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.
Latest News
Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community
Federal Member for Herbert
Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence
Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence Industry
Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence Personnel
SWEET ADVANCEMENTS: Sugarcane is a 24/7, 365 days a week lifestyle that requires a lot of dedication and sacrifice. The 45th Annual Sugarcane conference held here in Townsville gave me the opportunity to thank those in the industry and to see the advancements being made.
5 CommentsComment on Facebook
Great job Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community. Sugarcane, the hold of the north for so many years.
With the big push towards a clean and green future, why doesn't every sugar mill have a co - gen attached to it ? And why does ethanol never get spoken about ! Ahhh that's right not enough votes up here !!
Thank you for the deeds God bless you abundantly.
Libs and labor/greens will shut down this industry also
Did you hear the joke about the two brothers? One was a whinger the othe a cane farmer!
NATIONAL DISGRACE: Only Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could be so un-Australian as to cut $2 BILLION from the Army combat equipment budget in the lead up to ANZAC Day! Soldiers have been contacting me in droves to voice their disgust. I call on the PM to reverse this decision as a priority.
762 CommentsComment on Facebook
More disgraceful actions by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese just days out from ANZAC Day.
For those asking, that is a self-propelled howitzer in the background of the picture. A whole regiment of self-propelled howitzers were cut by Albanese. Not that long ago, self-propelled howitzers were described a ‘game changer on the battlefield.’ Losing capability, losing jobs and exposing our brave men and women is what we are seeing under this Prime Minister.
ALBO has not done one thing for the Australian people except run Australia into the ground..
Yet, he had heaps of money to push the Referendum...shows where his priorities are.
Why don't private enterprise pay for the equipment witg their tax like a true libertarian society. Then the companies can name the tanks. Maybe the 'coles crusher' or 'woolworths wind'. People would support this.
Is this just a puppet move to keep the global political theatre happy with the image of not spending that money now, but in 1 years time where were distracted with something else like the special conditions in the WEF and UN deal that affect Australia they restart the re-funding in the background so not to look bad now in the theatre of political agreements. ie it's a bad card to pull now for the game but a better card is waiting ?
Worse Prime Minister this country has ever had he is more worried about the intighten idoits want that hard working Aussies struggling to live
Well I didn’t vote him in !!!! This is what happens when Labor is in power
This government needs to go.....
Just leaving the door open to China !
I served for nearly 34 years and every time Labour was in power the ADF suffered 😡
He should cut his spending ,flying around in jets for one
He needs the extra savings to finance Chris Bowens hidden, 7 billion in costs to pander to the green agenda. Oh, by the way, they're intending not to put that in the budget.
First up all politicians should have their wages cut and bought back down to an acceptable value. It’ll be too late when the chinese decide they want Australia.
History will tell you that Labor always cut the defence budget and they're back at it again.
He's surely gone next election .. this is just another action to confirm it!
I've been involved with defence for a long time & Labor governments always use defence for cost cutting. A leopard doesn't change it's spots.
That sound right Can’t afford to look after Aust to busy looking after other countries in any way to make him look good
When ever Labour gets into power they decimate the military which is contrary to what they say they are doing.
The worst PM ever it seems
Australia Defence Force moral is so low now that there'll soon be no one left to use it anyway. The Government has said that it needs to increase enlistment in the ADF by 20 thousand. They will be bloody lucky if they don't lose 20K.
That is why we must all stand up and be proud to say these wonderful defence force men and women gave their lives to keep Australia free from those determined to make us slaves to world government and outside control. Only Australian citizens have the right to control our Country. Any politician signing our rights away to WEF, WHO and any other outside interest need to be ashamed of themselves. We need to get the message across to those who think this is right that we will not accept it.
Well he has to pay for all the overseas trips he and his cabinet take 😡
Considering we are progressing further and further into an unstable environment in terms of conflict, we should not be cutting defence expenditure.
What else would you expect. When I was in the army they did the same thing. I couldn't even get the right boot size for me. I had to buy my own medical equipment.
HEALTH MATTERS: It was great to show Senator Anne Ruston the Shadow Minister for Health around the 33 bed ward I secured funding for at the Townsville Hospital and Health Service. Thank to the many nurses, doctors, pharmacists and administrators that are looking after patients at the Acute Admission Unit.
31 CommentsComment on Facebook
I read some people commenting on how bad the TUH is. I don’t understand their logic. This is a public institution that provides . arguably the most comprehensive healthcare in the world . As a doctor that works in the public and the private sector- I can inform you that you would not want to have a life threatening disease or trauma anywhere else in the world . Australia has the best public health system. Now when it comes to the TUH - we are not always perfect - but I can tell you nobody is going out of their way to make a patients life a misery - sometimes the delivery may not live up to everyone’s expectation but it’s not the hospital - it’s the failing of individuals who work there and they may have a bad day or there is an expectation - delivery mismatch .
