Mark Boothman MP Blog

Today is Vietnam Veterans’ Day and the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, a day when Australians are encouraged to reflect on the service and sacrifice of those who served during the Vietnam War. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester paid his respects to all those who served in the Vietnam War, one of the longest military engagements of the 20th Century. Lest We Forget

The Coomera Cubs Baseball Club has come along way in the last ten years, they started out with a couple of bus shelters. Nick Day and his team have done a great job developing the club of the years.

This week Spectrum Plants Gold Coast officially opened its new indoor plant centre at 161 Kreiderman Road. It has been a tough time for the nursery, drought (the nursery ran out of water), floods and now COVID.

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Almost one million Australian served our country during the war and many paid the ultimate sacrifice. 39,000 Australians sadly never came home and many are buried in far away lands. Like many families, my grandfather lost two of his brothers, one in Sudan and the other in Papua New Guinea. It was a subject he never liked to discuss.

Thank you for supporting our local small businesses this week. Every dollar spent locally is returned many times. This week's winners of the buy local campaign are, Kim, Kirsty and David.