Glen was elected to the Queensland Parliament in 2006 after 34 years in the commercial radio industry throughout Queensland. He and his family have lived on the Sunshine Coast for the past 24 years.
As the Member for Noosa, Glen is deeply involved with social justice issues as they affect his constituents and fights hard on their behalf. Glen is also passionate about keeping Noosa as the environmentally-friendly and sustainable community that it has developed into. His other state interests include Police & Corrective Services, Tourism & Small Business as well as Regional Development.
Glen is involved with many local community groups, including Noosa & District Landcare Assoc; Noosa Residents & Ratepayers Assoc; Noosa Business Chamber of Commerce; Noosa Coast Guard; Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club; Noosa Parks Assoc.; Noosa Waters Residents Assoc; Tewantin Community Association; Eumundi Chamber of Commerce; Noosaville Association.; Noosa Village of the 3rd Age; Neighbourhood Watch; Coolum Beach Bowls Club; Energex Community Rescue Helicopter Service; Maroochy Surf Lifesaving Club - (Honorary Vice President); Sunshine Coast Environmental Association; Tourism Noosa (Honorary Member); Noosa Federation of the Arts (Honorary Member); Tewantin Noosa RSL; Sunshine Beach SLC.
Glen is the Patron of the Noosa Pirates Rugby League Club and also a patron of Surf Life Saving, Sunshine Coast.
Current Parliamentary Service:
- Member for Noosa
- Opposition Deputy Whip
Previous:
- Shadow Parliamentary Secretary, Sustainability & Climate Change
- Travelsafe Committee
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pensioner budget relief -
could or should expect from it. So far I 've received nothing from the Labor party and only a story about how the budget was going
to hurt all the people of the state. Pensioners ...
Labour's Water Grid - I'd like not know why the huge overspend by the Bligh Government to hastily built a water grid, again with
little planning it seems, did not include a relatively short connection from the North Pine Dam, to the Somerset/Wivenhoe
catchment. It seems now the rains have come that a great...
700 jobs at risk in QLD - Can someone please make some noise about the fact that Yabulu Refinery in Townsville, Nth QLD, could
very well be shutdown by the end of the financial year!! On 21st January 300 redundancies were given out and we all breathed a
sigh of relief as 750 people kept their jobs, albeit...
Labor tide. - What is the LNP going to do to counter the ALP setup that provides true believers ( voters) from schools whose
teachers, being uniom members, are brainwashing students from primary and high school, ( witness the 18 year olds who were
obviously voting Labor at the last Federal and State electi...
emphasize capitalism - Lets face it, we are a capitalistic party, that values free enterprise, and achievement, therefore we
should be utilising the latest 21st century technology to reach the more highly educated, globalised voting public, and emphasize
our expertise in capitalism, And as a 21st centur...
Payroll tax - LNP needs to push the goverenment to abolish payroll tax. I pay payroll tax on 24 employees and it hurts how much
does the goverenment pay on all there public servents? This would be a good cost saving for the everyone.
Aged Care - In aged care nurses have raised these issues for some time now. I know it is federal but some Aged facilities are
Queensland Govt owned and therefore the Bligh Govt is responsible. Doctors - very few availbale for Aged Care visits =
Residents choice declined Nurses - RNs unwilling to work...
re anna bligh -
a pensioners income per fornight we are expected to pay all these hikes on measly 478.00 per fornight come on anna bligh get real
cut your income right down to our level for 12 ...