Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, said Labor has continued to ignore Dawson in its Budget, cutting regional infrastructure projects, and failing to provide new money for regional programs in Dawson, while refusing to fix its self-made cost-of-living crisis.

The announcement made by the Albanese Labor Government today for an extra $467m worth of funding to upgrade the Bruce Highway is a slap in the face for the people of Dawson.

Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Australian farmers to fight Labor’s fresh food tax, which will hurt families and farmers amid a cost-of-living crisis.

Volunteer organisations in Dawson are set to receive a huge boost in funding as Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox today announced that the region will receive more than $66,000 in funding as part of the 2023-24 Volunteer Grants, which will directly impact 20 local organisations.

Queensland Premier Steven Miles has patted himself on the back for a 1 per cent drop in overall crime in the state, while criminal offences in Townsville and Mackay continue to rise.

Labor’s fresh food tax and the damage it will cause, by driving up the cost-of-living and making groceries more expensive, will be investigated by a Senate committee today.

Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox said the fresh food tax, which is due to be implemented on July 1, is as an attack on families and farmers in Dawson.

The Albanese Government continues to starve regional Australia of much needed economic development funding with its failure to deliver on grants programs promised to the regions.

This week, the Federal Coalition introduced the Crimes and Online Safety Legislation Amendment (Combatting Online Notoriety) Bill 2024 into Parliament that seeks to crack down on youth crime by making it illegal to post social media material that glamorises violence and criminal activity.

Labor’s legislation on a new fresh food tax has been introduced in Parliament, in a move that will increase the cost of living and hurt families, farmers, and food producers throughout Australia.

The Albanese Labor Government has run out of excuses after officially breaking its election promise to reduce household energy bills by $275 following the release of draft regulated electricity prices today.

The Labor Government has announced their proposed Family Car and Ute Tax in a bid to reach their supercharged carbon emissions target and it’s going to cost families more.

Labor’s supercharged fuel efficiency standards are another discriminatory blow to rural and regional Australia and could cost hard-working Aussies up to $25,000 more by 2029.

Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox is calling on the Albanese Labor Government to step in when it comes to the youth crime endemic in North Queensland calling the inaction from both federal and state Labor governments disgraceful.

Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox said Labor’s plan to underwrite a five-fold increase in new government-backed renewables across Australia will have profoundly damaging consequences in Dawson and continue to drive up the cost of everyone’s living.

Following a “right to information” search by Nationals Member for Wide Bay, Llew O’Brien it was revealed that the State Labor Government have undertaken a secret audit of the state’s roads, revealing almost half of Queensland’s Bruce Highway has a two-star safety rating or less.

The Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) yesterday hosted Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, at their new state-of-the-art maritime training centre. A facility which will rival some of Australia’s best.

A public hearing into regional preparedness to host Olympic and Paralympic Games has been set for November 23rd.

The National Farmer’s Federation (NFF) has launched its largest protest campaign in almost 40 years as Labor continues to decimate the industry and the regions.

Amid an onslaught of industry outcry into the Albanese Labor Government’s decision to ban commercial gillnet fishing, Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, called for an inquiry into the decision alongside Senator Susan McDonald and Senator Jonathon Duniam.

While Prime Minster Anthony Albanese has been distracted by his divisive $450 million referendum, the Labor Government’s 90-day review of infrastructure projects has blown out to 170 days and counting, with no end or answer in sight.