Buy Local Christmas 2022 and go in the draw to win $1000! It’s easy, all you need to do is make a purchase at a local Scenic Rim business and write your name and phone number on the back of your receipt and drop it in a ‘Buy Local Christmas Box’ – located at participating businesses around the electorate and at my office. I started this initiative, together with Federal Member Scott Buchholz MP, to encourage the community to support local businesses following a tough few years of floods, bushfires, and COVID-19. My family will be doing our Christmas shopping locally this year and I urge everybody to do the same.

Buy Local Christmas drop points on Tamborine Mountain & Canungra:
- Tamborine Mountain Visitor Information Centre
- Mumma Duck’s Sweets & Treats
- Granny Mac’s Fudge
- My Country Escape
- KD’s Antiques
- Canungra Books & Art

CHRISTMAS ROAD SAFETY & SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
With Christmas and school holidays approaching, motorists are reminded to slow down. The festive period means more cars, caravans and holiday makers are on the road and drivers should be more alert than ever. Many people are unaware that around half of all speed-related crashes, resulting in injuries or fatalities, happen at just 10 km/h or less over the speed limit. Every extra kilometre over could cause harm or damage to others on the road – speeding to shave a few minutes off your journey could lead to consequences that last a lifetime. Stay safe on the roads this festive season.

BREASTSCREEN QLD AT VONDA YOUNGMAN
The BreastScreen Queensland mobile unit is offering free breast screening at the Vonda Youngman Centre from 5 January – 2 February 2023. BreastScreen Queensland specifically targets women aged between 50 and 74 years and invites them for a free screening mammogram every two years. Bookings can be made online www.breastscreen.qld.gov.au or by phoning 13 20 50.

DV SAFE PHONE DROP BOX LOCATION
My office is now a Domestic Violence Phone Drop location.
DV Safe Phone is an Australia-wide network of organisations helping victims of domestic violence. The program works to connect donated mobile phones to those who need them most. This program also helps to reduce e-waste by recycling and repurposing unwanted phones. Any phones are accepted, including one’s with broken screens or other impairments. If your phone is an iPhone be sure to remove iCloud before donating. 

If you have a phone to donate, you can now drop it off at my office: 91 Brisbane Street, Beaudesert QLD 4285. For more information and to find the nearest drop box location to you visit: