Southport MP cops a spray again

A SERIAL pest is again targeting a Gold Coast MP, vandalising his signs as the state election campaign heats up on the Gold Coast.

Southport MP Rob Molhoek posted on his Facebook page: “Same guy has been doing this since my first tilt at state politics back in 2012. At least you can still see my name.”

Mr Molhoek said the vandalism had regularly occurred around Benowa Rd and Cotlew St at Ashmore.

“He has been doing this for my last three elections,” he said. “I haven’t been able to catch him. If anybody spots him, give us a call.”

Mr Molhoek has had to buy special spray remover to tend the damaged signs.

At the first Meet the Candidates breakfast at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on Thursday, Mr Molhoek admitted he was running again because “I’ve got some unfinished business, as does the LNP”.

“Sadly, we’ve seen over the last five years the frittering away of opportunities by the Labor Government,” he said.

“There’s still road upgrades that need to be done, we need the second M1, and we need Ray Stevens’ and Gary Baildon’s vision of a light rail and heavy rail network to be completed connecting every part of the Gold Coast.”

ALP Southport candidate Susie Gallagher told chamber members: “The Gold Coast has been doing it tough, and as a former board member of the Chamber of Commerce I know Southport has been doing it tough for a long time.

“The Palaszczuk Government’s nation-leading health response has kept Queenslanders safe and healthy, and put our state in the best possible position for economic recovery.”