Mark Boothman MP Blog - June 2022

It is Budget day for the Queensland State Government Today we find out how the State Government is going to spend around $65 billion over the next year. Let’s see if they will actually fund projects or push them out to the distant future. We are fighting for for a new health precinct for the North Gold Coast to take the pressure off an over burdened health system. We need to fast track a new Hospital with an emergency department with over night beds for the Northern Gold Coast

A couple highlights of the weekend. Today Helensvale Lions celebrated 40 years of dedicated service to our local community. Stewart Proud is the last of the founding members in the club and over the years he has seen many changes to our district.

Busy Community Roadside at Upper Coomera with a multitude of locals stopping for a chat. “Starting to lose my voice”

Gold Coast Small Business Expo is on today with over 300 exhibitors at the Coomera Sports Centre until 3:30 pm. The variety of businesses is just immense, pretty much anything you can think of or never thought of is there! Also at the Expo, Bus Stop (Brisbane Based Company) showcased the first all electric coach in Queensland. The coach has a range of 500km and takes 5 hours to charge.

Congratulations Upper Coomera Lions Club on another successful year. Lance was re elected as Club President for another year. Upper Coomera Lions is a small club but they are very proactive in fundraising for local and National initiatives.