Peter Lindsay MP

Local Results

For more than a decade Peter Lindsay and the Coalition Government worked closely with the local community to identify priorities and get federal funding to fix problems and make improvements. The results in Herbert speak for themselves. . .

Families

  • Doubled childcare subsidies and rebates, and created more childcare places.
  • Boosted family tax benefit payments to help almost 13,000 Townsville families with children
  • Introduced the Baby Bonus (not means tested)
  • Funded the Family Relationship Centre in Townsville

Health

  • Established a medical school at JCU to train doctors locally
  • Boosted the bulk billing rate in Herbert by an extra 10,000 consultations a year
  • Funded bulk-billing of MRI scans in Townsville
  • Introduced electronic medicare rebates

Seniors

  • More than doubled aged care funding in Herbert to $30 million annually
  • Added 60 more public aged care places in the city
  • Provided 200 more elderly families with 'community care' funding
  • Introduced annual Senior's Bonus
  • Cut taxes on superannuation
  • Introduced new bonus payments for carers

Roads

  • Townsville Ring Road ($79 million)
  • Mt Low Parkway ($40 million)
  • Douglas Arterial and Twin Cities Bridge ($37 million provided)
  • Funded the local council to complete Local road upgrades like Castle Hill Road and Abbott Street
  • Gained black spot funding for many road safety improvements like roundabouts, traffic lights and road widening

Community development

  • Gained $2 million federal funding for The Strand redevelopment
  • Gained $6 million funding for the Riverway sports stadium
  • $6 million for the Murray Sports Complex redevelopment
  • Gifted Jezzine Barracks to Townsville community

Defence and veterans

  • Four stages of development and expansion at Lavarack Barracks
  • Improved defence capability and equipment to support overseas operations
  • Across the board pay rises for all military personnel
  • Better defence housing and family support
  • Boosted veterans' funding from $6 billion to more than $10 billion annually
  • Introduced Saluting Their Service to bolster community acknowledgement of our veterans' service
  • Increased funding for the veterans' Gold and White Card programs

Education and training

  • Provided $3.6 million for 33 locals schools to complete 92 individual improvement projects
  • Re-introduced plain English report cards and mandatory literacy testing in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9
  • Established the acclaimed North Queensland Technical College to fast-track apprenticeships
  • Established the Medical School at James Cook University and in 2007 created 98 new undergraduate places in the medical and science fields.
  • Funded Allied Health, Veterinary Science and Tropical Agricultural Science at James Cook.
  • Built the best Australian Technical College in Australia

Local environment

  • Introduced an $8,000 subsidy per home for solar installation
  • Established a Solar City project in Townsville and on Magnetic Island
  • Strengthened protection for the Great Barrier Reef
  • Supported the Green Corps program to improve our local riverways.
  • Funding walking paths and boardwalks on Magnetic Island
  • Gave schools $50,000 to install solar hot water and rainwater tanks

Fighting crime

  • Provided $150,000 to establish a juvenile crime prevention program in Townsville
  • Gained federal funding to help local councils install camera surveillance in entertainment districts