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.