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FA I R FAX ANNUAL REPORT 2 0 2 1 /2022

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I am pleased to present my Financial Year 2021/22 Annual Report for Fairfax.

It was an eventful year with many challenges for the electorate including ongoing restrictions relating to COVID-19 and also catastrophic floods in February.

It was also a year of great opportunity, and we successfully seized the moment on various fronts including securing the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and record funding for roads and a $1.6 billion budget commitment for a new rail line to Maroochydore.

However, the year also brought political change with a Federal Election removing the LNP Coalition and installing a Labor Government.

I was honoured to be re-elected as the Member for Fairfax and I reaffirm my pledge to be the Sunshine Coast’s man in Canberra and not Canberra’s man on the Sunshine Coast.

Ted O’Brien MP Federal Member for Fairfax Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy

Cover page: Ted met with residents affected by the February floods, including Gordon McWilliam, Kenilworth Free Range Farm 2

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Ted is sworn in as the Federal Member for Fairfax in the 47th Parliament.

FAIRFAX REPORT: TED O’BRIEN MP Unprecedented levels of funding from the former Coalition Government.

The 2021/22 Financial Year saw continued record investment in infrastructure and support for businesses recovering from the pandemic and widespread flooding.

I secured $1.6 billion for a new rail line between Beerwah and Maroochydore, after years of advocacy.

The Coalition Government also targeted recovery support by investing over $34.8 million in local Fairfax businesses and $47.4 million in community and sporting groups.

FY 2021/22 also saw great achievements including winning the bid to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As Special Envoy for the Games, I was proud to have led the Federal Government’s efforts throughout the bid process and to be appointed as a board director on the Organising Committee.

To ensure the Sunshine Coast capitalises on the 2032 Games, I established Sunshine Coast 2032 a community-led taskforce that aims to maximise benefits for our region in the lead up, during and after the Games.

Towards the end of FY 2021/22, I was privileged to be re-elected as the Member for Fairfax at the Federal Election. However, it was disappointing that the Coalition lost Government.

I look forward to continuing to serve the people of Fairfax in the 47th Parliament, and to also serve as the Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy.

Ted O’Brien MP Federal Member for Fairfax Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy

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O LY M PI C GA M E S

2032 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES

Ted played an instrumental role in securing the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games as the chief negotiator and representative of the Federal Government from the start of the process.

Ted was subsequently appointed to the position of Special Envoy for the Games, and was appointed to the Organising Committee.

Upon the 2032 Games being awarded, Ted outlined his legacy plan for the Sunshine Coast by leveraging the event.

This included major transport projects and facilities in addition to hosting key Olympic sporting events including mountain biking at Nambour; cycling, marathon, race walks and kiteboarding at

Alexandra Headland; soccer at Kawana; and basketball at the Maroochydore CBD. Ted was subsequently removed from the Organising Committee, on advice of the Queensland Premier following the 2022 Federal Election.

SUNSHINE COAST 2032 During the year, Ted established Sunshine Coast

announced the formation of Sunshine Coast 2032

2032 – a grassroots community-led local taskforce to

with Roz White as Chair and Duncan Armstrong OAM

pursue opportunities in the lead up, during and after

and Brendan Burkett OAM as Deputy Chairs. The

the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

new organisation will be ably supported by Regional

Following several public forums, an expressions

Development Australia Sunshine Coast, and many

of interest process and public consultations, Ted

commuinty leaders will play an active role.

Ted with Sunshine Coast 2032 Ambassadors Alana Quade and Blake Cochrane OAM

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Ted with Sunshine Coast 2032 Chair Roz White and Deputy Chair Duncan Armstrong OAM

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INFR AS TR UC T URE

RAIL Ted continued to lead a campaign for better rail services to the Sunshine Coast, incorporating full duplication – that’s two tracks – of the North Coast Rail Line to Nambour and a new passenger line from Beerwah to the Maroochydore CBD. Thanks to Ted’s advocacy, the LNP Federal Government committed an unprecedented $1.6 billion to fund 50% of a new passenger line to Maroochydore along the CAMCOS corridor, in the 2022/23 budget. To date, this funding remains unmatched by the Qld State Government. Nevertheless, Ted continues his campaign to bring this important project to realisation before the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Building on his success in securing $390 million for Stage 1 of the Beerburrum to Nambour rail upgrade, Ted secured a further $5 million in the 2021/22 LNP budget to design a new Stage 2 solution with full duplication of the line to Nambour. However to date, the Qld State Government has failed to match this funding.

