LNP Nanango MP Deb Frecklington says a future LNP Government will commit $400,000 to establish a ‘South Burnett Clubhouse’ to help people with mental illness reconnect with the community.
Mrs Frecklington said it has been one of her major goals to secure better mental health services for people in regional areas.
“It has been a passion of mine to bring better support to regional and rural areas for people who suffer mental illness. The proposed ‘South Burnett Clubhouse’ offers a model of care which has a proven track record, providing intervention services that assists people who experience mental health problems,” Mrs Frecklington said.
“This project will be similar to the current, and very successful, Toowoomba Clubhouse which provides people with mental illness vocational training and work experiences, helping them connect with treatment, rehabilitation and re-establishment in the working community,” she said.
“This is a project I wanted to deliver at the last election, however, the project wasn’t supported by the Palaszczuk Labor Government.
“If the LNP is elected to Government, I will be proud to deliver this much needed model of mental health care for the people of the South Burnett,” Deb said.
“We’ve seen a decade of floods and drought and this has certainly tested the resolve of our primary producers. The South Burnett Clubhouse will provide an invaluable service to help people who need that extra bit of support to help get them through the hard times,”
Mrs Frecklington said Queenslanders could not afford another three years of Labor which have ignored the needs of regional Queenslanders over the past three years.
“A vote for anyone other than the LNP will see a return of a do-nothing Labor Government which has the wrong priorities and has taken the people of the Nanango Electorate for granted,” she said.
“These projects are part of the LNP’s plan to Build a Better Queensland by building a better regional Queensland.”
