2010 Post Budget Business Breakfast a success.

Over one hundred local business people and community reps attended the recent business breakfast at the Arana Hills Leagues Club earlier this month.
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Ferny Grove State High School P&C President Mark Hughes with Member for Ferny Grove Geoff Wilson at the site of the proposed safety works on McGinn Road.

The Queensland Government has set aside $45,000 in the State Budget to make bus travel to and from school safer for Ferny Grove State High School students.
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Two Ferny Grove Station Precinct options are open for formal community consultation between Monday 12 July to Monday 9 August.

State Member for Ferny Grove Geoff Wilson announced today that there is a new option that could involve a tavern as part of the redevelopment of the land around the Ferny Grove Station.
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Forum participants Education Assistant DG Patrea Walton and Ferny Grove State School Acting Principal Brett Shackleton

Ferny Grove residents had an opportunity to have their say on the future of the State's education system outlined in the Green Paper, A Flying Start for Queensland Children at community consultation forums last week.

Education and Training Minister Geoff Wilson said community members voiced their opinions about the proposals for educational reform in Queensland at the Ferny Grove State School forums.

"While the forum participants supported moving Year 7 to secondary school, they highlighted the need for a stronger focus on pastoral care and middle schooling to support the proposal," Mr Wilson said.
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BCF's Round Up for SES

State Member for Ferny Grove, Geoff Wilson, today announced that the highly successful partnership between Queensland’s State Emergency Service (SES) and retailer Boating Camping Fishing (BCF) will continue for a second year.

“This is a wonderful initiative and I applaud the Keperra BCF for their commitment to the local SES,” Mr Wilson said.

“Over the past year, BCF has actively supported the SES through educating and informing the public about how they can be better prepared for events such as floods and storms.
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