“Tyranny anywhere is a threat to freedom everywhere.”
The events in Ukraine, and also in other parts of the world, highlight the fragile nature of peace and the freedom that comes with that peace. Next week on Anzac Day, we will honour the sacrifices members of the armed forces made for our country in all conflicts. I am enormously thankful all year round for the sacrifices of those gone before us in global conflicts that kept Australia free, and also those who fight and put their lives on the line to protect freedoms elsewhere, including in recent conflicts. It is a solemn time, and I will join remembrance services at schools on Tamborine Mountain and other services around the Electorate. Lest We Forget.

Shocking ramping wait times at Gold Coast University Hospital
Gold Coast University Hospital is the major hospital where many go from Tamborine Mountain, and sadly the Queensland Health crisis is impacting GCUH in a serious way. Disturbing data shows patients are waiting up to eight and a half hours for treatment in the back of an ambulance at GCUH every month for the past six months.

In fact, figures from August 2020 to January this year show Gold Coast as ground zero for the Queensland ambulance ramping crisis. A parliamentary Question on Notice revealed our ambos lost more than 13,000 hours in March and May last year, and at other times of the year, it routinely exceeded 10,000 hours. Official figures show on average, 38% of all ambulances are ramped across the state, making it the highest reported in Australia. In NSW, it’s 16.8%, Victoria 33.9%, and in WA, it’s 37.3%.

Behind these numbers are Queenslanders who have called 000, needing urgent help. Instead, they’re left waiting on a ramp, in a corridor or in a hallway for hours. Paramedics are at breaking point, and Queenslanders are scared waiting at the end of a phone line. They are all victims of a Queensland Government that can’t deliver essential services, a government that has done nothing to expand our public health system in line with Queensland’s growing population. 

The LNP has put solutions on the table, including real-time data monitoring for patients and GPs, empowering local doctors and nurses to make more decisions, improving triaging, and investing in more beds. The Queensland Health crisis is real. It cannot be ignored. It’s time for the Premier and the Government to start listening and find solutions. The LNP is going to keep highlighting these facts until all Queenslanders have a health system they can depend on.

Road Works Notice: Tamborine Mountain Road
Main Roads will soon be undertaking a road rehabilitation project on Tamborine Mountain Road between Curtis Road and the Tamborine Mountain Shopping Plaza roundabout. Works will include profiling of the existing road surface, resurfacing, drainage works, vegetation works and reinstatement of existing line marking. Works are scheduled to commence in late April 2022 and are expected to be completed in two stages:
Stage one: Three weeks of day works from 6am to 6pm for vegetation works, drainage and culvert works 

Stage two: Three weeks of night work from 6pm to 6am for pavement rehabilitation and resealing works

Changed traffic conditions will apply, including temporary traffic lights, stop/go traffic control and reduced speed limits. I am continuing the fight to get more dollars directed into our district and a targeted package to give longer-term fixes for our road networks. 

If I can be of assistance for a state government matter you’re concerned about, do not hesitate to contact me by phone (toll-free) 1800 813 960, by email scenicrim@parliament.qld.gov.au or by mail at PO Box 656 Beaudesert QLD 4285.