Just an absolute disgrace Townsville Hospital. Think I'd rather die than be taken there...
Elections must be due soon
Thanks for your efforts Phillip. I currently have my 89 year old Mother in the Mater and my 85 year old Mother in-law at the TGH after a health emergency this week. We went to TGH emergency on Thursday night around 10:30pm. All spots at the ambulance drop off were full. 4 ambulances were doubled parked and 2 parked in the street. 7 people were on stretchers in the entry corridor and when we got into ED, every bed was full, not forgetting the 30+ people in the waiting room. Even in this situation, all the staff went about getting the job done. I just wanted to give a shout out to the doctors, nurses and staff at both facilities. The care and support is increadable. THANK YOU.
Thank you Philip for looking after the welfare of our community!
Lol do you think Tony Mooney would vote for you do you Phillip 😂🫵 talk about hunt with the foxes and run with the hounds .
Well done T.U.H. can't complain about the service with my husband n thanks Phil ☺️
That's great that more beds have been made in that area, But 7 hours we sat in Emergency waiting to be admitted because as we were told that the other part of the ED is being used as a ward ??? Ambulance medics were pushing people in to the ED, from out of the ambulances, not enough beds in the ED Phil because of not enough beds and probably staff as I have read in other messages come on these poor doctors, nurses, wards people, x ray, ct scaners, cleaners are so over worked and under staffed 7 hours and we were told if you leave you will be sitting here again tomorrow for 7 hours again and there was sick people leaving because they couldn't wait any longer & were verbally abusive towards the staff because of these problems so no the hospital still needs more help because these fools running the state are so INCOMPETENT to do anything to help this State at all.
Funny 33 , aahhhh ye love dem numbers , we are not fooled , why not 35 ? 40 100. But nope ,Freemasons love 33
Yes Philip TUH is one of the best ,nurses doctors and all staff r the best I'm in private health but would go nowhere else.
You're a good man for the community
Great work Phil. 👏
What a blessing you are to put community
Thank you for all you do for the community
All the people complaining about the hospital, don't go there, simple. Having a Mum that works there, they have to deal with the most putrid of humans, they deserve their pay.
Thank you Phillip for everything that you do.
Thank you Phillip. You help in more ways than you think.
Well done Phil. 👍👍
What about people to work in in Phil? My Mum is a nurse at Townsville Hospital, she's 82 and they're always asking her to work extra shifts, or Doubles (16 hours straight), due to being so under staffed. Good job on the funding though mate 👍
Townsville hospital DOES NOT LOOK AFTER THEIR PATIENTS!!! Nothing but a cruel self centred hospital. No compassion, no duty of care but what they do have is a huge ball of crap!!!
I really like this
Better not be a watch in that box Phillip Thompson, AUSPOST are still feeling that pinch 😉
Thanks Phil
Excellent. Thankyou.
Awesome brother Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community
SENSELESS CRIME: For 80 years, the Girls Guides hut has been a safe space for girls as young as 6 to learn life skills and make lifelong friends. This safe space has now been ripped away from them, as they too become victims of crime.
62 CommentsComment on Facebook
Well Townsville have a choice to make October 26, do we want a government running the state or bureaucrats. Cause right now it’s bureaucrats that work in departments on over paid salaries and are out of touch and arrogant.
The judicial system needs to change. The police catch them and then the judge lets them go. At the least the perpetrators should be made to fix the wreckage they have made.
When/If the culprits are caught make them fix the damage. A bit of hard labour.
It’s as simple as having the law that enables us to protect our homes/ safe spaces with force passed. That way we won’t be too afraid of being arrested for harming those that threaten and steal from us.
Let’s bring the Frenchman, the bollard man who resisted the attacker at Bondi. He would be used to all the shit happening in his country (high crime rates, police resources stretched, vigilantism, riots, civil unrest, etc) so he would know how to protect himself, for others and would know how to sort the effers out
And the 3 people charged have walked. 15 years old and no consequences at all.
Nowhere is safe now,the crims know the worst that can happen is a slap on the wrist with a wet lettuce leaf.
Townsville has to get rid of the three ALP stooges
I think it’s time we elected the Judiciary. They need to be accountable to the people for their decisions.
This can't keep going. Something has to be done to stop this nonsense but unfortunately this government has their heads buried in the sand. Wake up labour
Instead of building venues for the Oylimpics we should be spending that money on new prisons and lock this rubbish up for a long time.
It’s become beyond a joke, and we’ve got a state govt who doesn’t care one little bit.
This is the 2nd time they have been done over. I remember the first time.
Treat criminals like criminals!! Served time leads to likely chances of overcoming upbringing or choices before prison. Stop treating child criminals with compassion and treat them like adult criminals. Protect our community Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community , protect our women and children. From one veteran to another be the hard right over the easy wrong and show the public that Townsville is a great city and for criminals it’s a city that will serve swift and hard justice.
