Member For Mudgeeraba

Wally telling porky pies on Worongary Road

September 8, 2010 in Media Releases
s_201009P9080039.JPG Member for Mudgeeraba, Ros Bates MP is livid that the Minister for Main Roads, Craig Wallace has tried to fool local Worongary residents today when he insisted that the $1.1M announced yesterday is new money and that $1M has already been spent on Worongary Road.

“Show me the money Wally,” said Ms Bates.

“If $1M has already been spent to fix the 0.3km stretch
 
 

Wally caught out on reannouncing old funds for Worongary Road

September 7, 2010 in Media Releases
s_201009Roads (56).jpgMember for Mudgeeraba, Ros Bates MP today slammed the Minister for Main Roads, Craig Wallace for reannouncing and rehashing over $1M of a $1.1M announcement made to upgrade the patchwork quilt that is Worongary Road.

“$1m had already been allocated from the Safer Roads Sooner Program to address the 0.3km stretch of road between Uplands Court and Brixton Court and this allocation was
 
 

Mudgeeraba MP organises Minister for Main Roads Diary

September 1, 2010 in Media Releases
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Member for Mudgeeraba, Ros Bates MP has taken it upon herself to organise the Minister for Main Roads diary, as it seems it’s in the too hard basket for him.

“I have been calling for Worongary Road to be demained since March 2009.  Residents have had enough of the buck passing and its time that the Minister got serious about the safety of motorists along this
 
 

Win for people power as M1 Safety Barrier installation is completed

August 26, 2010 in Media Releases
s_201008M1 Protest (1).JPGMember for Mudgeeraba, Ros Bates MP today claimed a victory for people power following the delayed installation of the temporary safety barriers on the treacherous stretch of the M1 upgrade between Nerang and Worongary.  “Finally, after much angst and numerous accidents the installation of safety barriers which motorists and lobby groups have been calling for, for the past 10 months is
 
 

Mudgeeraba MP and nurse urges nurses to contact her on Queensland Health Issues

August 25, 2010 in Media Releases
s_201008Health (31).JPG Member for Mudgeeraba, Ros Bates MP, and registered nurse, today has called on Gold Coast nurses to contact her office on pay, bullying and intimidation issues inflicted by Queensland Health after being inundated from nurses complaining about the system. Last week in Parliament Ms Bates tabled documentation from QComp supporting a nurse who had sustained emotional injuries