Fairfax News - Autumn 2023

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ANZAC DAY

Please consider attending a local service I recommend checking service and event times closer to the date

Vivian Bullwinkel

Bli Bli

9.00am Main Ser vice Bli Bli Cenotaph, Avenue of Honour 125 Parklakes

Dr ive, Bli Bli

Buder im

5.15am Dawn Ser vice Buder im Village Park. 5 Church Street, Buder im

8.30am ANZAC Day March Woolworths Car park 67 Bur nett Street

Buder im

9.00am Main Ser vice Buder im Mountain State School Pine Forest 42 Main Street, Buder im

Coolum

5 25am Dawn Ser vice Cenotaph. 1906 David Low Way, Coolum Beach

Mapleton/Montville

5 30am Dawn Ser vice Montville Memor ial Gates Memor ial Close, Montville Hall

Mapleton

8 30am ANZAC Day March Cnr Wilga Circuit and Flaxton Dr ive Mapleto

Mapleton

8.45am Main Ser vice RSL Memor ial Park 8 Flaxton Dr ive Mapleton

Maroochydore

4.25am Dawn Serv ce Cenotaph The Esplanade, Maroochydore

8.30am ANZAC Day March Outside the RSL, Maroochydore

9 00am Main Ser vice Cenotaph The Esplanade Maroochydore

Mudjimba

5 20am Dawn Serv ce Power Memor ial Park The Esp anade, Mudjimba

10 30am ANZAC Day March Cnr Coolibah Street and Mudjimba Beach Road, Mudj mba

11.00am Main Ser vice Power Memor ial Park The Esplanade Mudjimba

Nambour

5 15am Dawn Serv ce WW1 Memor ial Walls Anne Street, Nambour

5.30am Dawn Serv ce Walls of Remembrance Quota Memor ial Park, Nambour

8 55am ANZAC Day March Cnr Ann and Howard Streets, Nambour

9 15am Main Ser vice Quota Memor ial Park Matthew Street Nambour

Yandina

10.45am ANZAC Day March Cnr Far rell and Stevens Streets,Yandina

11 00am Main Ser vice Yand na Cenotaph, Stevens Street, Yandina

Eumundi

7:30am ANZAC Day March. Napier Street, outside Eumundi Rural Fire Service

8:00am Main Service. Eumundi Amphitheatre

For updated information, go to www.rslqld.org/whats-on/anzac-day

Bor n at Kapunda South Australia, in 1915,Vivian Bu lwinkel rained as a nurse and midwi e in Broken Hill before commencing her nursing career in Victor ia

In 1941 she joined the Australian Ar my Nurs ng Serv ce and was attached to

2/13th Austra ian General Hospital when Singapore fell in 1942 Bul winkel and 65 other nurses were attempting to make their escape aboard the SS Vyner Brooke when it was sunk by Japanese aircraft She was among 22 nurses who survived and, along w th a large group of men, women and n made t ashore on Banka nd

ving been joined on the and by about 100 simi arly randed Br itish soldiers, the p decided to sur render to Japanese when t became apparent they could not secure food The civ lians amongst he group including women

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Dear Resident,

and children, went in search of someone to sur render to, while the nurses soldiers and wounded waited on the beach

When Japanese soldiers ar r ved, they shot and bayonetted the men and orced the nurses to wade into the water before shot, Bul winkel played dead in the water After 12 days o hiding out in the jungle and car ing for a wounded Br itish so dier (who later died) they once again sur rendered Bullwinkel wou d spend the rest of the war inter ned and was the on y survivor of the Banka Island massacre She retired from the ar my as a Lieutenant Co onel in 1947 and dedicated the rest of her career to nurs ng Her dress, w th a s ngle bullet hole, is preserved at the Austra ian War Memor ial

50th Anniversar y of Vietnam War

In July and August 1962, the deployment o the Australian Ar my Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) marked the beginning of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War A decade later, n December 1972, the last Australian troops were withdrawn except for a smal contingent guarding our Embassy in Saigon

