Five sets of siblings are among the 40 recipients of the latest Local Sporting Champions round of funding.

Mr PITT: I rise to speak on the Future Made in Australia Bill 2024, which I have a lot of problems with, and the first is with the title. The title of this bill should be ‘no future for made in Australia manufacturing under this Labor government’—none; absolutely none. And I’ll go on to explain why that’s the case and line up the facts that demonstrate it.

Mr PITT: Well, the missing link has been found. You can stop looking. Not only has it been found; it’s been delivered. The Boundary Road extension, the missing link in Hervey Bay, has finally been completed as part of the Hinkler Regional Deal—another project delivered and another critical piece of infrastructure for the people of Hervey Bay and the Fraser Coast. Congratulations to all involved.

It’s been more than six months since the Queensland State Labor Government stated Paradise Dam could not be reinstated and a new wall needed to be built.

If you listen to Labor and the Greens, coal fired power is no more…it has ceased to be…it is bereft of life, its bleeding demised, it rests in peace, its snuffed it, it’s pushing up daisies. With apologies to John Cleese and Monty Python’s dead parrot sketch, that statement couldn’t be further from the truth.

Mr PITT: Over the weekend, between 28 and 30 June, Volunteer Marine Rescue Bundaberg had their Family Fishing Classic, and it was an absolute cracker again. Now in its 17th year, it’s gone from 400 participants to more than a thousand. It is their biggest fundraising event.

Mr PITT: Of the advice of two Homers, there’s one that the Labor Party should have taken and the one that they did take. The Greek poet Homer said: ‘Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.’ Unfortunately, those opposite didn’t take that advice.

Mr PITT: Whilst the headline of this legislation might say ‘nature positive’, the reality is this is Australia negative. I’ve been through the second reading speech and other pieces of the legislation. The part that really stands out in the second reading speech is we know that most businesses are doing the right thing, but the intention of this Labor government is to impose yet another layer of legislation, regulation and enforcement over the top of them.

Mr PITT: I’m testing my rates of recovery here, I have to say! Jetstar flights have started from Melbourne to Hervey Bay, in my electorate. What an incredible opportunity. The first flight touched down in Hervey Bay on Thursday last week. It’s scheduled three times a week. The service will provide more than 1,100 seats each week between Melbourne and Hervey Bay.

Mr PITT: Who’d have thought we’d be back here debating this again after the disaster of the live cattle export cancellation by the previous Labor government? But, now, here we find ourselves, where this Labor government is effectively cancelling the live sheep export from Western Australia.