CLEANING UP COOLUM

the state. Under current laws, young repeat violent offenders are able to walk away from their crimes with little more than a slap on the wrist. There’s no punishment, no consequences for actions, and innocent Queenslanders like the Beaumont family are paying the ultimate price.

Queenslanders deserve strong laws that put the rights of victims ahead of offenders, and it’s about time the Government started listening.

Active Club Grants

Coolum Beach Clean Up

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Coolum Beach for the second annual clean-up. The event was hosted by the Coolum Surf Club and Coolum and Northshore Coastcare, and I was proud to help sponsor it alongside Gage Roads Brew Co. We are so blessed to have such a pristine local environment, but it is one that we all need to take responsibility for.

Parliament

The youth crime crisis has once again come under the spotlight in Parliament, with more tragic stories of innocent lives being lost at the hands of repeat young offenders. During the last sitting week, a petition signed by more than 7000 Queenslanders was tabled, which called for urgent reforms to the state’s revolving door youth justice system.

I was proud to sponsor the petition, which was launched by the Beaumont family last year, following the death of 15-year-old Angus Beaumont who was killed in 2020 during an altercation with 2 young recidivist offenders, one of whom was out on bail.

In 2015 the Attorney General Yvette D’Ath started watering down the youth justice laws which has resulted in the youth crime crisis impacting communities right across

Great news for a number of our local clubs, who were successful in their grant applications for Round 3 of the Active Clubs program.

Across the electorate, 22 clubs will share in a total of $55,000 in funding, including:

• Coolum Beach Bowls Club

• Coolum Colts

• Coolum Beach Pony Club Inc

• Coolum Beach Surf Lifesaving Club Inc

• Coolum Cricket Club

• Coolum Croquet Club

• Coolum-Peregian Swimming Club

• Saints Rugby Union

Stay In Touch

If you have a State Government issue you’d like to talk about, please give me a call on 5406 7900, email me at ninderry@parliament. qld.gov.au or drop by the electorate office at 11 Heathfield Rd, Coolum.