Sharia law in operation
IN PLACES where the long arm of the law struggles to reach, a second arm gathers strength and tightens its grip on willing and unwilling victims, mostly women.In some Australian suburbs it is no longer a case of one law for all as Sharia-style dispensation of justice is quietly executed in Australian mosques on a daily basis.An Australian imam has openly said he is doing just that in Sydney mosques every day.
Amending the Fair Work Act to stop Forced FIFO
Together with my LNP colleague, Member for Capricornia Michelle Landry, I am putting forward a bill banning forced FIFO.The continuing stalemate over 100 per cent Fly-In Fly-Out (FIFO) arrangements at some Bowen Basin mines has gone on for far too long and it’s time to take some drastic action.We’re taking the call for action straight to the country’s ultimate regulator – Parliament House, by presenting a bill seeking to amend the Fair Work Act (2009).The amendment will essentially stop discrimination against workers based on where they live.
Improving primary health care in the north
A new primary health care entity in the North will deliver better health care services by local people for local people.I welcome the announcement that the North Queensland Primary Health Care Collaborative will be responsible for the coordination and delivery of primary health care in North Queensland, replacing the two Medicare Locals operating across the region.What this means is less money for bureaucracy and more money for frontline services.