After my successful re-election campaign, I will return for a fourth term as the Member for Southport. Along with this important role I have been appointed as the new Minister of Tourism and Fair Trading. This position also includes the Racing and Liquor Licensing portfolios.

During my time as Minister I will be visiting tourism icons all over Queensland and this page will keep track of my work. I encourage everyone to follow my travels as the Minister by reading below my entries into the Minister's Diary where I will write about my latest experiences.

Peter Lawlor.

Virgin Blue first on board with beach safety
Posted by editor (editor) on May 13 2010
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I have been pushing for more to be done about beach safety for several months now following a number of drownings on the Gold Coast earlier this year and I am pleased that the beach safety initiative is really gaining momentum. I want to congratulate Virgin Airlines on being the first airline to include a new beach safety announcement on domestic flights in Australia.

The State Government has been working very closely with Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) on this issue and as always, they have been doing a marvellous job. SLSQ has developed the 30 second community service announcement which will be screen on in-flight entertainment. This is a great step to ensuring the importance of beach safety is realised by all visitors to our beaches, and I hope other airlines will follow suit and take similar action.

To view the community service annoucement click here

Last changed: May 13 2010 at 2:29 PM