Media Releases
While the Premier and the Prime Minister fight out who is going to pay for what, Queenslanders are in danger on the Bruce Highway.
The Nationals will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with hundreds of farmers from across the country on September 10, in an unprecedented rally against Labor’s anti-farming ideology.
Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, is no stranger to the Bruce Highway and has today launched his campaign Back Our Bruce, Back Our People.
Australia’s largest regional mining event is happening in Mackay this week, and Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, said he’s excited to welcome the Queensland Mining and Engineering Expo (QME) back to the region.
The State and Federal Labor Governments must be held to account for their disastrous and mismanaged phaseout of commercial gillnets across Queensland, which is now seeing our local fishos consider walking away permanently.
Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, officially opened the Volunteer Marine Rescue (VMR) Whitsundays new Operations and Training Centre today, after successfully securing funding for the organisation last year.
Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox said Labor’s new mandatory emissions reporting is yet another attack on Australian farmers and will impose costly regulatory burdens.
As the cost-of-living crisis worsens and Australians are feeling more pressure on their wallets than ever before, the Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, is backing the Coalition’s new supermarket policy for stronger penalties for anti-competitive behaviour.
Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, is renewing his desperate calls for the Federal and State Labor Government’s to fix the Bruce Highway.
The Albanese Labor Government showed their contempt for hard-working Australian farmers as they pushed through legislation to abolish the live sheep export trade in Canberra this week.
Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox is calling on residents to nominate a road or intersection in most need of upgrade by completing a national road survey launched this month by Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Tony Pasin MP.
Today, Peter Dutton and the Coalition announced their nuclear energy plan to ensure Australians have access to zero emission reliable power that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Show season has kicked off across Dawson today, and as I attend the Mackay show I want to celebrate the importance of these shows and what they mean for our communities, for our farmers, and for our industries.
Returning from Western Australia today, Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox said it is now clear that this “Albanese Labor Government wants Australian farmers to flock off.”
I am extremely concerned regarding the length of time, the ongoing industrial dispute between Wilmar and those living in our community working tirelessly to ensure the product is processed has been going on.
The Albanese Labor Government has been caught out falsely claiming that the Mobile Black Spot Program has not been cut to zero.
Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, has welcomed the announcement that China will lift its ban on Australian beef exports.
Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, has welcomed the Federal Government’s backflip on the ill-advised changes to the Pacific Australian Labour Mobility (PALM) Schemes mandatory work hours.
The Albanese Labor Government has abolished future funding for the Mobile Black Spot Program and has provided no ongoing funding for other key regional communications infrastructure programs.
Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox today announced a $15m funding boost to kickstart the Northern Beaches Community Hub stage 1B.
Andrew Willcox MP says Dawson has been deserted by the Albanese Labor Government’s 2024-25 Federal Budget and only a Coalition Government can get Australia back on track.
Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, said common sense has prevailed, after confirmation the crossbench will block Labor’s disastrous and ill-thought-out fresh food tax in the Senate.
Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, said Labor has continued to ignore Dawson in its Budget, cutting regional infrastructure projects, and failing to provide new money for regional programs in Dawson, while refusing to fix its self-made cost-of-living crisis.
The announcement made by the Albanese Labor Government today for an extra $467m worth of funding to upgrade the Bruce Highway is a slap in the face for the people of Dawson.
Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox, is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Australian farmers to fight Labor’s fresh food tax, which will hurt families and farmers amid a cost-of-living crisis.
Volunteer organisations in Dawson are set to receive a huge boost in funding as Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox today announced that the region will receive more than $66,000 in funding as part of the 2023-24 Volunteer Grants, which will directly impact 20 local organisations.
Queensland Premier Steven Miles has patted himself on the back for a 1 per cent drop in overall crime in the state, while criminal offences in Townsville and Mackay continue to rise.
Labor’s fresh food tax and the damage it will cause, by driving up the cost-of-living and making groceries more expensive, will be investigated by a Senate committee today.
Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox said the fresh food tax, which is due to be implemented on July 1, is as an attack on families and farmers in Dawson.
The Albanese Government continues to starve regional Australia of much needed economic development funding with its failure to deliver on grants programs promised to the regions.