Ted continued his campaigns for better rail for the Sunshine Coast.

Over 6,800 people have signed Ted’s petition for better rail for the Sunshine Coast via www.fastrail.com.au and Ted continues to lead the campaign.

ROADS Work continued on the $301 million

bridge girders, deck units and

Pre-planning commenced on the

upgrade of the Bruce Highway at

safety barriers completed on a

congestion-busting upgrade of

the Maroochydore and Mons Rd

new, four-lane, eastbound bridge.

the Sunshine Motorway at the

interchanges, 80% funded by the

Additionally, major earthworks

Mooloolah River Interchange (MRI).

LNP Federal Government due to

and drainage upgrades are well

Although this is a State road, Ted

Ted’s advocacy. This will provide a

underway.

secured $160 million (50%) from

new 4-lane eastbound bridge over

the LNP Federal Government, as

the Bruce Highway from Nambour

The LNP Federal Government

Connection Rd to Maroochydore

committed unprecedented funding

Rd and a wider 4-lane underpass at

to upgrade local roads as part of

Ted has subsequently been seeking

Mons Rd to help reduce congestion

the Local Roads and Community

the release of information from the

and improve safety.

Infrastructure and Roads to

Qld Government on the design

Recovery programs. Over $7

of the MRI, and has expressed

During the year, significant

million was given to the Sunshine

concern it may obstruct a future rail

milestones were met, with a section

Coast Council in 2021/22 to

line into the Maroochydore CBD,

of the new eastern service road

upgrade, widen and reseal roads

and thus increase the cost of the

over Eudlo Creek completed, and

across the Coast.

rail solution.

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part of the 2021/22 budget.

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ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE During the year, Ted commenced an ambitious campaign for an entertainment centre for the Maroochydore CBD. Capitalising on the possibility of basketball preliminaries for the 2032 Olympic Games being played at such a facility, Ted unveiled his vision for a multi-purpose entertainment centre that would host sports, arts, exhibitions and cultural events. Ted secured $5 million in philanthropic pledges in support of his vision in addition to support from members of all three levels of government.

Marchese Partners and RWA Sports architects produced concept designs based on Ted’s vision of a multi-purpose entertainment centre for the Maroochydore CBD.

SHADOW MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY Following the 2022 election, Ted was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy. On his first day in this significant portfolio, Ted publicly stated that he would formulate a new suite of policies for the Coalition while also holding the new Labor Government to account, being constructive where he can and critical where he must. Ted has put the Labor Government on notice that the public expect full delivery of the promises Labor took to the election, including a $275 cut in household power bills.

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UNPRECEDENTED INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING SINCE COMING TO OFFICE

$1.6 billion New Passenger Rail Line To Maroochydore

$133.3 million

$181 million

Local Roads & Communitv Infrastructure

Sunshine Coast Airport Upgrade

$3.2 billion Bruce Highway Upgrade

Concessional loan

$395 million North Coast Rail Upgrade & Duplication Business Case

Funding secured Planning Completed

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Funding secured Planning Construction commenced Expected completion

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Funding secured Planning Construction commenced Expected completion

3 3 3 Late 2022

Funding secured Planning Construction commenced Expected completion

3 3 3 2024

Funding secured Final planning redesign Construction commenced Completed

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Sections A-C completed Section D (Gympie Bypass) funding secured Construction commenced Expected completion

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N O RT H CO AS T R AIL L IN E UP GR AD E

Federal funding secured (70%) * State funding secured (30%) * Pre-construction commenced (Stage 1) Construction tender (Stage 1)

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F U L L D UP L ICAT IO N O F R AIL T O N AMBOUR

Federal funding for business case (50%) 3 7 State funding for business case (50%)

H E AVY ( FAS T R AIL ) T O M AR O O CHY D ORE

Business Case Federal funding secured (50%) State funding secured (50%)

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SU NSH I N E CO AS T AIR P O RT UP GR A D E

