Phillip Thompson OAM MP
Federal Member for Herbert
Serving Our Community
Together with our community, we’ve been working to secure our economic recovery, support jobs and help locals get ahead.
Through our local advocacy, we’ve been able to deliver on our local plan in Herbert, including:
✅ Establishing the reinsurance pool to bring down insurance premiums
✅ Delivering the Port channel widening to allow bigger ships into our port for imports and exports
✅ Funding a new youth precinct to get young people off our streets
✅ Starting a much-needed $80-million refurbishment for Reef HQ
✅ A Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, and
✅ Delivering a new ward at the Townsville University Hospital.
Each and every one of these initiatives is aimed at improving the quality of life for local people and ensuring we’re supporting a better future for our region. Please check out some of our local projects here.
As your Federal Member I am always here to help. If there’s ever anything I can do, please don’t hesitate to get in touch on the phone, on Facebook or by email.
While you’re here, please take a minute to have your say, and let me know what’s important to you and your family.
Phillip Thompson OAM MP
We’ve secured significant investment in Townsville and surrounds, creating jobs and helping our economic recovery.
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Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community
Federal Member for Herbert
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VILLAGE VISIT: We owe our seniors a lot, they built this country. Thank you to the residents of Carlyle Gardens Retirement Village at Bargara for coming along to let me know what is important to you, I appreciate all the feedback.
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The older the vino the better the vino. God bless you Phil
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LITTLE LEGENDS: The Challenge Games is a two day event of sporting activities, athletics, fun and games for school children who have a disability. Every year, I look forward to attending this fantastic event that showcases the talent of more than 1200 young sports stars from across the region with a focus on inclusion, participation, fun and inspiration. Thank you to all the organisers, volunteers, teachers and parents who put the games together, I always appreciate the honour of handing out ribbons to these young legends!
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Thank you Phillip for attending and supporting The Challenge Games
It's not a disability, but a different ability. 👊
Good on you Phil it’s a wonderful sight too see the young ones having a go and just enjoying their sport 👍
It’s always a great day! It’s my daughter’s second year attending.
This is one of the best events on the school calendar. Congratulations to everyone who come together to make it happen. Our students loved it.
As a grandmother who has a grandchild who has autism, it was a wonderful day, so many smiles on the childrens faces, they are all great sports.
Such a great event
It was great having Phillip Thompson open The Challenge The Challenge Games.
From one Little Legend Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community to lots of other Little Legends. Nice work all of you.
My granddaughter was there, and will be tomorrow, the kids had such a great day
The best carnival by far. I have worked in the business for 20 years in areas including the south east corner, coastal cities and inland towns in central qld and now Townsville so comment from a bit of experience.
Our grandson Troy, is participating in this wonderful event. Go Troy!
It was a great day!
Great stuff Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community keep up the amazing work
Fantastic
I so glad we met again 🙌
What an inspiring event for them. You are such a gem
You are a great member doing great things
Totally impressed with your commitment to our community in all areas. Something you DON’T see from other politicians until its time for elections.
once again you did a great job Lyn
Good work Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community
He is always at ground zero putting himself out there, this doesn't surprise me at all 👍👍
Welcome your nice suggesstions better cooperations praisings your nice welfares activities thanks
Fantastic event for. Everyone ..
Is there a age limit with the games My 13 year old granddaughter who has Spina Biffa missed this one as the school said not on
Is the current Premier of Queensland Steven Miles suggesting that nuclear powered submarines are dangerous for our Royal Australian Navy personnel?
Sadly we are used to this double standard rhetoric from this lazy, tired Labor state government. For the Premier to call nuclear dangerous but support AUKUS, which will see our Navy personnel inside nuclear-powered submarines, just shows this is just another pathetic attempt for Steven Miles to save his job.
The people of Queensland expect their Premier to tell the truth and not mislead them for political gain. Unfortunately this is not what we see from Steven Miles, who is just another Palaszczuk Minister.
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It's Labor and the Greens that are difficult and dangerous!
Anna’s Fluffer Smiley Miles leading QLD down the Victoria path to disaster
He would be a good running mate fit kamalia harris bout as brite as onanother
Waist of space is gone but even better will be if he looses his seat at the election that would be gold
This is the hypocrisy n stupidity of our govt in general,ok to have nuclear subs but not ok to have nuclear power plants🙄
Whether or not nuclear power is introduced we should be allowed to have an adult discussion about it, and genuinely advance proposals that can be costed because companies are allowed to put them foreward.
Your solar and wind farm are destroying the Queensland landscape, costing a fortune in cables from on top of the great dividing range and neither solar or wind last much more than 20years. Also both only offer intermittent power. I think Nuclear is proven to be reliable and lasts approximately 80 years plus can be built in place of coal fired boiler to drive the existing generators.
Nuclear is one of the safest and cleanest energy sources available. Cleaner and safer than coal by a long way. For base load power there is no better choice. We should at least be diversified with nuclear in our power mix.
Light travels faster than sound.... thats why some people seem bright, until they speak ... or giggle in Miles' case 😆
Its ok. He will be out of a job in a few months. We will be able to put his whole opposition party in a Tarago.
