Former MPâs terminal cancer battle revealed He has dedicated his life to standing up for his community. Now as MP Duncan Pegg battles terminal cancer it is the community rallying around him.
Lifestyle by Frances Whiting
Premium Content They re praying for Duncan Pegg. They re lighting candles at Our Lady of Fatima, they re burning incense sticks at the Chung Tian Temple, they re bowing their heads at the Gurdwara Sahib, and they re kneeling on prayer mats at the Kuraby Mosque. All across the Brisbane electorate of Stretton - from Runcorn and Calamvale to Sunnybank Hills and Eight Mile Plains - Catholics and Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus are gathering in their churches, temples and homes to pray for Pegg, 40, the local Labor member who recently announced his resignation for health reasons.
Treasurer and Minister for Investment The Honourable Cameron Dick
Queensland Parliament has today passed a series of measures the underpin the Palaszczuk Government’s plan to reduce debt and achieve $3 billion in savings over four years.
Treasurer and Minister for Investment Cameron Dick said the Debt Reduction and Savings Bill represented the latest step in the Government’s economic recovery strategy that is sustaining, supporting and creating jobs.
“The reform measures included in this Bill are will ensure that we use every dollar of taxpayers’ money as prudently as possible, delivering the infrastructure and services Queenslanders deserve,” the Treasurer said
The wife of former state deputy premier and treasurer Sir Llew Edwards has paid tribute to “the most wonderful man” following his death at the age of 85.