Mark Boothman MP Blog - 2026

Thank you to everyone who stopped for a chat while I was out hitting the grassy verges, and at my afternoon community roadside at The Heights, Pimpama. Finishing off the day tonight at the Helensvale State School P&C meeting.

Community Roadside Saturday at Reserve Road Upper Coomera

First up this morning was a media announcement marking the start of design work for the second stage of the Coomera Connector between Pimpama and Coomera, along with the duplication of Jabiru Bridge.

Before the election we spoke a lot about Labor’s Health Crisis which saw ambulance ramping reach a record quarter high of 45.5% and elective surgery waitlists blowout.

Ambulance ramping has now dropped to 35.5% - the lowest level since December in 2020.

Queensland is the home of grassroots sports – and these numbers prove it.

We’ve delivered over 293,000 Play On! Sports Vouchers across the State and now the next round is about to kick in on 27 July!