health $1.6 million to upgrade the Bruce Highway at our teachers and schools to improve research and support for veterans. Aldershot student outcomes. $325,000 for an all-weather extension to the Brolga Theatre, Maryborough $5 million for Gympie’s Aquatic Recreation Centre Power Prices Veterans $548,250 to upgrade Gympie’s Pavilion and Conference Centre The 1,907 veterans and their $22,000 for a new kitchen and bathroom at Noosa’s Mens Shed More than 35,000 people in the families living in Wide Bay will have Wide Bay will get a helping hand $20,000 for a new kitchen at the Peregian Beach Surf Life Saving Club easier access to free mentaloved health with their power bills. A one-off support services, and impr $20,000 for new acoustic curtains at Murgon’s PCYC om the Energy Assistance Payment of $75 access to counselling fr $200,000 to the Cooroy Chamber of Commerce for CCTV cameras at Cooroy for single recipients and $125 per eterans Families Veterans and V $11,752 towards new vehicles for Cooloola Coast Medical Transport at Tin Can Bay couple will be available for those Counselling Service. All 3,365 DVA $11,352 towards a new building for Cooroy Noosa Genealogical and Historical Research Murgon PCYC installed new eligible for payments including the clients in Wide Bay will also benefit Age Pension, Disability Support Group at Cooroy acoustic curtains thanks to a enting Payment Single, from the investment in this years $20,000 grant. Pension, Par Budget to modernise the $7,800 to assist with renovations at Gympie’s Girl Guide Jacana Hut and a range of veterans payments. Departments computer and IT $11,658 towards a new shed for the Maryborough Motorcyclist Club systems providing easier access to $5,160 to assist with the purchase of outdoor broadcasting equipment for Noosa Community Radio A services, improving claim DV $20,000 towards the refurbishment of Tait-Duke Community Cottage at Tewantin Communities processing times. In the 2017 Budget the Australian $13,185 to upgrade technology at Maryborough’s Maisie Kaufmann Learning Centre Government committed funding of $20,000 to purchase playground equipment at Murgon’s Rotary Park ide Bay, as up to $150,000 to W $20,000 towards upgraded lighting at Noosa District Rugby Union Club The NDIS ide S part of the Stronger Communitiesound An estimated 3,855 people in W $7,459 towards the installation of new lighting at the Mary Valley Show Ground Programme. Applications for r om this years Bay will benefit fr $21.1 million in 2016-17 Financial Assistance Grants to help deliver better services in the PROGRES three will open mid 2017, and es funding for Budget, which secur Fraser Coast, Gympie, Cherbourg, South Burnett and Noosa Council areas REPORT Mr OBrien encourages community oups in Wide Bay to the National Disability and and sporting gr Insurance Scheme, extending the Budget 2017-18 Community Newsletter PAGE 6 apply for funding. NDIS to parts of Wide Bay in 2018. Llew O’Brien is working for... More jobs for Wide Bay with $20 million investment fund
Schools Llew OBrien and the Liberal Nationals Mental Health Government are delivering on Llews In the 2017 Budget the Australian election commitment: a $20 million Government committed funding of specific, dedicated and targeted ide Bay, as up to $150,000 to W investment fund to boost Wide Bay jobs. onger Communities part of the Str The Wide Bay Burnett Jobs Package Programme. Applications for round (WBBJP) programme is led by a three will open mid-2017. planning committee of local community Mr OBrien encourages communityide Bay to leaders, who volunteered their skills to and sporting groups in W develop an investment plan that apply for funding. identifies priorities in their local areas. Veterans Bundaberg Region Deputy Mayor Power Prices Bill Trevor was appointed chair along with members: Nancy Bates, Stephen Cooper, Kathy Duff, Eric Law, Kerren Smith, Don Waugh, Leone Aslett New safety and Glen Winney. works near The WBBJP will enable eligible local Tiaro will businesses to expand, diversify, create save lives on the jobs, grow skills, pursue export highway. opportunities and invest in infrastructure and training. Funding will be available across three streams: Local Infrastructure, Business Communities Innovation and Skills and Training, with applications open on 31 May. Schools The NDIS The jobs package comes on top of a Wide Bays 74 primary and Mental Health comprehensive range of initiatives to secondary schools, and their 23,652 A $170 million package will aid help people into work including: - students, will receive $318 millionough mental health services. People living extra over the next 10 years thr in rural and regional areas will now nments new Restart - Up to $10,000 for businesses the Coalition Gover have significantly improved access to employ mature age job seekers needs-based funding model. to psychologists under a new $9.1 eased funding will be Importantly, incr million telehealth initiative set to roll Relocation Assistance - Up to $9,000 tied to reforms that evidence shows out later this year, as well as