Community heroes praised in Parliament

Ninderry MP Dan Purdie has recounted the extraordinary efforts of emergency service personnel which saved the local community from disaster when a bushfire rapidly spread across Peregian last week. Mr Purdie used Parliament to place on record the gratitude and thanks of the wider community to all those who played

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Club gives back to community

More than $20,000 in funding is set to be shared by five local charities and victims of the Townsville floods thanks to the generosity of members, visitors and supporters of the Coolum Surf Lifesaving Club. Coolum Beach SLS Supporters Club Community Benefit Fund will distribute $23,104.20 in proceeds to the

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Patience secures better bus access

The daily school journey is about to get even easier for a group of Doonan students following a successful 18 month campaign to re-route the local school bus service. Ninderry MP Dan Purdie said a collaborative approach and a lot of patience had proven the key to the positive outcome,

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Fair play giving kids a go

There has never been a better time to get kids active, with a popular financial incentive program designed to help families with the cost of sport and recreation about to re-launch. Ninderry MP Dan Purdie said as with one sporting season soon drawing to a close and a new season

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Bare truth exposed in scathing budget assessment

Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Ninderry MP Dan Purdie has described the State Labor Government’s second Budget akin to being ‘caught with your pants down, long after the the tide has gone out’. Mr Purdie unleased on a generation of Labor Treasurers who have recklessly wasted the money of hardworking Queenslanders,

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