Category: Media Releases

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST OPEN FOR VOLUNTEER GRANTS 2024-25

Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien is inviting local volunteer groups to apply for funding from the 2024-25 round of the Australian Government Volunteer Grants Program.

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LLEW O’BRIEN CONGRATULATES WIDE BAY’S SPORTING CHAMPIONS

Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien today congratulated local sports stars who will receive grants to help them participate in state, national, and international competitions.

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VOLUNTEERS IN MURGON GET FUNDING BOOST

Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien announced today that four community groups in Murgon received funding from the Australian Government’s 2023-24 Volunteer Grant Program.

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VOLUNTEER GRANT HELPS OUR MARINE RESCUE HEROES

Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien announced today that the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard at Tin Can Bay has received $2,000 from the Australian Government’s Volunteer Grant Program.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY MESSAGE 2024

Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien is encouraging everyone in Wide Bay to honour those who have served our nation, by wearing a poppy and paying their respects at 11am on Remembrance Day, this Monday, November 11.

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LABOR’S SNUB TO QUEENSLAND’S DEFENCE INDUSTRY

The Albanese Labor Government has snubbed Queensland’s defence industry in a blow to local Maryborough jobs and manufacturing.

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QUEENSLAND SHOWED LABOR THE DOOR IN 2024

Queensland had their say at the polls on Saturday, ushering in a new era and a new government focused on a fresh start and bringing accountability and transparency back to state politics.

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GYMPIE BYPASS FINALLY OPENS

In April 2018 I joined with former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael McCormack MP, the Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt, the Editor of the Gympie Times Shelley Strachan, and my good mate and former Queensland Police Service Forensic Crash Investigator Steve Webb in Gympie to commit $800 million to the 26km Gympie bypass that today is now open to traffic.

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2024 AGE PENSION GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE

The updated 2024 guide to the Age Pension, including payment rates, assets tests and conditions, is now available from the office of the Federal Member for Wide Bay, Llew O’Brien.

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VOLUNTEERS IN GYMPIE AND THE MARY VALLEY GET FUNDING BOOST

Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien visited community groups in Gympie and the Mary Valley today to congratulate them on obtaining an Australian Government Volunteer Grant.

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