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Community Awards to Recognise Volunteers

Member for Kawana, Jarrod Bleijie, has called on the Sunshine Coast community to help recognise hard-working volunteers by nominating them for the eighth annual Kawana Electorate Community Awards. Mr Bleijie said the Kawana Electorate Community Awards, now in its eighth year, provides an opportunity to acknowledge and pay tribute to the thousands of local volunteers […]

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Neighbourhood Watch crippled under Palaszczuk

Thursday, 8th March 2018 Community crime-fighting on the Sunshine Coast will be crippled by the Palaszczuk government’s massive 85 per cent cut in funding for Neighbourhood Watch (NHW). Member for Kawana, Jarrod Bleijie, received a letter yesterday from a Sunshine Coast representative of the NHW Community Advisory Committee, who expressed extreme concern that the Palaszczuk […]

Kawana Surf Club Announcement

Bleijie backs local surf lifesavers

Local surf lifesavers and beach goers will have 200,000 reasons to celebrate if the LNP are elected to government on November 25th. With a strong track record supporting local surf lifesavers, Member for Kawana Jarrod Bleijie has today pledged that an LNP Government would provide $200,000 for an upgrade of Kawana Surf Lifesaving Club’s equipment […]

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LNP Government to build Sunshine Coast Hospital Link Road

A Tim Nicholls-led LNP Government will invest $215 million to deliver the $430 million Sunshine Coast Hospital Link Road. LNP Leader Tim Nicholls said an LNP Government would deliver the project to ensure Sunshine Coast residents got the infrastructure they deserved. “Sunshine Coast residents have suffered from a lack of new infrastructure projects for too […]

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LNP commits $5 million to fix Parklands Boulevard

LNP Member for Kawana Jarrod Bleijie has announced that an LNP Government would invest $5 million to fix a key Sunshine Coast congestion spot at the busy Parklands Boulevard. “For too long families living near Meridan State College have been battling congestion around Parklands Boulevard because of inaction from Annastacia Palaszczuk and the local Sunshine […]

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Sunshine Coast crime is out of control under Labor

New Queensland police statistics confirm that crime on the Sunshine Coast is out of control under the Palaszczuk Labor Government. The 2016-17 QPS Annual Statistical Review shows that compared to the previous financial year on the Sunshine Coast: • Robbery is up 51% • Armed robbery is up 48.1% • Car theft and hooning (unlawful […]

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Labor must shelve ID scanners or kill more Queensland jobs

The Liberal National Party has today called on the bungling Labor Government to shelve the roll-out of ID scanners at entertainment venues across the state until the hospitality sector is properly consulted and serious implementation issues are ironed out. LNP Shadow Fair Trading Minister Jarrod Bleijie said pub and club owners were struggling to deal […]

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Less than 48hrs until the Pollie becomes the Bait

The countdown is on for the Member for Kawana, Jarrod Bleijie, to conquer his fears and come face-to-fin with dozens of hungry sharks at SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast. After being challenged by Daniel Chapman of Stroud Homes Sunshine Coast to participate in a fundraising campaign for charity, the Member for Kawana reluctantly agreed to face […]

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History repeats with another dud Labor Budget

It’s a case of history repeating with another budget of increased taxes, broken promises and funding holes by the Palaszczuk Labor government. Member for Kawana, Jarrod Bleijie, has slammed the Palaszczuk Labor government for being Brisbane focused and labelled the budget as another Labor dud. Mr Bleijie said yet again Labor’s disregard for the Sunshine […]

Young People in Training

21,000 fewer young Queenslanders in training under Labor

New national data released today shows the do-nothing Palaszczuk Government is failing to provide training for tens of thousands of young Queenslanders. LNP Shadow Skills and Training Minister Jarrod Bleijie said new data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research revealed over 21,000 fewer young Queenslanders were in some form of vocational training in […]