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:
✅ Ensuring an expansion of flood recovery payments to include all Townsville suburbsÂ
✅ Establishing the reinsurance pool to bring down insurance premiums
✅ Delivering a new ward at the Townsville University Hospital
✅ Funding a new youth precinct to get young people off our streets, and
✅ A Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
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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It’s been another big week in Townsville.
I had the privilege of welcoming our newest Australian citizens — a reminder of how fortunate we are to call this country home & the responsibility we all share in building its future.
I also dropped in to see Mitch & the team at Paradise Outdoor Advertising on the opening of their new city office. It’s great to see local businesses growing & backing our region.
I caught up with my mate Morgan, whose NDIS support has been cut & who is now actively looking for work. Stories like Morgan’s are a reminder that policy decisions have real impacts on real people — & we need to make sure the system supports those who genuinely need it.
I hosted an NDIS roundtable to hear directly from families, it was heartbreaking the stories and experiences many in our community have had.
We received a briefing on AEV’s armoured vehicle capabilities — important work that supports both local jobs & our national security.
And I stopped by Volunteering North Queensland to see the defibrillator I was pleased to help secure funding for. Our volunteers are the backbone of this community, & it’s always good to back them with practical support.
Proud to be working hard for Townsville every single day
The Anthony Albanese Labor Government has failed to stand up for the brave men & women of our Defence Force — Australians who risked their lives for this country & now feel abandoned instead of supported.
Our service personnel deserve respect, protection & proper backing — not to be treated like outcasts.
Huge congratulations to the Townsville Fire on a cracking win.
Our City is behind you 💪