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Thursday, 26 May 2011 13:52

New Mackay high school should have been built years ago

Labor has neglected to plan for growing communities. Labor has neglected to plan for growing communities.

A new high school in Mackay’s northern beaches should have been built years ago, the State Opposition said today.

LNP Shadow Education Minister Dr Bruce Flegg said Labor had neglected Mackay for 20 years and had failed to meet the needs of the region’s growing communities.

“It has taken a regional Parliament in Mackay and the Premier’s need for a media announcement for the people of the northern beaches area to finally get a high school that should have been built years ago,” he said.

“The area has been booming for years and the community has been left hanging waiting for the new high school they desperately need.

“Labor is more interested in grabbing a quick headline than properly planning for the future.”

Dr Flegg said Labor had a track record of making big promises and failing to deliver.

“We warned at the start of this week that Labor would splash around a lot of cash in a desperate attempt to make up for years of doing nothing,” he said.

“Labor doesn’t care about regional Queenslanders, they just care about being re-elected.

“The CanDo LNP team will work for Queensland, not for ourselves. We will forward plan, not just live for the daily media cycle.”

Bruce Flegg

Bruce Flegg

Bruce Flegg is the Minister for Housing and Public Works and your Member for Moggill.

Prior to being elected to the Queensland Parliament in February 2004 and after serving his country as a regular army officer in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corp Bruce was a family GP in South East Queensland for over 20 years.  He was a well respected and successful businessman.  He holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Sydney University and holds an F Fin qualification as an associate of FINSIA.  Bruce also has a strong interest in cycling, Australian art, gym, business and finance.

Bruce represents the electorate of Moggill and lives in the electorate in the suburb of Brookfield.  He has four sons.  He has a strong belief in the importance of hard work and the importance of family.

Since being elected in 2004 Bruce has been a member of a number of Parliamentary committees.  He was also Shadow Health Minister, Leader of the Liberal Party until December 2007 and Shadow Treasurer.  After this in 2008 Bruce had a period on the backbench focussing on the issues in his own electorate of Moggill.  Those issues have substantially revolved around local transport.

In March 2009 Bruce was appointed as the LNP’s Shadow Minister for Education and Training. 

In April 2011 Bruce was appointed as Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. Bruce retains the Shadow Ministry for Education.

 

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