In that time more han 60,000 Australian troops had served in Vietnam

Of those 523 died and almost 2,400 were wounded

Australia’s partic pation in the war for mally ended when the Gover nor-General issued a proclamation on 11 January 1973

With your help, we’ve delivered some big wins for the Sunshine Coast. Over recent years, I have secured more than $3.2 billion to upgrade local stretches of the Bruce Highway; over $390 million for stage 1 of the North Coast Rail Line upgrade between Beerburrum and Nambour; a $181 million loan for the Sunshine Coast Airport; $160 million to upgrade the Sunshine Motorway; and more than $47 million for community groups last financial year alone. The list goes on and on ...

number ing 2,000 strong taking the lives of 18 Australians and wounding 24

the introduction of conscr iption that saw 63,740 Australians drafted for national service: our “Nashos”

Australia s support of the gover nment o South Vietnam was vital to stopping the spread of communist aggression region

Rober Menzie , 4 Ju y 1963

In charting Australia s involvement in the war, Pr ime Minister Robert Menzies met with Pres dent John F Kennedy in 1963

However, the Sunshine Coast is being held back by delays and indecision on the heavy passenger line between Beerwah and Maroochydore and stage 2 of the North Coast Rail upgrade to Nambour.

We’ve also been denied an Entertainment Centre in the Maroochydore CBD that could have hosted an Olympic sport. Nevertheless, we can’t give up. I reaffirm my pledge to continue fighting for our region, no matter how many roadblocks are put in the way.

It was to be the most transformative project our region had seen in a generation – heavy passenger rail along the CAMCOS corridor from Beerwah to the Maroochydore CBD.

Ted O’Brien helped secure $1.6 billion from the former Coalition Government towards this $3.2 billion project, and Labor promised to support its delivery before the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

But then the Coalition lost the Federal election and everything changed.

skyrocket, and $3.2 billion will be rendered insufficient.

What’s more, Labor joined with Council to deny the Sunshine Coast an Entertainment Centre in the Maroochydore CBD to host Olympic basketball preliminaries, as part of the 50:50 Federal:State partnership that Ted negotiated for the 2032 Games.

National commemorations for the 50th

ann versary w ll take place on the 18 August this year The date coincides with Vietnam Veterans Day which marks the Battle of Long Tan This was one of the heaviest Australian engagements of the war, when 108 men of

“At that time you made a statement which I think expresses so well the feelings between our lands”, recounted President Johnson a year later of the bonds between Australia and the United States “Then you said we work for the same kind of free world’ ”

While Australia ended its involvement n 1973 the Vietnam War did not end until the fall of Saigon in Apr il 1975

With thanks and appreciation to the Australian War Memor ial.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve and to fight for our future.

Best regards,

The Queensland Labor Government turned its back on the business case it had helped formulate and the Federal Labor Government postponed releasing funds for the project.

In a highly inflationary environment where supply chains and human capital are constrained, these delays mean one thing: the price will

With the Maroochydore CBD no longer hosting an Olympic sport, the case to build rail to the CBD before 2032 diminishes, and the $10 million of philanthropic contributions that Ted raised for the Entertainment Centre also disappears.

“This is a setback for the Sunshine Coast,” said Ted. “But we can’t give up the fight.”

“As our population increases and the 2032 Games draw near, we deserve our fair share of infrastructure, and that’s what I’ll continue fighting for.”

AUTUMN 2023 FAIRFAXNEWS Ted O’BRIEN MP Federal Member for Fairfax LO C A L SE R VIC E S TUESDAY, 25 APRIL 2023 ther n Dr ive Maroochydore QLD 4558 5479 2800 Email ted.obr ien.mp@aph.gov.au tedobr ien.com.au D O’ BR I E N M P al Member for Fairfax
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Ted O’Brien MP Federal Member for Fairfax Authorised by Ted O’Brien MP, LNP, 17 Southern Dr, Maroochydore QLD 4558. Ted joined the then Minister for Infrastructure, the Hon Paul Fletcher, and the member for Fisher, the Hon Andrew Wallace MP, to announce $1.6b for heavy passenger rail to Maroochydore in the Coalition’s FY22-23 Federal Budget.