funding to relocate to take up an ongoing job eal difference to supporting make a r for suicide prevention, mental health Llew welcomes aged care reform Wage Subsidies - Up to $10,000 for our teachers and schools to improve research and support for veterans. businesses to employ long-term welfare student outcomes. Older residents of Wide Bay will benefit from recipients, parents, young or indigenous $13.1 million in recurrent funding to create 200 job seekers Power Prices Veterans new residential aged care places in jobactive - $7.0 billion to help job The 1,907 veterans and their Maryborough, Tin Can Bay, and Gympie. seekers move from welfare into work More than 35,000 people in the families living in Wide Bay will have Wide Bay will get a helping hand Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O'Brien Work for the Dole Providing skills easier access to free mentaloved health said the funding would be used to create 50 with their power bills. A one-off support services, and impr and experience for job seekers. om the new aged places for Regis Aged Care in Tin Energy Assistance Payment of $75 access to counselling fr for single recipients and $125 per eterans Families Can Bay and 144 places for a proposed centre QUALITY CARE: Llew OBrien Transition to Work - to help Veterans and V at Tinana by Infin8 Care. Gympie's Cooinda (centre) was delighted to officially disengaged young people to become couple will be available for those Counselling Service. All 3,365 DVA eligible for payments including the Aged Care Centre will receive six new places open the new 50-bed Hibiscus job-ready clients in Wide Bay will also benefit Wing at Cooinda Aged Care Age Pension, Disability Support plus a $5 million capital grant for a new 50-bed Youth Jobs PaTH getting young enting Payment Single, from the investment in this years building. Centre in Gympie in May, with Pension, Par Budget to modernise the Chair Paul Medway (left) people Prepared for Trial and Hire and a range of veterans payments. Mr O'Brien and the Coalition Government are and CEO Robyn Kross (right). Departments computer and IT New Enterprise Incentive Scheme a working to achieve better aged care outcomes systems providing easier access to further $92 million to help job seekers oving claim under the Increasing Choice in Home Care initiative, giving elderly people the DVA services, impr who wish to start their own business Communities processing times. freedom to choose and change their home care provider. ParentsNext - $263 million to help In the 2017 Budget the Australian Mr O'Brien has also welcomed an extra $800,925 in funding to home care Government committed funding of parents of young children to prepare for ide Bay, as services under the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP). up to $150,000 to W work. The NDIS ide part of the Stronger Communities Older Australians built our nation. They defended our country. They taught us, ound An estimated 3,855 people in W nursed us, and cared for us; so it is right that the Coalition Government delivers Programme. Applications for r Bay will benefit from this years For more information visit es funding for the funding and policy framework to ensure their needs are met, Mr O'Brien said three will open mid 2017, and Budget, which secur www.employment.gov.au Mr OBrien encourages community in Parliament. oups in Wide Bay to the National Disability and and sporting gr Insurance Scheme, extending the Budget 2017-18 Community Newsletter PAGE 7 apply for funding. NDIS to parts of Wide Bay in 2018. Building a better Bruce Highway Call for Safer Roads Section C Tinana Interchange Section C of the Cooroy to Curra project is well underway and will deliver 10.5 The new two-span overpass at the Tinana kilometres of new, four-lane divided highway interchange is nearing completion, making the on a new alignment between the Traveston major entryway to the Fraser Coast safer for all Interchange and Woondum. In the 2017 Budget the Australian road users. Section C will link with sections A and B to Government committed funding of ide Bay, as This project to improve a known blackspot is create a duplicated Bruce Highway from up to $150,000 to W part of a 10-year $8.5 billion joint Federal/State onger Communities Brisbane to just south of Gympie, and was part of the Str commitment to improve the Bruce Highways funded by $307.4 million from the Australian Programme. Applications for round safety, flood immunity and capacity. Government, and $76.8 million from the three will open mid-2017. The Australian Government is providing up to State Government. Mr OBrien encourages community ide Bay to $30.4 million towards the project, with the and sporting groups in W The project will support 426 direct jobs Queensland Government providing $7.6 million. SAFETY FIRST: Member apply for funding. throughout the work, and construction is for Wide Bay Llew OBrien expected to be completed by mid-2018. is calling for an urgent safety Girder laying at the review into a new Gunalda Tinana interchange. Tiaro intersection. Safety works costing $18.36 