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Police Minister Refuses to Release Medical Evidence Claiming It’s the Same for a Driver’s Licence
The Minster not only refuses to release the medical evidence, but he also claims the prescribed medical conditions are the same as on a driver’s licence. * I’ve never heard of anyone missing out on a driver’s licence because of diabetes or previously having a cancer...
Adjournment – Gympie Show
Mr PERRETT (Gympie—LNP) (7.24 pm): COVID stopped many community events and activities last year. One casualty was our much loved Gympie Show. As time edged closer, people were on edge in case it was going to be cancelled again due to an outbreak. With a sigh of...
Debt Reduction and Savings Bill
Mr PERRETT (Gympie—LNP) (11.34 am): I rise to speak on the Debt Reduction and Savings Bill 2021. The aim of this bill is to ostensibly reduce debt and make savings. There is nothing in this bill which is really about debt reduction. There is nothing about savings. The...
A Culture of Secrecy and Coverups as Gympie Hospital Loses More Health Services
I’m concerned this is another reduction in services which I wasn’t informed about. I am constantly being contacted by constituents and the medical profession concerned about declining services, and in some cases the removal of services altogether. No one finds out...
Private Member’s Statement – Beef 2021
Mr PERRETT (Gympie—LNP) (2.00 pm): Last week’s Beef Week was an outstanding success. A record crowd of 150,000 people consumed 63 tonnes of beef. Its footprint was 20 per cent larger than ever, and 1,400 stud cattle and 350 trade cattle were housed in four stud sheds....
Address-in-reply
Mr PERRETT (Gympie—LNP) (5.10 pm): I offer my congratulations to Mr Speaker on his election to the high office of Speaker, a position which has a proud history in the Westminster tradition. I would like to thank the Gympie electorate and I am honoured that they have...