AUKUS is a three-way strategic defence alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States and is one of the former Coalition Government’s greatest legacies.

Ted O’Brien paid tribute to the Labor Government for honouring the Coalition-led agreement.

“We live in uncertain and volatile times, and we need to work more closely with our allies to ensure peace in our region and to defend our values and our way of life,” said Ted.

“This requires us to deepen the interoperability of our forces with the US and the UK, and that’s what AUKUS delivers - including the introduction of nuclear-propelled submarines to our fleet,” he said.

Ted met with Congressman Joe Courtney in Washington DC in January, and thanked him for his support of the Australian-American relationship and his work as co-chair of the US House AUKUS Working Group.

PhotocourtesyofLeighVogel, AustralianFinancialReview

Ted is leading efforts to hold the Federal Labor Government to account on skyrocketing power prices.

Labor promised a $275 price reduction in household power bills, but bills have since gone up by around $500 for many households and will increase by a further 20-30% this winter.

As the Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Ted O’Brien is exploring clean energy solutions.

With our energy system buckling under pressure and prices skyrocketing even further, people are saying “there has to be a better way.”

“There is a better way to reduce emissions, keep prices down and maintain a reliable grid,” said Ted O’Brien.

“But we have to be open to all options.”

Zero-emissions nuclear energy is one potential solution that Ted is exploring.

Q. What’s the impact of Labor’s proposed superannuation changes?

A. Many Australians will start paying twice as much tax on their super.

The Grattan Institute estimates that about one in ten workers will be impacted.

Young people will be particularly affected, with independent analysis showing 25-year-olds retiring in 40 years paying double the tax on their super.

The uncertainty Labor is creating around super is unacceptable and now they have their sights on changing the franking credits regime too.

Ted has launched a community engagement program, called “Time to Talk Nuclear”, that takes the nuclear discussion to the grassroots, asking people their views on the benefits, concerns and outstanding questions relating to nuclear energy.

“’All the above’ is my mantra when it comes to considering technologies for decarbonising the Australian economy,” said Ted.

“This is why we need a national

conversation about next generation technologies - including zeroemissions new, nuclear technology.” To find out more go to www.tedobrien.com.au

PLANTING TREES IN HONOUR OF THE QUEEN

Hundreds of native trees are being planted across the Fairfax electorate to honour Her Majesty’s outstanding service to Australia and the Commonwealth.

Ted O’Brien announced funding of $77,100 for tree planting projects as part of a program introduced by the former Coalition Government.

Do you have big ideas about how to can make our local community an even better place in which to live, work and play?

Ted wants to hear your views and he’s launched the Biggest Survey to find out.

Ted says, “It’s an honour to represent you in Parliament and with your help, we’ve secured some big wins for the Sunshine Coast.”

“For me to continue fighting for the outcomes our community needs, I need to know what’s important to you.”

Scan the QR code or go to www.tedobrien.com.au to complete the survey by the end of April.

Queensland Koala Crusaders planted 1,000 koala food trees in Verrierdale and Mapleton and tree plantings have enhanced the natural environment for students in Buderim, Coolum Beach, Woombye and Yandina.

Ted visited Nambour Community Centre to learn about support services for our most vulnerable 14yr old Freya and mum Jackie spoke to Ted about the importance of life-saving diabetes medication, Fiasp Ted joined artist Nikita and musician Caleb to unveil Coolum State High School’s latest mural $1,100 was raised at Ted’s annual Nambour Cup toad race to support STEMM at Burnside State High School Ted joined the Buderim Palmwoods Heritage Tramway volunteers to celebrate the Krauss Locomotive’s new whistle! Ted has awarded hundreds of Local Sporting Champions grants to local sports people Ted meets Congressman Joe Courtney in Washington DC

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