MOBILE OFFICE HIGHLIGHT: SAWTELL
Great to be at the Sawtell Bowling & Recreation Club this afternoon for one of my regular mobile office stops around the electorate.
As always, there were a number of issues and ideas raised by members of our community, but today I wanted to give a special shout out to Saf & Natalie, who are both Senior Disability Advocates from Multicultural Disability Advocacy Australia.
Saf & Natalie are part of a team that works not only to advocate on behalf of individuals living with a disability, but also in assisting their families and care-givers to navigate the supports available to them. It was great to hear their experiences with clients from around the Coffs Coast and the challenges they have identified for our local CALD communities.
Every chat helps to paint a picture of what our community needs to grow and thrive.
A sincere 'thank you' to everyone who came to see me today.
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Great work Pat And congratulations to SAF and Natalie
I am very sick and all my family members are very sick, some bad people have tried to kill us thousands of times. I am married and they are trying to destroy my family, I am a poor person, we are poor people, please help me. Many injustices have been done to my family in the name of marriage, they are opening businesses in the name of marriage and hacking my phone. Sachiv Sir, DC Sir, MP Minister Sir, some administrative cadres, but industrialists are involved in this and they are supporting this injustice..😭
LABOR’S WRONG PRIORITIES CONTINUE WITH A BUDGET HIT TO INJURED VETERANS
The Albanese Labor Government has made a decision to impose a $5,000 annual cap on allied health services for Veterans.
It is a cost-cutting decision that impacts the men and women who have served our nation and carry the physical and psychological costs of that service.
For those with complex or chronic needs, or a number of conditions resulting from their service, a $5,000 cap will not come close to covering the care they require. The result will be Veterans going without treatment, their conditions worsening, and the burden of their care falling back on their families and household budgets.
I am calling on the Government to immediately reverse this decision. Veterans should not be asked to bear the cost of Labor's budget repair.
Sure should be reversed. Is that the position of the entire National Party and Libs?
Thanks Pat, I have 2 brothers that both fought in Vietnam, and a both come back injured and with PTSD. I glad you are speaking on there behalf and supporting them.
Agree 100% and what about the loading being reduced on private health for over 65’s. What’s the rubbish statement about making it fairer for the young ones. It doesn’t help them but it damages us. We’ve worked long and hard to help make this country and this is the thanks we get. So many of us will pull out and take the treatment and beds in public hospitals which helps no one! Thanks for all you do Pat. Two oldies, one a Veteran.
Well said Pat. Thank you for supporting our veterans.
Thanks for your honesty and supporting this country and who fought for us
Keep up the pressure Pat. How dare they do this to our veterans?
Keep up the fight Pat this is disgraceful labour people who fight for our country and keep us safe we cap the amount to keep them safe that is just not good enough.
i agree!!!
Ridiculous decision. Well done for speaking up about it Pat.
We all remember how much the coalition cut from mental health care services during their time in government.
Bla bla blah
Will these veterans also be able to access referrals from their doctors as ordinary citizens do to extend the support ? How much do you think would be the correct cap or what was it previously?
Thank You Pat we were SENT overseas and now they don't want to know us
It is a betrayal, if your not going to look after us then don't send us, to fight your battles. Absolutely disgusting.
Well said Pat and I hope you really stick it into these absolute dimwits in the Albanese government starting with the biggest dimwit Albanese.
I am very sick and all my family members are very sick, some bad people have tried to kill us thousands of times. I am married and they are trying to destroy my family, I am a poor person, we are poor people, please help me. Many injustices have been done to my family in the name of marriage, they are opening businesses in the name of marriage and hacking my phone. Sachiv Sir, DC Sir, MP Minister Sir, some administrative cadres, but industrialists are involved in this and they are supporting this injustice..😭
We will see more Families left behind. $500,000,000.00 from Veterans Wellbeing total Budget. It never ends with that lot. Send it overseas or to other mates and take away from Veterans.
Also cut funding to the Invictus games
Liar albo Vote him out
How can we not give our Veterans 100 percent support What a disgrace you are Anthony Albanese
Labour needs to be kicked out asap
And yet they can find money to pay for treatment for immigrants arriving with HIV
Agree. Saw this first hand with my brother in law who came back from Vietnam with dreadful PTSD and died at 58 of bone cancer. We also need more of Parliament to be involved in sending our young people to hell holes to kill others
That is just disgraceful, happy to send them off to fight though. Vietnam veterans for one, are the returned servicemen that have really had no assistance. Absobloodylutely a disgrace from this Government
Decline isn't inevitable.
