Media releases

The Morrison Government has today announced a $30,000 grant for the Taste Bundaberg Festival 2021 to boost domestic visitors and support the region.

A pilot study at Mon Repos Conservation Park will trial approaches to cooling turtle nesting beaches to restore the normal ratio of male and female hatchlings.

The Australian Government is continuing to support the health and wellbeing of men in Childers through a grant of $5,000 under the 20th funding round of the National Shed Development Programme.

The Bundaberg Recreation Precinct will receive a significant upgrade thanks to Australian Government funding to support community infrastructure and other drought-relief projects through the expanded Drought Communities Program.

A program aimed at getting teenagers with autism more active and involved in organised sport is part of a new initiative funded by the Federal Government.

The JobKeeper program and the Coronavirus Supplement have been extended to continue supporting affected businesses and households in the Hinkler electorate.

The Hervey Bay Airport is getting a facelift with work now underway on an 11-month project to refurbish the runway and improve the airfield lighting under the Hinkler Regional Deal.

A national campaign has been launched to support the recovery of Australia’s small businesses by calling on all Australians to ‘Go Local First’.

Construction on the long-awaited $21.7 million Boundary Road extension project will start early next year as part of the Hinkler Regional Deal.

Five ex-service organisations (ESOs) and other veteran groups in Hinkler – which provide advocacy services to veterans and their families – will share in more than $161,000 as part of the Governments Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) grants program.

Local agricultural show societies in the Hinkler electorate could be eligible for a share of $10 million in Australian Government one-off payments to help them recover from the impacts of cancellations due to COVID-19.

Bundaberg RSL Sub-Branch will host a commemorative event for the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific in August thanks to funding from the Australian Government’s Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program.

Australian men with prostate cancer and their families in Bundaberg and Hervey Bay will benefit from an expansion of the Australian Government’s Prostate Cancer Nurses Program.

A world-class company with experience overseeing multiple shopping centre and entertainment precinct projects in regional Queensland and significant commercial building developments in Brisbane will manage the delivery of a number of projects on the Fraser Coast under the Hinkler Regional Deal.

Free online information sessions will offer residents the chance to explore current progress on the Hinkler Regional Deal, which is transforming the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay regions.

The Morrison Government is investing $24.2 million to reduce wait times and fast track access to mental health services for young people aged 12–25 seeking headspace appointments.

A new local infrastructure project and a community event will receive a financial boost as part of a $207 million investment under Round 4 of the Federal Liberal and Nationals Government’s highly successful Building Better Regions Fund.

Federal Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt has welcomed today’s HomeBuilder program aimed at boosting the construction industry.

News Corp’s decision to stop printing a large number of newspapers right across the country, including regional Queensland, will have a long-lasting impact on regional journalism.

Twenty-three young athletes across the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay region have received a helping hand for competitions held before coronavirus struck.

Today’s news of the retirement of State Member for Hervey Bay Ted Sorensen was described as ’the end of an era’.

Drought-affected communities across the Wide Bay-Burnett region will receive Australian Government support in their battle to control pest animals and weeds.

The Australian Government has approved an investment of $4 million for road improvements on the Isis Highway, between Bundaberg and Childers in Queensland, paving the way for construction to start within a year.

An extension to working holiday maker and other visas will help local producers and businesses continue to operate and get their crops off.

Free child care for essential workers through the coronavirus pandemic will not only help families, but keep the early childhood education and care sector open for business.

A new Jobs Hub to connect businesses with people looking for work has been launched today.

An initiative to help the agriculture and fisheries sector get their product back into key export markets will give local businesses an economic shot in the arm.

A wage subsidy payment to help keep businesses open and employees in jobs has been welcomed by Federal Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt.

Federal Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt is calling on Bundaberg and Fraser Coast councils to eliminate rates payments for at least six months amid the coronavirus.

Starting this week, the Coalition Government’s business hotline will give more support to small and medium businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.