These are just a few of my priorities for Wide Bay.
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 | Fight Cost of Living Pressures |
- Halve the fuel excise for 12 months, saving families around $1,500.
- Deliver cheaper energy and rein in wasteful government spending to get inflation and interest rates down.
- Stop supermarkets exploiting consumers, boost housing and protect retirement savings from new taxes.
 | Fixing the Housing Crisis |
- Assist first home buyers by giving them the choice of using up to $50,000 of their super for a deposit.
- Save first home buyers around $12,000 per year by making interest payments on new builds tax deductible.
- Implement a two-year ban on foreign investors and temporary residents from buying existing homes, and reduce Labor’s record migration to sustainable levels.
- Fund essential infrastructure like water, power, and sewerage at housing development sites.
- Tackle union corruption in the building sector.
 | Back Small Business |
- Increase the instant asset write-off to $30,000 and make it permanent.
- Deliver competition policy to give small businesses a fair go and protect small businesses from the control of union bosses.
- Provide incentives to hire and train new apprentices and trainees.
 | Keep Australia Safe |
- Boost Defence and Border Security and deport noncitizens who commit violent crimes.
- Tackle drugs in our community and protect our children, including online.
 | Affordable and Reliable Energy |
- Deliver lower energy bills for families and businesses by unlocking Australian gas and boosting exploration.
- Replace retiring coal-fired power stations with reliable zero-emissions nuclear energy – to power Australian households and industry.
 | DELIVER QUALITY HEALTHCARE |
- Fund more GPs to address current shortages and guarantee increased Medicare funding.
- Restore the number of Medicare subsidised mental health sessions from 10 to 20.
- Deliver cheaper medicines to help with the cost of living.
 | BUILD A STRONGER ECONOMY |
- Lower, simpler and fairer taxes to boost economic growth and back Australian farmers and businesses.
- Back our mining and resources sector by accelerating approvals and cutting red and green tape.
 | MARYBOROUGH HOCKEY CLUB |
- Expanding Maryborough Hockey Club by constructing a second playing field, new spectator facilities, and securing State and National events.
| Noosa Dolphins Rugby Club |
- A Dutton LNP Government will support the Currumbin Beach Vikings Surf Life Saving Club by funding upgrades to provide disability access, improve security measures and women’s changerooms.
 | A STRONGER REGIONAL AUSTRALIA |
- Invest in roads, rail, high speed internet and local infrastructure to support agriculture and jobs.
- Boost education/childcare options, back our agriculture, mining and resources sectors.
| NOOSA TIGERS AFL FEMALE AMENITIES |
- Supporting Noosa Tigers AFL Centre with new facilities, boosting female participation, and driving local sports club growth.
| GYMPIE HOCKEY |
- Developing Gympie Hockey by adding a new state-of-the-art field, facilities, and positioning Gympie as a competition hub.
My pledge to you...
Wide Bay is a wonderful place to live, and I’m proud to raise my family here with my wife Sharon.
But over the past three years, the Labor/Greens government in Canberra has let us down badly with their cost of living crisis. Local residents deserve better.
Before becoming the Member for Wide Bay in 2016, I served 16 years as a police officer, focusing on criminal intelligence and road crash investigations. That experience drove me to fight for practical things – like better mental health services and safer roads, including the $1 billion Bruce Highway upgrade.
I fought for job-creating projects like the Tiaro bypass and the Nolan Meats upgrade because our community is stronger when our economy is stronger.
I pledge to keep fighting for Wide Bay and for better local services. And with your support, I pledge to get our local area and Australia back on track.
All the best,
Llew O'Brien