Damage isn't irreparable.
Difficulty isn't insurmountable.
We can restore our standard of living.
We can protect our way of life.
Australia is worth fighting for - now more than ever. And we have the plan to do it.
Let's see if Migration is measured by homeless not homes biult then the Government of the day should put a halt immediately and address it Pat Conaghan MP take a drive and see for yourself in Port Macquarie not to mention the rest of Australia yet you never hear Politician's talking about it and the way this Country is going cost of living it is only getting worse and the trend will continue.
What about health fund rebates? Worked all our lives & now many won't be able to afford private health insurance which will put a strain on hospitals which are already struggling.
And yet we have two more years of the communist government. How can we do something about that
Friend lives in an ex-student housing block in Canberra - 1 bedroom, tiny living room. Vast majority in the block are migrant (mostly Indian) families, each with multiple children, here on work visas sponsored by their employer. Someone will have to explain to me how this doesn't fit the definition of "modern slavery". Employers love it for wage suppression, gov(s) love it for the impact on GDP. Both groups who harp on about 'modern slavery'. One could call it hypocritical, to say the least.
Not sure about $1,000 in tax refund. The median salary is about $75,000. If there's 3% inflation that equals to ($75000*3%*$0.30) $675.00 If your salary is $240,000 [Basic salary for a Federal backbencher ($240,000*3%*$0.45)] $3,240 tax refund. Nice bonus you're giving yourself there.
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I really cannot see the Libs allowing the Nats to funnel 25 percent of resource windfall revenue to regional Australia. Nor can I see there being a lot captured by windfall revenue, perhaps there would have been something more significant if both Libs/Nats, One Nation and Labor would have supported a change of the PRRT on gas. It's a pretty laughable fact that the government collects more revenue through the alcohol excise ($7.8 billion all alcohol, $2.7 billion just beer alone)) and the fees/charge paid for visa services ($2.45 billion) and then sloucher of PRRT coming in at ($1.48 billion) . What's even more laughable is the forecast trend for PRRT revenue is to decline. And before someone come at me about how much those gas companies pay company tax, well there's quite a number of them yet to pay any company tax, and secondly all companies that make profit pay company tax, the PRRT whilst it is named a tax is meant to capture revenue in lieu of being paid royalties for the material they are extracting. If stuff all is being collected through PRRT those companies are essentially getting the material (gas) for free.
I am very sick and all my family members are very sick, some bad people have tried to kill us thousands of times. I am married and they are trying to destroy my family, I am a poor person, we are poor people, please help me. Many injustices have been done to my family in the name of marriage, they are opening businesses in the name of marriage and hacking my phone. Sachiv Sir, DC Sir, MP Minister Sir, some administrative cadres, but industrialists are involved in this and they are supporting this injustice..😭
I don’t think Labor is living in the real world&hell#highesttaxes##fewerhomess#aspirationkillersrationkillers
they have lost the plot pat
You’re not wrong Pat.
We r talking about a BUNCH OF FRUIT LOOPS Pat Conaghan MP
I agree with you Pat, not much hope for our younger generation while ever Labor is in government. Our older generation have been delivered a blow too with the removal of the private health insurance rebate.
Step into the revolving door.
This is the problem with a parliament full of career politicians who have only ever worked for government and have never worked in the private sector. No idea, totally out of touch with reality.
Tell me how making investment properties more expensive is going to help renters! Take away the tax deduction on investment properties, and that increases the cost of the property, so the owner will have to charge more rent!!
To be honest- we know what Labor and The Greens are doing to this country and in particular rural Australia- destroying it. The question is - when are we going to get a coordinated conservative opposition that can breakthrough and do something, anything. Great you are highlighting the absurdity, but mate, what is the plan?
Well said Pat
We are so lucky having you fight for Regional areas.
Thank you Pat, Man of the People. I appreciate you so much.
Go for the jugular Pat!
Keep fighting mate.they got no idea.
Bring them down Pat.
Im happy i voted for you pat.. you seem to be the only one with any common sense... keep pushing hard for the macleay valley and greater mnc..
No
So help get rid of them. Before we all end up bankrupt
Totally 100% agree with your comments there Pat. Labor is not and never has lived in the real world. They always put us further into debt.
💯 agree !!
Great information Pat surely Aussies have to agree with you.
As we drive around, can't help but notice 😔👆
Definitely not.
