I decided to run for state Parliament because I could see the damage to our health system, our schools and our roads and rail – the cutting, the sacking and selling off of assets by the Newman-Crisafulli government.
Nyanda High was sold off, 14000 public servants were sacked including healthcare workers and teachers and our public assets were about to be sold off.
Our Government has turned our state around with new hospitals, satellite hospitals and extensions, new public transport infrastructure like Cross River Rail, Light Rail on the Gold Coast, accessible station upgrades at Yeronga, Fairfield, Dutton Park, Yeerongpilly and Graceville as well as the Veloway and M1 upgrades.
Many local schools have been upgraded, a new community centre is being built at Yeronga, with grants for local sporting clubs like Souths Rugby, Sherwood AFL, Wests Cricket, Graceville Hounds, Olympic FC at Yeronga, Yeronga Devils AFL and Tarragindi Tigers FC to help our kids develop.
I voted in Parliament to support a women’s right to choose, in favour of Voluntary Assisted Dying, actively campaigned for Marriage Equality and strongly support new separated cycleways on state corridors like the Ipswich Motorway, M1 and the Gateway Motorway.
As a former environmental campaigner acting on climate change is something I’m passionate about and it was under my ministry that we brought in our first renewable energy target, brought in up front subsidies to make electric vehicles more affordable and established our zero-emissions vehicle strategy to transition our bus fleet to clean energy.
As part of my commitment to action on climate change, I'm working to decarbonise the transport sector by offering nation leading electric vehicle rebates and working with the heavy vehicle industry on electric truck trials.
Locally, I've worked on facilitating new housing being built at Yeerongpilly Green on the former state government animal research site as well as more housing including social and affordable housing at the old Yeronga TAFE site in the Yeronga Mixed Use Precinct.
I’m more committed than ever to improving the services and opportunities for my constituents in Miller as well as Queenslanders across the state.
We’ve achieved so much since we were elected but there is still so much to do as our population booms, the need for further social reform continues and the need for better infrastructure and services requires good government to continue.
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