The Bligh Government’s seventh Community Cabinet was held in Hervey Bay and Maryborough on the weekend of June 29 and 30, 2008.
The Queensland Government is partnering with Fraser Coast Regional Council and Wide Bay Water Corporation to build a $12.8 million Water Education Park at Pialba. At the Hervey Bay Community Cabinet luncheon, Premier Anna Bligh and Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation and Member for Hervey Bay Andrew McNamara presented a cheque for $4.95 million from the Q150 Legacy Infrastructure Program to Mayor of Fraser Coast Regional Council Mick Kruger and CEO of Wide Bay Water Corporation Tim Waldron.
Premier Anna Bligh inspected the latest in the new series of QR's urban trains currently under construction at Downer EDI Rail in Maryborough.
Left to right: Mark Roder, Industrial Engineer; Brian Heselwood, Plant Manager; Clive Shepherd, Business Development Manager Brisbane, Downer EDI Rail; Premier Bligh; and Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation and Member for Hervey Bay, Andrew McNamara.
Community Cabinet provided another opportunity for people opposed to the Traveston Dam to put their case to the Premier and to her ministers. Minister for Natural Resources and Water, Craig Wallace, and his Director-General, Scott Spencer, meet with a deputation.
At the Community Cabinet luncheon at the Urangan Boat Club were Minister for Education and the Arts Rod Welford; President of Urangan State High School P&C Linda Buxton; Principal of Sandy Strait State School Kim Luck; Principal of Urangan Point State School Neil Collins; Principal of Urangan State High School Ross Zelow; and President of Pialba State School P&C Julie Curtis.
At the Community Cabinet luncheon at the Urangan Boat Club were CEO of the Fraser Coast Regional Council, Andrew Brien; Editor of the Fraser Coast Chronicle, Nancy Bates; and Member for Maryborough, Chris Foley.
At the Hervey Bay Community Cabinet Forum, high school students who have undertaken the Lions Club program Stand and Deliver, which develops self-confidence and public speaking skills, presented the Premier with a colourful ‘wish list.’
Left to right: Pamela McHardy, Incoming President, Maryborough Lions Club and coordinator of Stand and Deliver; James Stringer, Xavier Catholic College, Hervey Bay; Kate Acutt, Hervey Bay State High School; Juscinta Fuller, St Mary’s College, Maryborough; Rachael Evans; Maryborough State High School; Aimee Moore, Urangan State High School; Premier Anna Bligh; Lisa Dinsey, Isis District State High School; Danielle Cole, Isis District State High School; Jessie Morey, Urangan State High School; Kellie Morey, Urangan State High School; Margaret Goldson, Granville Lions Club; and Bev Hodges, Mary River Lions Club.
Sergeant Patrick Fleming (right), Branch Manager of Hervey Bay Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC), and Robert Smith, Chairman of Hervey Bay PCYC, met with Minister for Police, Judy Spence, and Acting Executive Director of the Department of Sport and Recreation, Tracy O’Bryan, (left) to lobby for an expansion of their facility.
Premier Anna Bligh officially named the new $5 million state-of-the-art whale watching vessel the MV Grant Dorn. Pictured on the top deck of the vessel are Production Manager of Streamline Catamarans, Wayne Jones, and Manager of the Spirit of Hervey Bay, Bobbie Hayter.
Parliamentary Secretaries took deputations at the Brolga Riverside Theatre and Convention Theatre in Maryborough on Monday morning while the cabinet meeting was taking place in Hervey Bay. Pictured outside the theatre are Director of the Brolga Theatre, Rollo Nicholson; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Training and The Arts, Bonny Barry; and Manager of the Brolga Theatre, John Flanagan.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Police, Corrective Services and Sport, Chris Bombolas, presented a cheque for $125,000 from the Q150 Legacy Infrastructure Program to Fraser Coast Regional Council Mayor, Mick Kruger, to go towards a new building at the Bauple Recreation Ground.
Left to right: Treasurer of Bauple Recreation Ground Committee, Vicki Willcocks; Vice-President, Rachel Ireland; Secretary, Mary Liddell; Chris Bombolas MP; Cr Mick Kruger and Fraser Coast Regional Councillor, Linda Harris.
Inspecting the site of one of two major upgrades to the Maryborough-Hervey Bay Road worth $29.5 million are Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation and Member for Hervey Bay, Andrew McNamara; Regional Director, Main Roads Wide Bay Burnett, Doug Wass; Director General of Main Roads, Allan Tesch; and Manager of Program Development and Delivery, Main Roads Wide Bay, Stephen Mallows.
Providing information to the public from one of the state government information stalls were Tina Ludwig, Child Safety Support Officer, Maryborough; Julie Arthur, Regional Coordinator, Office for Women, Maryborough; and Camilla Stiles, Acting Court Coordinator, Child Safety, Maryborough.
Senior Sergeant Jan Hunt, Officer in Charge of Maryborough Police Station, was recognised at Community Cabinet for 35 years of outstanding service. She is pictured with Police Minister, Judy Spence, and Premier Anna Bligh.
Premier Anna Bligh attended a special “Thank you” morning tea for Emergency Services volunteers held in Queens Park Maryborough. Pictured: Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation and Member for Hervey Bay, Andrew McNamara; Bob Lynch, Maryborough SES; Premier Anna Bligh; Alan McNamara OBE, Woocoo SES; and Laureen McNamara, Woocoo SES.
“Thank you” morning tea for Emergency Services volunteers.
Left to right: Volunteer Marine Rescue Hervey Bay members Jan Hujber, Alex Hubjer, Ray Ruddy; Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation and Member for Hervey Bay, Andrew McNamara; Denise Mulvaney; Premier Anna Bligh; Don Adams, Fred Woffenden, Ronwyn Love, Eirlys Kennett and Mervyn Kennett.
Premier Bligh presented certificates to three members of the Hill family who have just completed Wide Bay Institute of TAFE’s Elements of Shipboard Safety course. Julie Hill (front), who broke her spine in a car accident 18 years ago, is believed to be the first paraplegic in Queensland to complete the program. With husband Kevin and son Daniel, Julie operates Blue Horizon Cruises, which offers a whale watching vessel completely accessible to people with a disability.
Standing left to right: Paul Cate, Manager, Marine, Wide Bay TAFE; Kevin Hill; Daniel Hill; and Robyn Dyer, Institute Director, Hervey Bay TAFE.