Federal Government approvals Federal Government loan New runway opened

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C A LO U N DR A R D T O S UN S HIN E M OTORWAY B R U C E H IGHWAY

M A R O O CHYDO R E R D IN T E R CHANGE B R U C E H IGHWAY

M O N S R D IN T E R CHAN GE B R U C E H IGHWAY

PINE RIVER TO CALOUNDRA RD INTERCHANGE BRUCE HIGHWAY

W I D E B AY HIGHWAY IN T E R S E CT ION B R U C E H IGHWAY

C O O R O Y T O CUR R A B R U C E H IGHWAY

3 Late 2022

3 3 Mid 2024

LO C A L R O ADS AN D CO M M UN IT Y

3 Funding for Council 3 Black Spot funding COVID-19 + Bushfire Recovery funding 3

M O O LO O L AH R IV E R IN T E R CHAN G E

Federal funding secured (50%) State funding secured (50%) State design

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SU NSH I N E M O T O R WAY

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*Despite the Qld Government refusing a 50:50 funding split, works on Stage 1 of the North Coast Rail Line upgrades have begun on a 70:30 Federal:State split.

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COOLUM BEACH

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MAROOCHY RIVER YANDINA MARCOOLA

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OLD WOMAN ISLAND

WOOMBYE KUNDA PARK

MAROOCHYDORE

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MOUNTAIN CREEK

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LEAD ERSH IP

LEADERSHIP / ADVOCACY Ted led numerous campaigns during the year: • Better rail services for the Sunshine Coast; • A multi-purpose entertainment centre in the Maroochydore CBD; • Certainty for businesses and residents in light of the Queensland Government’s overreach of pandemic restrictions; • Greater action on energy policy to lower the rising cost of power prices for households and businesses; • Additional flood support for local businesses and residents outside the government-designated support zones; and • The establishment of 2032 Sunshine Coast - a grassroots community-led local taskforce - to capitalise on the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games locally.

Ted publicly advocated for lower energy prices for local businesses, such as Mapleton IGA which was featured in News Corporation newspapers and Channel Nine’s A Current Affair.

FLOODS

Ted visited flood effected communities, including Kenilworth

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February 2022 saw some of the worst flooding in recent memory on the Sunshine Coast and across the South-East Queensland region. Many areas of the Fairfax electorate were impacted, including in Kenilworth and lowlying areas of Eumundi, Yandina, Maroochydore and Nambour. Ted hit the streets, meeting with locals who were impacted and assisted hundreds of people to access federal and joint federal/state emergency and recovery grants.

Ted also directly contacted over 78,000 households and businesses about grants and support that was available to them.

LE ADE RSHIP

TOKYO OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS WELCOME HOME EVENT

In October, Ted hosted a welcome home parade for Sunshine Coast athletes who competed in the Tokyo Games, in conjunction with Noosa Council, Sunshine Coast Council and the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Our results in Tokyo were among our strongest ever, with Sunshine Coast Paralympians, for example, collecting 14 medals – almost 18 percent of Australia’s total medal count. The welcome home event was attended by hundreds of locals and 17 Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the University of the Sunshine Coast Stadium.

PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRIES In his role as Chair of the Standing Committee on Environment and Energy, and Chair of the Trade Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Ted led five Parliamentary Inquiries in 2021/22: • Expanding the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership; • Deepening relations with the Pacific nations through trade; • Australian Local Power Agency Bill 2021 and Australian Local Power Agency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021; • Current circumstances, and the future need and potential for, dispatchable energy generation and storage capability in Australia (lapsed); and • Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority Bill 2021 (lapsed).

NOTE: ‘lapsed’ inquires refer to those which, while undertaken, were not completed prior to the dissolution of the 46th Parliament at the 2022 election.

