Thursday, 2nd July 2020 Member for Glass House Andrew Powell is excited to announce the second round of winners in his 2020 Local Heroes Grants. Each year, up to four grants of $250 are available for individuals or groups in the electorate, four times a year. The grants are designed…
Monday, 22 June 2020 Strong economic management by the LNP is helping to create jobs and drag Queensland’s economy out of recession, Member for Glass House Andrew Powell said today. Mr Powell said the Federal Government was able to invest in infrastructure across Queensland, including a total of $18 million…
Monday, 8 June 2020 Member for Glass House Andrew Powell is excited to announce the first-round winners of his 2020 Local Heroes Grants. Each year, four grants of $250 are available for individuals or groups in the electorate, four times a year. The grants are designed to help small community…
Member for Glass House Andrew Powell is not happy to hear the Department of Transport and Main Roads has no plans in the near future to return Beerburrum Road south of Beerburrum to its former 100km/h speed limit. In late 2019, the Department undertook resurfacing and overlay works on approximately…
After tabling a proposal from Hinterland Tourism and a fistful of letters of support in Parliament, Member for Glass House Andrew Powell has made an impassioned speech calling on the Premier to save Queensland’s wedding industry. “Since the beginning of the COVID restrictions, I have received emotional emails from brides,…
This week marks National Volunteers’ Week in Australia and Member for Glass House Andrew Powell wants to ensure our volunteers are recognised and thanked. “It is a time to celebrate the way volunteers shape and contribute to our communities. If you’ve ever visited a community hall, neighbourhood centre or RSL,…
It’s a significant event that came and went with little fanfare, but Member for Glass House Andrew Powell wants to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the naming of the Glass House Mountains by then Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook. “Last Sunday, the 17th May, was the exact day 250…
Member for Glass House Andrew Powell is ecstatic to announce that after eleven years of lobbying, nearly $5 million is heading the way of Maleny-Kenilworth Road in upgrades. “I’m pinching myself! The decade of petitions, emails, me walking the road and even locals blockading the road at one point have…
Wednesday 18th March, 2020 After tabling a petition in Parliament calling for more bus services between Woodford and Caboolture, Member for Glass House Andrew Powell has received a disappointing response from the Transport Minister. “A few weeks ago, in Parliament, I tabled the petition signed by Glass House residents calling…
Monday 16th March, 2020 Member for Glass House, Andrew Powell MP, has joined forces with the Leukaemia Foundation and shaved his beard off to help shave the world from blood cancer. On Friday 13 March, Andrew visited the talented Barbers of Maleny to go under the knife and have his…