W⚓️
Oh dear, he’s been watching The Simpsons again…..
He was bent over the balcony rail by palachook, no lube for miles they call him
This Premier of Queensland is nothing but a f****** goose
What is more dangerous is his Government
This is a solar farm on what used to be grazing land between Bells Bridge and Kilkivan. I know farmers in this area that have been fined $1000s for clearing less than a 10th of this area under the regrowth vegetation laws brought in by labor.
Like labor supporters, he doesn’t understand nuclear and its benefits. They live and believe the technology is the same that it was in the 80’s.
Labour’s apples have fallen so far from the tree they are no longer trees at all. They’re just weeds.
How about getting real and fix the Bruce goat track instead 4 lanes separated all the way guaranteed 50%reduction in the road toll with increased speed limits. That's what's wanted and needed not revenue raising Wally's.
Yeah that is right Australia can’t do difficult and dangerous anymore as we sent all the high tech plants to Asia. We are a dig and deliver country now. A nuclear industry brings the smarts back. What a weak and a cowardly statement. No vision and no guts.
Hate this W⚓ with a passion
Who would believe this person
How would he know ..has never done a hard day's work in his life
What happened to the pipeline post Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community ??
to be fair he was probably referring to the government report that stated water consumption at your proposed stations would lead to water insecurity and that Queenslanders wouldn’t be too excited about water from a nuclear power plant being recycled and fed back into Queenslands drinking water
NEW 🇦🇺 CITIZENS: Great to see so many people become Australian citizens. It was an honour to hand them their first Australian flag as an Aussie. Congratulations to those who took this important step.
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Great to see
I love these photos Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community . You are such a great example of what being an Aussie is. You hold our flag with pride. Welcome to all our new citizens!
I’m glad to see you weren’t obstructed, this time, from handing out Australian flags 🙌
A proud day for my family ❤️🇦🇺
You do a great job for Townsville, we need more people like you
Phillip you do a Fantastic job 👏
Take note Councils around Australia. This is how you act if you truly love your country.
Phillip you make us proud to begin Australia n
I remember the day many years ago when I received my citizenship It was a very happy moment I truly cherish Australia is a great country 😍
Good on ya Phil and congratulations to our new citizens to Australia yes we are lucky to live in this country 💯👍
Great Job, Phillip and thank you for all that you do. The photos were lovely to see all the happy Australians Sandra Peel
Thank you Phillip for always doing what needs doing for our beautiful town GodBless every new Australian citizen 🇦🇺♥️🫶
Phillip you do such a wonderful job and you show it with pride .Welcome to all the new Aussie Citizens hope you look upon Australia with so much pride just like a true Australian 🇦🇺
Congratulations to all of you! You are now citizens of the best Country in the world. Welcome, enjoy and stay true… 🇳🇿
Congratulations to all of those people, best step I ever took.
Nice job as always Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community
Ashish Mishra congrats mate.
Awesome to see Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community
I hope you gave them one of each of the 3 flags 🤣🙈
One flag that's the Australian flag
We have to get rid of this rubbish. We are going to be made to look like fools in front of the world. This would be AnAl's idea as he is a racist against all Australians apart from those he continually gives land to and install voice into all state parliaments after we all voted NO.
Race rags are disrespectful and un Australian. Only one flag should be displayed during this ceremony.
Wrong Flag bloke..
On the 18th July and every day I remember my mate, our brother, Ben Ranaudo who was killed in action 15 years ago. In the same IED blast Paul suffered significant life changing injuries including having his leg blown off. #lestweforget
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Respect. The comments are true. This is what REAL HEROES LOOK LIKE.
🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺❤❤❤ now these men are heroes, not bloody sports stars or so called celebrities.
And the Greens desecrate our veterans memorials….???
This is what a hero looks like. Lest We Forget
Where would be be without people like this.? Australia needs heroes like this. Bless them 🙏🙏🙏
Lest We Forget , Salute And Respect Men Of Men
We don’t do enough for our veterans. They are such hero’s. Thank you for reminding us and thank you for your service. Hope Paul is doing well. RIP Ben.
Respect for all men & women who served for their country many paying the ultimate sacrifice God Bless
RIP Ben. Lest We Forget. Thankyou to our Hero's. God Bless them all.🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺❤️❤️❤️
Brave soldiers, 🤍🌹💖
Thank you for your service.
We WILL remember them
Respect. So often our wounded are overlooked. Thank you.
Feel for you brother in arms, very sorry that someone had to lose a leg. However that was what we put our name to when we volunteer to be part of the ADF. Thank you for your service
So young and with his whole life ahead of him, too sad. Condolences to his family.
Never forget. Hope your well mate.
"At the going down of the Sun and in the morning we will remember them". "Lest we forget".
I first heard of these blokes in a song by Fred Smith called “ The Dust Of Uruzghan”
Rip Ben you are all heroes ❤️🩹😭💝
Thank you Diggers for your service and your sacrifice. 🙏🇦🇺
Lest We Forget 🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
A true hero Lest We Forget
Lest we Forget ❤️
I will never forget this day. Lest We Forget!
Heartbreaking to hear mate 😢😢💔