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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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. ... See MoreSee Less
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Great to see people who want to be Australians not like some who want to destroy what we value
Isn't that day supposed to be the 26th of January. AUSTRALIA DAY.
Good to see only the ANF being handed out….
Congratulations everyone
Together Under One Flag.
Welcome all!
Congratulations, Shane Garnet Batiller-Holland 🇦🇺
Congratulations Uwera Marie Grace and Leanie on becoming Australian citizens 👏 well done
One people, one flag, one country
Awesome, welcome
Gotta love our flag on a stick!
Mick Blair must be your turn soon 🤷♀️
I am, you are, we are Australian. 🇦🇺
Good to see..don’t take this the wrong way…these people have a piece of paper saying they are Australian citizens..”do you have one “ I don’t mean a birth certificate…think about it!
We all support Australian independence,
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This ceremony means a lot to the people who participate internet grubs dont have to spoil it by posting nationalist or racist garbage. still have our tree growing strong
Monique Botha
We have the flag of a gutless little colony grovelling to a foreign power.
Awesome 🙌
Onya Phill
Monique Botha
I hope that they fly the Australian flag at home.
Great to see so many families at Carols at Riverway. Lots of dancing, singing and we even got to see Santa. ... See MoreSee Less
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So how come the great troublemaker from the council was acting on behalf of the Mayor?
All the very best to you, your family n friends
Finally a politician not sitting on their arse in front of a $30-$50 meal being served up.
Beautiful .
Lovely to see you out and about with your family. 🥰 Merry Christmas Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community 🎅
Merry Xmas 🎅 to you Phil and your family
My granddaughter was one of the performers . I hope you and the family enjoyed it
Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community You are a cracker buddy, on Santa's knee, a smile on my face today ❤ !!!
Spread the joy, the world needs it.
2025. The year we all must make our voices heard and stop all of the rubbish thats happening in our country.
IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE: Absolutely loving all of this rain, yard work not so much.
A few more years & I reckon I’ll have Astin on the mower, not taking photos of dad hurting in the heat…..
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Hes a working class man
Look at you pulling out your good clothes for yard work ❤️ Loving the fit
Or get a robot mower 😇
I see a resemblance here… Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community
Get ready for more.
Hey Phil you can come and do mine if your feeling energetic 🤣 good to see you doing family jobs enjoy your downtime with Jenna and the kids have a safe and Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🏼
God love you Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community, still mowing your own lawn, no wonder you are the most grounded member in Parliament ❤❤❤ !!!
You need some ride ons like mine… the kids will love it 😜
Is that Rips hat you are sporting mate
Washing time
Any excuse to break out the favourite hat
Being from 1 RAR, shouldn’t you be grazing on that Delta Foxtrot 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Merry Christmas mate
I reckon in your job Phil you can handle the heat extremely well.
I started when I was about 6. My kids about the same age… under supervision…
Enjoy caressing nature.
My wife thought it was a good idea to fertilise before the rain
That time of year Phill, it grows quick now aye 🍺
Get some RoP in to do an ‘area beautification’
Good to see Phil best time first in morning before gets to humid
You should buy an autonomous one and put yourself and your children out of work, sort of like what's happening in the mining industry
Need to get a self propelled Honda HRU.
Never to early mate! As soon as they start walking! On that mower 😂 or at least walk to get you a beer whilst your on the mower
Feelin your pain.
Good work phill
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 To you Jenna and your family
VOLUNTEER HEROES: Congratulations to Townsville’s Coast Guard on their 50th year of service. Our coast guard volunteers do some incredible work, saving lives at sea and ensuring safety for those on the water. Thank you. ... See MoreSee Less
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Congratulations on 50 years
Congratulations
God bless you and yours wherever you go
50 Years!
Did you meet Michael Dunkley ?? He is the legend of the townsville coast guard community up here! MichaelCarol Dunkley 😍 love you Br Dunkley !
Stand strong mate I am you are we are Australian ❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺
I thank them for their service a dangerous job and they go out in all weather conditions to help others.
On ya Phil
ACTIONS NOT WORDS: While I welcome progress on the Royal Commission into Defence & Veteran Suicide, I & many others who have reached out to me feel let down by the Labor Albanese Government for failing to bring forward legislation to address recommendations that should have been passed before the end of the year. Now, it is likely they won’t be passed before the next Election, despite the Royal Commission stating that urgency is the only way forward. ... See MoreSee Less
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Albanese I am sure doesn’t care about veterans at all . He has not been exposed to having close members of his family being veterans . The more I see of him interacting with government , and the society in general he has only one important thing on his list , self preservation .
