Tugun Satellite Hospital Update

Work is well underway on our new satellite hospital on the southern Gold Coast.

Recently, I inspected progress on this major investment that’ll provide care for minor injuries and illness.

That’s good news for you and for frontline health staff at hospitals like Robina and GCUH, so they can provide care for more complex cases.

We’ve increased by over 80% the operational funding for Gold Coast health since 2015 and we’re delivering major health infrastructure including a new hospital in Coomera as well as major expansions at Robina and Gold Coast Hospital.

Second M1 Construction Starts

We promised to build the Second M1 and we are delivering.

Major construction is underway on the 16-kilometre Coomera Connector Stage 1, creating a ‘second M1’ to remove up to 60,000 local trips a day from the M1 Pacific Motorway, south of Brisbane.

The $2.16 billion project will support 1,000 jobs during construction.

The Second M1 will open progressively from 2025.

More social housing apartments complete

Meet Greg.

He’s one of the new residents at one of our 12 recently completed housing units in Varsity Lakes.

We’re investing $3.9 billion to increase the social and affordable housing supply, the largest concentrated investment in Queensland’s history with 5,000 homes commenced so far keeping us on track to deliver 13,000 by 2027.

For Greg, he loves the close proximity to local shops, transport and parks but also vital health services.

This is what our social housing program is about - helping Queenslanders get a secure roof over their head when they need it most.

Food Rescue Help

The Palaszczuk Government is providing $2.9 million for 10 food rescue projects, providing close to six million meals for people in need and diverting 2,993 tonnes of good food from landfill.

The organisations running these projects will be able to purchase new equipment like trucks, upgrade infrastructure and hire staff to help stop food from ending up in landfill and instead help Queenslanders in need.

Right now, Queenslanders throw three million tonnes of food away every year, while 21% of our community has experienced severe food insecurity in the last twelve months.

We want to change that.

60,000 ODT Trip Milestone

In March we hit a big milestone for our One Demand Translink service.

60,000 trips in less than a year.

That’s how popular our On Demand bus service has been with locals like Sue who has traded in her car!

This pilot service was an election commitment I made to try and improve transport services in our community.

If you’re interested in giving it a go head to: https://translink.com.au/travel-with-us/on-demand/gold-coast for more info.