Great to catch up this week with Stuart Lamont and Luke Chippindale from @CaravanIndustry to get an update on the sector. The caravan industry is booming, and makes a huge contribution to jobs, manufacturing, tourism and regional growth, including in Blair.

Great to announce with @mattkeogh the new @RSLQueensland Ipswich Veterans’ & Families’ Hub will be located at the @Mates4Mates Ipswich Centre - thanks to $5.4M from the Albanese Government. Very proud Labor is delivering this much-needed service for our veteran community.

Great to attend the 69th Ipswich Little Theatre One Act Play Festival Sunday night with Wendy Bourne MP and sponsor the open section. Congratulations to Festival Director Di Johnston, the award winners, and Ipswich Little Theatre for entertaining Ipswich for nearly 70 years!

Terrific to drop in for a snag at the Tamil Association Queensland (TAQ) community BBQ today. 🌭. Groups like TAQ do so much to support new arrivals to our fast-growing Ipswich community, and events like this are a great way to bring people together and build social connection.

Terrific to catch up with new @brisbanelions CEO Sam Graham and Lions legend Leigh Matthews at today’s Sydney Swans derby. Let’s go Lions!

Great to catch up with locals at my mobile office at chaptersqld in Karalee today.

Welcome to Rev Mpole Samuel Masemola, the new parish priest at St Paul’s Anglican Church. He was commissioned by the Right Rev Cam Venables, Bishop for the Western Region in a beautiful service last night.

Congratulations to Grandchester State School on being joint winner of the 2025 Rosewood Show Society school exhibit award!. Great to present the school captains with the trophy and a certificate of appreciation, and check out their winning mural artwork - an impressive kooka!

I’m at Chapters Bookshop and Cafe in Karalee on Saturday for another mobile office. Looking forward to chatting g with the locals.

Happy Landcare Week! 🌿. Join us in celebrating with @landcareaustralia. Landcare is for everyone! . #landcare #landcareweek #landcareisforeveryone

When I told my artist stepdad Rob that Springfield Central State School sporting houses were named after rugby league greats Wally Lewis, Allan Langer and Darren Lockyer, he painted their portraits as a gift to the school. Today Rob and I presented the paintings to the school.

Very productive Blair Economic Reform Roundtable today. Thanks to all our speakers, especially Asst Treasurer Daniel Mulino and @EVERALDATLARGE. I will write to Treasurer @JEChalmers to share our ideas ahead of his national Economic Reform Roundtable. #auspol #ausecon

Great to meet with the Kinyarwanda Speaking Congolese Community (KSCC) group to learn more about their work. KSCC is involved in a range of activities - from soccer tournaments to community radio - to keep people active and connected across Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba.

Great to welcome new Honorary Consul of Latvia in QLD Mr Martin Ceslis tonight and celebrate the opening of the Honorary Consulate at the Brisbane Latvian Hall. Pleased to also catch up with Ambassador HE Margers Krams from @LVinAustralia and reaffirm our strong relationship.

Great to drop in to aged care provider We Care in Ipswich today to have a yarn with staff and clients, and give an update on the Albanese Government's aged care reforms. They do amazing work providing support for local Elders so they can continue to live in the community.

It's always inspiring to hear new citizens make a pledge to Australia. 🇦🇺. Today at an @IpswichCouncil Citizenship Ceremony, 290 people from 40 countries took the pledge to become Aussies. To everyone becoming an Australian citizen, welcome home! 💛💚💛

Great to attend the launch today of an exciting new partnership between @BremerSHS and @PUMA to supply sporting team uniforms and training wear. Bremer SHS is a sporting powerhouse in Ipswich, and this partnership will ensure students can represent their school with pride.

The Mount Isa copper smelter supports regional communities and thousands of jobs across North Queensland. It was good to meet with affected workers, unions, industry and communities at Parliament today to show our support. @AWUqueensland

🍌Fun banana facts: Aussies consume 5 million bananas every day. 100% of bananas in the market are Aust, with over 90% of them grown in Far North Qld. I learnt all this and more during a meeting with the Aust Banana Growers Council (#ABGC) CEO Leanne Erakovic. #auspol

We had the first meeting of the Australian Parliamentary Group on Population and Development for 2025 today. This included some very informative briefings from @dfat, European and UK Parliamentary Groups, and the International Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights Consortium.