SOOO TRUUEE! so so true, thanks Pat for calling it. Not much relief in sight, sadly, nxt election getting closer, good pre=empt from Angus also, Just thinking out loud, is there any reason we cant bring on some structure in the regionals to legitamise the building of a tiny Homes project, it would sure put a roof over many heads that could then sleep soundly at night. Just saying, Diana & Paul, Wittitrin, Kempsey.
Pensioners
Absolutely couldn’t run anything at all; absolutely 💯 NO IDEA WHAT THEY’RE DOING … ‘Oh I’ll brake that on NOTICE’ …. Simply No Idea What She’s Doing !!!!!
CHAT WITH PAT IN BOWRAVILLE: POST BUDGET MOBILE OFFICE
With Labor's FY27 Budget now handed down, I know that many in the community will have questions and suggestions for me to take back to Canberra on behalf of our communities.
And my Mobile Offices are a great opportunity to start those conversations in a relaxed one-on-one environment!
I'll be at the Bowra Hotel from 12-2pm on Thursday 21 May.
No appointment required, first come first served.
I hope to see you there
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I am very sick and all my family members are very sick, some bad people have tried to kill us thousands of times. I am married and they are trying to destroy my family, I am a poor person, we are poor people, please help me. Many injustices have been done to my family in the name of marriage, they are opening businesses in the name of marriage and hacking my phone. Sachiv Sir, DC Sir, MP Minister Sir, some administrative cadres, but industrialists are involved in this and they are supporting this injustice..😭
Pat, how could you have left us in such a mess? National debt to GDP. LNP 2021. • Gross: 54% • Net: 37% Labor 2025. • Gross: 35% • Net: 21%
After listening to my communities over the past 7 years and representing your needs in Canberra, I can confidently say that Labor’s three itemised ‘Priority Focus’ areas in the Regional Ministerial Budget Statement don’t align with what you have told me and I have been discussing with the Ministerial teams.
For our region, I hear these three statements the most:
1 - ‘Fix the bloody roads’
2 - ‘Fix the dodgy mobile reception’
3 - ‘We need better infrastructure’
None of those made Labor’s list 🤷♂️
And health infrastructure
Absolutely observe, know idea about what the people and areas need.
I am lucky. I lived in West Australia for over 20 years. They had a royalty for regions. A percentage of royalties went to regional areas. The infrastructure in regional areas in West Australia were 1st world unlike NSW. There is massive work to be done in NSW!
Thanks Pat for giving folks the info, so we can support and advocate for what is truely important to all Regional Australians.
Agreed mate, especially for the NSW Mid-North Coast where I lived until the 3rd quarter of last year and the Darling Downs where I live now.
City slickers pushing pens, all the gear and no idea
Understand your frustrations Pat, we need a change of government, something that is fair to all communities 🤔
I find that very hard to believe that gender equality is in the top 3 issues within regional Australia. Stop complaining about it and do what you’ve been elected to do, and fight for your constituents needs. It’s very easy to portion blame to someone else. There are 3 types of people in this world. Those that make things happen. Those that watch things happen, and those that say what happened. Which one are you?
Did you expect anything else.
Hard times make strong people. Strong people make good times. Good times make weak people. Guess where we are in the cycle.
Wow, who advised them on those three, obviously a team not living in our areas!
Thank you Pat for the info. What the??? They are so out of touch with what we need!
Affordable rental housing, cost of living, mental health services.
Thrumster is finally getting a new mobile tower - it’s under construction now. The roads you are complaining about are state and local roads, not federal.
The priorities you've heard would be great for sure but would mean additional spending
Long bow. Seven years.
You were part of government for how long?
Scrapping Net Zero will save Victorians the most money!
Where do they live under ground !!!
Yes Pat, that is what it should be all about. But Labor is only about buying/stacking votes
As a biological woman that gender equality can be shoved somewhere else and you have a letter coming your way regarding it…. Because as weve seen with the giggle tickle case; women’s spaces, protections and biological reality are now being eroded and made a mockery of because some men feel like a woman - absolutely boggles my mind
How unbelievable is that!!!
What do i think.? Common sense isn't that common. What you said makes sense to me.
Easy to say Pat, safe in the knowledge that you will never have to worry about pursuing these issues while in Government.
Thank you Pat. We are regional land holders with a few cattle in the Darkwood Valley on the Bellinger River and don't believe the Labour Govts even gives a second thought to regional populations.