Also need a royal commission into covid
Albo is basically not interested. He is too busy swimming around in a desert of nothingness looking for a legacy to leave behind, which will be a fruitless exercise. He, like the 3 Useless labor stooges we had here in TSV, just needs to go, and the sooner the better.
A.new road to his new mansion has more precedent, than that of the lives of those who gave all
And yet he was in a screaming hurry to pass a heap of other bills.... i guess us Veterans really arent as important
Can anyone imagine being in the front line with Albo and his bunch of Merry Men! We would all be doomed!
I still don’t understand why the Governor General hasn’t sacked this incompetent, communist government we currently have. Also why hasn’t the Governor General also not sacked that Lidia thing?
Comrade albo only wanted to pass the late legislations that may help him in the up coming federal election. Labor does not care. Vote then out when the time comes.
Why you point the finger on this government the liberals was in power for over 8 years why they didn’t do anything about can you explain what they missed out and what they got and all the benefits so everyone learns the truth
What was in place before this review under your former Government??
Is there anything stopping the LNP from drafting its own bill to put before the house? Even if it's a private members bill. Crisafully did it repeatedly to the former QLD Government and forced them to vote down the changes. He then threw it back at them during the election campaign. Give it a go and show the electorate that the LNP is a genuine alternative.
So if the report and recommendations are handed down on the 1st December, when down parliament sit again? While I agree more has to be done, and it is shocking that previous governments allowed it to get to this stage, what would be a preferred timeline Phillip with the current parliamentary sitting dates already set?
Albo was never going to be the right fit for all Australians, his decision making process is dangerously flawed.
Our Defence forces put the lives on the line each time they are sent on a mission, what most people don't realise is they are sent their to prevent these battles widening to the effect it could land right here at home. Remember WW11, , the terrible things they not only go through, but what they see as well, is so horrendous it's enough to blow anyone's mind. Unless you have been there you can't imagine There's been a Royal Commission, now its time to act. And act on it completely.
I don't think they can wait any longer. What can we do as a community to support our broken veterans? My son-in-law and and used to attend a support group in Rassmussen. Father Dave Lancini was kind enough to give them the building to use back when Campbell Newman was our to get the bikies (these guys rode motorcycles). Is there something the Baptist Church can do to help our veterans? We run a Community Care food relief every Thursday morning at Northreach Baptist Church in Kirwan so if anyone needs help, food, they can come and get a box and fresh produce and free clothing or even just a chat. You're all welcome. It's right across the road from the Ryan Catholic School on Cantebury Road. There are no bible bashers there so don't be frightened.
Our veterans deserve all the help they need ahead of so many others that seem to get assistance with out having contributed to Australia. Well done once again Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community
This Albanese government is so incompetent so almost anti-Australian. I've never been so disgusted as I am now with what they are doing to my country 🇦🇺 🇦🇺
Albanese is a weak leader and a weak man. Wouldn’t last a second in uniform but attempts to stand atop the accomplishments of our service men and women when he feels the need. A weak little man with even weaker promises. Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community you do us veterans proud and I’m even prouder to be a veteran represented by yourself in the political field
The Labor Government are finally doing what the LNP did not, they are implementing recommendations in the Defence Report and are fast tracking veterans’ claims. It’s a shame that the LNP were so negative in parliament that many reforms were bogged down and took longer than they should have!
Albanese is trying to use Veteran suicide topic to butter himself up for the next election THIS PERSON DOES NOT RESPECT VETERANS AND SHOULD BE MADE TO RESIGN FOR POLITICING VETERANS STILL SUFFERING. A TOTAL DISCRACE. Spoken here from a Veteran of 1RAR and The RAAF.
Action is not something Labor ever deliver on. They love a good talk fest, using all the current buzz words but actually delivering takes too much effort. They will however form a committee to discuss the "best way forward" so they can get those lucrative allowances for being on the committee they have that down pat.
Need to stop that "Unity" bill to combine past VEA acts under the present one. Diggers are getting hosed over. We need to go back pre the 96 act with legislation to improve it not strip away what Howard, Rudd, and Gillard did.
The lack of commitment and determination to see this through is clearly evident. I am disappointed that it is likely that the Australian public, not just the veterans and their families and support networks, will see meaningful change this side of an election; however, I’m not surprised. I feel for all the families that have been waiting for this response.
Nothing is any good these days especially politics unless a god surfaces again 😭 who say they will fix everything.
Apart from Phillip Thompson, I have lost faith in both parties...