What do they need to fix up the hut ......
There needs to be action taken before vigilante groups start to pop up.
It's a shame when it's a federal member that is bringing all this crime to our attention. This should be a state issue.
Absolute brainless people, isn't there any good left in their approach to life, and the worst part that I feel is "how is it ever going to change" while this attitude prevail, their offspring's will have no chance in learning to make a descant life for themselves and future generations.
What's Aaron got to say. Still nothing to see here
This is not fair. The need to fix this youth justice system.
WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
These kids are old enough to know better, anyone over 12 knows right from wrong. If only we could get them help/guidance before they got to this stage. If they were engaged with groups such as the girls guide they would have respect for such enterprises and community. We need to reach them young and help change behaviours. ♥️
The problem is that this is nationwide problem and previous federal governments created a system where the rich get richer and the poor are unable see any possible improvement in their life and these children's parents have nothing so these children do not care so this is the outcome. This will take generations to fix as it is a generational issue and must start federally. Most of these offenders are not stupid so if perhaps if it was mandatory that all convictions were recorded against them as they occur and those convictions were known to be fully taken into account once they reach adulthood if they commit another crime, that may reduce the number of offences.
So many comments from so many people bad deeds are topping good deeds if just one town in Australia could say we are ok mate how positive that would be
It’s just disgraceful 😄
ANOTHER FAILURE: @AaronHarper wants to restrict the media’s reporting on Townsville’s youth crime crisis ahead of the October state election. What a disgrace! The Labor state government want to control what the media can report on and silence victims having their voices heard.
975 CommentsComment on Facebook
Out of the paper today; recommendations put forward by Labor MPs on a powerful parliamentary committee tackling spiralling juvenile crime suggests "greater regulation" on media reporting.
Yep, so much for transparency and honesty!
Labor out the door in 24
Labor will be voted out I hope in October.
Why because qld labor wants to hide the bad media about them. Corruption at its most yes labor.
Of course he does, he doesn't want us know how big a failure he and labor are especially on youth crime .
Labour are corrupt and they have the media in their pockets
This was Labors plan to tackle youth crime all along. Cover it up!!
They want to control every damn aspect of our lives.
Hopefully the voters are intelligent enough to realise it’s a stunt and with the fb pages who report on crime it will still show crime is increasing not decreasing
Wow that's so typical of the current Labor state government. And very much how the not so honourable Aaron Harper does business. Deny there's a problem, shift blame to anyone else. Enforce more BS made up on the fly laws that restrict our rights and freedom. Anyone that votes Labor in the next election obviously hates Queensland.
Labor is the disease of this country, unless we vote them out it’ll be terminal. Not an easy task when they keep breaking migration records. 100,000 in one month… where are they living? What medical facilities are they going to? What public transport are they using? What schools are their kids going to? The list goes on. Higher population equals all the right numbers for the Labor party to continue with the lies they continue to tell and sadly get away with. Until we have accountability in politics we are screwed.
Regulations is just another word for censorship! Labour are communist at heart always have been!
Conservatives cannot win anything in an ethical media environment. Media owned by the wealthy who want nothing more, than the LNP tax cuts for them!
Of course they do! They don’t want the public to know how bad it is! It’s precisely why they silenced me when I tried to point out their party politics bullshit game with this issue when speaking at this failed committee’s hearings in townsville. It’s all on record - the chair literally cut me off and would not let me speak of their incompetence!
Yes I've seen his TV appearances stating he's all for "Cost of Living" as well 😄😄. What a joke! Labour is the root cause of the "cost of living crisis". I cannot believe what Labour get away with.. Shame
Of course they do They just don’t want to admit they have lost total control of the youth crime in Queensland and a media ban isn’t going to make a difference as we all know how bad it is Running scared that finally they government will be voted out
Cannot wait until Harper is gone
Just one of the three stooges that Labor voters endorsed at the last election. Hope you're enjoying your choice.
Thats because they are no longer able to be trusted to regulate themselves. That includes the ABC now. All very happy to lean conservative as opposed to Sky, who have always been an LNP mouthpiece,
Typical .. he never wanted to listen to constituents either .. or the problems they were having. Fingers in the ears nah nah nah! Time to go Aaron Harper MP 🙌🏻
The only competent leader who I know is Phillip Thompson OAM MP - Serving Our Community.Great to see you serving the people of Townsville and my community are proud of you mate .
How bloody disgusting! Muzzle the media and expect Queenslanders to forget about their appalling record on crime control. Well,it won’t work,people are no longer safe,their possessions are fair game and their homes are under siege.
Very typical. Victims should not be silenced
Mr Harper should do something more constructive and start preparing his Resume instead of chasing cheap publicity