million are After a tragic spate of underway on the Bruce Highway north of Tiaro, deaths on the Wide Bay including new overtaking lanes and widened section of the Bruce Hwy, New safety medians to help reduce the high accident rate Mr OBrien is continuing works near along this stretch of highway. to lobby Transport Tiaro will save lives Intersections to be upgraded as part of these Minister Darren Chester on the works include Tahlia Lane, Canterwood Road, to improve the safety and highway. Section A Petersen Road, and Hoffman Road. capacity of the highway. The $490 million Cooroy to Curra Section A Mr O'Brien has called for upgrade was completed in May, easing more funding to make the congestion for up to 16,000 motorists and highway safer. He raised transforming what was previously one of the the need to upgrade the most deadly sections of the national highway. New safety highway through Wide works near Bay, in his first speech to The project involved two new northbound Tiaro will Schools the Parliament in ide Bays 74 primary and lanes and reconstructing the southbound save lives W Mental Health September 2016. secondary schools, and their 23,652 A $170 million package will aid lanes between the Cooroy southern on the interchange and Cudgerie Drive, as well as a highway. students, will receive $318 millionough mental health services. People living While Mr OBrien extra over the next 10 years thr in rural and regional areas will now new four-lane divided highway between welcomed safety works nments new the Coalition Gover have significantly improved access Cooroy southern interchange and Sankeys near Tiaro, and the Wide needs-based funding model. to psychologists under a new $9.1 Road at Federal with construction of new Bay Highway intersection eased funding will be Wide Bay Highway Importantly, incr million telehealth initiative set to roll bridges over Six Mile Creek. upgrade, he said further tied to reforms that evidence shows The Federal Government has committed $11.2 upgrades were needed ence to supporting out later this year, as well as funding make a real differ for suicide prevention, mental health million in the 2017-18 Budget to upgrade the on the highway between our teachers and schools to improve research and support for veterans. intersection of the Bruce and Wide Bay Gympie and student outcomes. highways at Bells Bridge. Maryborough. Former Deputy The upgrade will reduce delays for traffic Saving lives on the Prime Minister ices Veterans turning right, and improve safety at the highway is paramount, Power Pr Warren Truss intersection by separating traffic movements The 1,907 veterans and their and Member for he said. More than 35,000 people in the families living in Wide Bay will have and allowing continuity of flow for southbound Wide Bay will get a helping hand Wide Bay Bruce Highway traffic. Mr OBrien has also easier access to free mentaloved health Llew OBrien at with their power bills. A one-off support services, and impr Section A of called for a thorough om the About 12,100 vehicles use the intersection Energy Assistance Payment of $75 access to counselling fr the Cooroy to every day, including more than 2000 heavy safety review of the for single recipients and $125 per Veterans and Veterans Families Curra project. vehicles. intersection at the new couple will be available for those Counselling Service. All 3,365 DVA Gunalda service station, eligible for payments including the clients in Wide Bay will also benefit following a fatal crash Age Pension, Disability Support from the investment in this years there in March. Pension, Parenting Payment Single, nise the Available free Budget to moder I stand shoulder to and a range of veterans payments. Departments computer and IT from my office shoulder with the systems providing easier access to Copies of Llews free rainfall community and road DVA services, improving claim Communities calendar with community safety advocates to keep processing times. contacts, 100 ways to praise pressure on Federal and In the 2017 Budget the Australian a child and times tables State Governments, to Government committed funding of ide Bay, as posters, growth charts, and achieve road safety up to $150,000 to W The NDIS ide age pension guides are projects that are so part of the Stronger Communitiesound An estimated 3,855 people in W available from his office. PROUD AUSTRALIANS: Llew OBrien was important for our region, Programme. Applications for r Bay will benefit from this years impressed with the patriotism and penmanship and will protect lives on es funding for of students of Windera State School, who wrote three will open mid 2017, and Budget, which secur For your copy, the highway, he said. Mr OBrien encourages community please call 1300 301 968 him a lovely letter requesting an Australian flag. oups in Wide Bay to the National Disability and and sporting gr Insurance Scheme, extending the PAGE 8 apply for funding. NDIS to parts of Wide Bay in 2018. Authorised by Llew O’Brien, 319 Kent Street Maryborough 4650 / Printed by Gympie Graphics 3/38 Reef Street Gympie 4570