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G RA NT F U N D I N G R E C E I V E D IN FAIR FAX IN 2 0 2 1 /2 0 2 2 M ORE T H A N $67 M IL L IO N IN F E DE R AL F UND IN G WAS RECEIVED BY COMMUN ITY GROUP S, SCH OO LS, I ND I VIDUAL S , B US IN E S S E S AN D COUN CIL IN 2021/ 2022 Apex Qld Youth Camps $5,000 Aqualia (Trust) $20,000 ausEE $2,150 Aussie Boyz Productions $30,000 Australian Cycling Academy $75,000 $560,026 Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Big Audio Live $53,368 Black Cat Civil $20,000 Bloomhill Cancer Care $438,000 Buddies Refugee Support Group $3,344 Buderim - Palmwoods Heritage Tramway $5,000 Buderim Amateur Theatre Company (BATS) $1,700 $5,000 Buderim Bowls Club Buderim Bucket Co $129,800 Buderim Foundation $2,700 Buderim Garden Club $3,605 Buderim Wanderers Football Club $12,000 Buderim War Memorial Community $5,000 Cardly $109,800 Care Outreach $5,000 Coastal Aviation $22,896 Coastal Community Native Nursery $4,760 Coolum Beach Christian College $20,000 Coolum Beach Meals on Wheels $3,500 Coolum Beach SLSC $9,345 Coolum District Netball $2,000 Coolum HeARTs $14,700 Coolum Junior Rugby League Club $318,404 Coolum Primary P&C $8,600 Coolum Women’s Shed $7,500 Crowd Canvas $290,000 Daniel Morcombe Foundation $3,887,927 Diablo (CD Aust) $20,000 Donations to Community Events $9,364 Donations - Flags $4,420 EJ Foote War Memorial Sanctuary $1,000 EOMAP Australia $92,400 Eumundi & District Community Assoc $6,000 Eumundi & District Historical Assoc $25,200 Eumundi Branch - QCWA $2,220 Fernland $40,000 Gold Earth Organics $103,200 Good Samaritan Catholic College $1,000,000 Goodlife Community Swimming Club $10,000 Hall Contracting $12,267 Harmony House $11,018 Heavy Rail to Maroochydore $1,600,000,000 Hiller Hospitality $20,000 $5,000 Hoofbeats Sanctuary Integrated Family & Youth Service (IFYS) $1,103,209 Kanyini Connections $30,000 Kin Music $107,000 $7,500 Kyabra Community LifeFlight Foundation $8,000 Lily House $5,000 Lions Club of Buderim $3,500 Lions Club of Coolum Beach $4,000 Local Sporting Champions $27,100 Immanuel Lutheran College $17,500 Majestic Cinemas Nambour $70,000 12

Mapleton Community Library $1,652 Mapleton Men’s Shed $2,006 Mapleton State School P&C - The Observatory $2,500 Mapleton Tennis Club $10,200 Maroochy River Rowing Club $2,500 $5,000 Maroochydore Australian Football Club Maroochydore Football Club $45,529 Maroochydore Junior Rugby League Club $12,000 Maroochydore Junior Rugby League Club $2,500 Maroochydore SES $2,250 Maroochydore SLSC $2,200 Memorial Park Community Kindergarten $8,000 Mountain Creek Junior Australian Football Club $1,000 Mountain Creek State High School $1,000 Mudjimba Community Kindergarten $5,000 $3,000 Mudjimba Longboard Club Nambour & District Historical Museum $10,700 Nambour & District Tennis Assoc $4,000 Nambour Community Centre $429,841 Nambour Meals on Wheels Service $9,856 $15,520 Nambour-Yandina United Football Club Neighbours Aid $5,000 $1,000 North Arm State School North Shore Community Centre $5,000 North Shore Jets AFL Club $3,100 $20,000 Nunn Trust Powersafe Power Boards $20,000 Queensland Koala Crusaders $11,500 Quota Club of Coolum Beach $3,000 $2,500 Range Community Gym RDA Sunshine Coast $90,870 RSL Coolum Peregian Sub Branch $19,008 $45,760 RSL Maroochydore Sky Gazer Culture $73,800 $3,300 St Vincent De Paul - Maroochydore Suncoast Christian College $5,500 Sunshine Coast & Regional District RSL $109,680 Sunshine Coast Airport $2,233,000 Sunshine Coast Bushwalkers $4,847 Sunshine Coast Council $20,308,965 Sunshine Coast Netball $12,270 Sunshine Coast Physie & Dance $5,000 Sunshine Coast Square Dance Centre $3,900 Sunshine Coast Table Tennis Club $5,000 Sunshine Hospice $3,000 Teens Take Control $1,503,145 The Mackerels Baseball Club $3,900 The Range Community Kindergarten $3,000 $2,400 Thrive Sunshine Coast Turbine Sunshine Coast $33,400,000 UACS Consulting $90,800 Volunteering Sunshine Coast $87,685 Wildlife HQ $381,254 Woombye Community Library $1,000 Woombye Tennis Club $10,000 Yandina & District Historical Society $1,760 Yandina Pony Club $4,000 Yandina State School $14,000 Youth Flourish Outdoors $4,950

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LOCAL COMMUNIT Y

COMMUNITY FY 2021/22 saw the Sunshine Coast community continue to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, assisted by more than $47.46 million of federal funding secured by Ted for community groups and $20.3 million for the Sunshine Coast Council so it could support a wide range of community programs, including:

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$5.4 million to support programs for children and at-risk and marginalised youth; $3.6 million for environmental programs, including energy efficiency grants for community groups; $527,668 for local sporting groups, such as lighting upgrades; $438,000 to ensure the continuation of integrated cancer services at Bloomhill Cancer Care; and $199,648 to support a range of services for veterans on the Sunshine Coast, including transport and advocacy.

