These are just a few of my priorities for Ryan.
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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.
 | MITCHELTON YOUTH CLUB UPGRADE |
- We will back community groups that help keep our youth active and on the right path. We will provide funding for the Mitchelton Youth Club to upgrade their facilities.
 | GPS RUGBY CLUB REDEVELOPMENT |
- We will encourage more kids to participate in sport, ease local parking congestion and improve safety on nearby streets, by redeveloping GPS with a new field and an upgraded car park.
 | SAMFORD AND OSBOURNE RD UPGRADE |
- A Dutton LNP Government will improve traffic flow and safety by upgrading the Samford Road and Osbourne Road intersection.
 | THE GAP FOOTBALL CLUB UPGRADE |
- A Dutton LNP Government will help young people stay fit, healthy and enjoy their sports in a safe and modern environment, by providing funding to install synthetic fields at The Gap Football Club.
 | WEST JUNIORS AFL UPGRADE |
- We will back investment in junior sporting clubs. We will help the Wests Juniors AFL Club tackle rising costs and improve the experience for players and their families by providing funding to upgrade facilities and install CCTV.
| KENMORE & MOGGILL ROAD UPGRADE |
- Major intersections and roundabouts are constantly choked up. Peak holiday periods and weekends are becoming busier, and infrastructure investment has not kept pace with population growth.
My pledge to you...
I grew up in the western suburbs and am now raising my family in Chapel Hill with my husband, Chris. It’s a really great place to call home.
However Labor and the Greens in Canberra have failed local residents with their cost of living crisis.
One of the things that drives me is a desire for justice. As a practising barrister I’ve appeared in the High Court and worked in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. With experience in criminology and counterterrorism I know we can’t take community safety for granted.
As your LNP candidate for Ryan, I’ll fight for a better deal for us – that means tackling congestion on local roads and reducing taxes and inflation.
I pledge to stand up for our local community and to work hard to make our local area an even better place to live. And with your support, our LNP team will get Australia back on track.
All the best,
Maggie Forrest
Why we're supporting Maggie Forrest
I have known Maggie for several years now. She has been a fierce advocate for the Club and we love seeing her at games. Maggie’s involvement in our club has meant that she has been able to connect with many club members who want to see a strong voice for Ryan.
Anthony Herbert - General Manager, GPS Rugby Club, Ashgrove
Maggie is an intelligent, articulate, and well-educated working Mum. She grew up in Brookfield and continues to call Ryan home with her family. Maggie knows first-hand what the people of Ryan need and has actively connected with community members and local businesses who need her to make change in Ryan.
Claudia Rothenberg - Local Mum and Business Owner
Maggie, in my opinion, is eminently well qualified to serve in politics. Maggie is a highly accomplished woman, mature and well read. She has outstanding credentials in many capacities, student, barrister, a lawyer with post-graduate qualifications from Cambridge, a sportswoman (Toowong rowing club) and she was a member of the Bar Council of Queensland.
Hon Ian Callinan AC - Ryan resident and Former High Court Judge
