18 August 2017 When Member for Glass House, Andrew Powell, first became the LNP candidate for the seat of Glass House, he vowed to improve the D’Aguilar Highway and make it safer. He has doggedly pursued improvements over the eight years he has been the member and has had extraordinary…
13 July 2017 A $481,500 safety improvement project at the D’Aguilar Highway and Mary Smokes Creek Road intersection, Royston is set to start in late July 2017. Local LNP MPs Deb Frecklington (Nanango) and Andrew Powell (Glass House) have been working closely with the Federal Coalition Government to get the…
15 March 2017 Member for Glass House, Andrew Powell MP, is thrilled to announce that safety improvement works planned on the D’Aguilar Highway at Woodford are set to begin in mid-2017. Following the Australian Government’s announcement in October last year to allocate $16 million to improve highway safety between Caboolture…
After concluding last year attending lots of school graduation celebrations, the beginning of the school year now brings many leadership ceremonies which I have great pleasure in attending. It’s exciting to meet our new leaders of the future and I wish all the kids well for a great year. During this past week my…
I am sponsoring a petition requesting the Minister for Main Roads to investigate and fund safety upgrades at the intersection of Landsborough-Maleny Road and Maleny-Montville Road. I would like to thank Rachel Fentiman of Maleny who has agreed to be Principal Petitioner. The whole community seems to be in agreement that…
I started the week by travelling to the Gympie, Hervey Bay and Burnett electorates to discuss all things Transport, Main Roads and Local Government. It was a great opportunity also to catch up with my good friend, and now Mayor of Bundaberg, Jack Dempsey over breakfast. He has a real…
I began my week visiting the Aspley electorate in my capacity as Shadow Minister for Transport and Main Roads where I spent the morning with my good friend Tracy Davis MP inspecting road issues in the Aspley electorate. Later that day I travelled to Canberra where I met with Ministers,…
21 October 2016 Powell takes Glass House priorities to Canberra Member for Glass House and Shadow Transport, Main Roads and Local Government Minister Andrew Powell this week travelled to Canberra to ensure Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay priorities are front and centre on the Federal Government’s agenda. Mr Powell said…
Several months ago I committed to sponsoring a petition requesting changes and improvements to the intersection of Kilcoy Beerwah Road and Old Gympie Road in Beerwah – the intersection near the Beerwah State School. In the past, both my colleague Mark McArdle and I have unsuccessfully lobbied the Department of…
I was back in Parliament last week and was fortunate to be a part of two very important bills being passed through the House. The first was the Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill 2016 and the second was the Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016. …