Ted’s quarterly road trips continued throughout the year, giving hundreds of residents the opportunity to speak to Ted directly at 61 mobile office and roadside locations. Ted also attended many community functions and events across the electorate, including the Australian Government Jobs Fair, the Sunshine Coast Regional Tourism Summit, and the Ageing in Place Conference, as well as presiding over six citizenship ceremonies where he welcomed hundreds of new Australians living on the Coast.

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LO C A L C O M M U N I T Y

BUSINESS Over $34.83 million was provided for local Sunshine Coast businesses, to assist with recovery from pandemicrelated disruptions and to support regional economic growth, including:

• $33.4 million for a world-first, end-to-end food

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and beverage manufacturing facility, ‘Turbine Precinct’ at the Sunshine Coast Airport; $720,394 to support local, live music, including $560,000 to the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra to expand their 2022 tour schedule; $381,254 for zoos and wildlife parks, in addition to the $396,928 provided in the previous year for ongoing conservation and education programs; $438,867 for local businesses to attend trade shows and conferences, and explore new export markets; and $470,000 to support business innovation and entrepreneurial activities.

Ted addressed hundreds of local business owners at meetings and forums, including at Chambers of Commerce meetings across the electorate.

SUPPORTING THE SUNSHINE COAST’S AGRICULTURAL AND MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES A world-first manufacturing facility, which will transform the Sunshine Coast’s food and beverage sector, will be operational by late 2023 following a $33.4 million grant secured by Ted from the LNP Federal Government. The ‘Turbine Precinct’ will be a mega 20,000 m2 purpose built, collaborative food and beverage manufacturing centre located at the Sunshine Coast Airport.

Ted celebrates the $33.4 million grant for the word’s first end-to-end food and beverage manufacturing facility, Turbine, with CEO Emma Greenhatch and local producer Karen Martin, Yanalla Farms.

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The precinct will be home to local food and beverage companies, allowing them to utilise shared warehousing and logistics, an education and training centre, advanced research and development capabilities as well as a collaborative high-tech manufacturing facility.

2 0 21 /2 2 B UDGE T - S UPPORTING FAI RFAX THE YEAR IN NUMBERS

12,530 More than 12,530 Welcome to Fairfax letters sent to newly enrolled voters.

5,415 More than 5,415 birthday cards sent to celebrate key milestone birthdays of constituents.

88 More than 88 congratulatory certificates and letters sent to celebrate constituent anniversaries and major personal milestones, including thirty-three to mark 100th year and one to mark 105th year birthdays.

46 Ted and Pastor Dale Dowler from The Shack cut the ribbon on the first Men’s Homeless Shelter on the Coast, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Federal LNP Government secured by Ted.

SELECTED BUDGET INITIATIVES Rail

$1.6 billion for a Beerwah-Maroochydore Rail Extension.

$340 million to embed pharmacy services within residential aged care facilities to improve medication management for the elderly.

Tax

One-off $420 cost of living tax offset. As a result, eligible low- and middle-income earners will be up to $1,500 better off for a single income household, or $3,000 better off for dual income household. This will benefit up to 138,300 Sunshine Coast residents.

Business

Parents

51 More than $47 million was granted to 51 local groups and individuals in Fairfax.

Aged Care

Jobs

46 young sports people received Local Sporting Champion grants.

$5,000 payments to new apprentices and up to $15,000 in wage subsidies for employers who take them on.

75 More than 75 flags made available to community organisations and individuals across Fairfax.

8 Ted sat on 8 parliamentary related committees in his role as an MP.

25,000 Over 25,000 emails received by Ted’s office.

$1 billion for a new Technology Investment Boost to encourage small businesses to go digital which will support many of the Sunshine Coast’s 51,600 small businesses.

22,246

Establishment of an Enhanced Paid Parental Leave to allow eligible working parents to share up to 20 weeks of parenting payments.

21,396 letters sent to those households directly affected by the February floods and more than 850 emails went to businesses and community groups.

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