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Handy Guide To COVID-19 Supports

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has put together a list of handy links to various Fact Sheets to explain the Federal Government’s COVID-19 stimulus package of supports.

Keep Buying Local!

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington is encouraging South Burnett residents to Buy Local and Keep Buying Local to help small business.

MP Queries Axing Of Cancer Role

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has written to the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Board about the scrapping of the Nurse Navigator Cancer Care role at Kingaroy Hospital.

South Burnett Crime Concerns ‘Ignored’

Opposition Leader and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington says the State Government is failing to listen to the concerns of South Burnett residents about youth crime.

DV Laws Fail Victims: MP

Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington says the way the system failed victims of domestic violence in the South Burnett was one of the triggers that made her decide to run for State Parliament.

LNP Backs Local Jobs For Miners

The LNP has suggested mine approvals should be “reviewed” if companies replaced local jobs with remote-controlled operations in capital cities.

Megan Wins Inaugural Bursary

Kingaroy State High School graduate Megan Frohloff has been awarded the inaugural Nanango Electorate Year 12 School Leavers Bursary.

Apply Now To Become A Youth MP

Young people from the State Electorate of Nanango are being encouraged to apply to become the Youth Member for Nanango at the upcoming 2020 YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament.

South Burnett Schools ‘Missing Out’

Opposition Leader and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington says the State Government has not completed its promised air-conditioning rollout before the first week of the school year, and local students were missing out.

LNP ‘Strong And United’

The LNP is a “strong and united party”, Opposition Leader and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington reaffirmed on Tuesday morning.

Urgent Call To Replace Burnt Bridge

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has called on the State Government to replace Running Creek Bridge urgently.

LNP Unveils ‘New’ Bradfield Scheme

The LNP has put the much-discussed Bradfield Scheme back on to the mainstream political agenda but in a new form which it says will create a foodbowl in Queensland.

What’s Happening At Wooroolin?

Local MP Deb Frecklington has queried the State Government about what has happened to the proposed replacement of Wooroolin fire station.

LNP Demands Inquiry Into Dam

The LNP is demanding a public parliamentary inquiry be held into the design and construction of the Paradise Dam near Biggenden

Local Groups Share $434,000

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has congratulated 18 local community groups which have been successful in the latest round of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund grants program.

Plea For Help Put To Parliament

The South Burnett Under 4s Network has secured 1800 signatures on a petition calling for a full-time paediatrician to be based in the South Burnett.

MP Thanks Emergency Teams

Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has issued a big thank you to emergency services crews for their efforts during recent fires across Queensland, but in particular for those working hard in her own electorate of Nanango.

‘Patients Go Through Enough Stress …’

Nanango resident Rosemary Hansen can’t understand why she has had to battle with bureaucracy – and haunt her local MP’s office – to get Queensland Health just to reimburse her Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme entitlements

Local Hero Grant Round Opens

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington is celebrating the third anniversary of her popular Local Hero grants program.

LNP Slams Bushfire Review Results

The State Government has accepted – or accepted in principle – all 23 recommendations from a review examining the bushfires that wracked many parts of Queensland last year.

Budget ‘Locks In Debt, Taxes’

Opposition Leader and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington said the 2019-20 State Budget had locked in higher taxes, more debt, less jobs and less infrastructure for Queensland

Call To Release Drought Review

The LNP Opposition has called on the State Government to release the results of an independent review into Queensland’s drought program.

Six ‘Local Heroes’ Get Grants

The South Burnett Mountain Bike Club is one of six local groups which will receive a Local Hero grant from Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington.

Signs To Improve Kilkivan Road Safety

“Rat runners” taking dangerous shortcuts through a Kilkivan back street will be deterred thanks to a campaign by local businesswoman Katy McCallum.