$1.6 MILLION will be spent by Queensland Rail on installing protection screens between Robina and Ormeau on the Gold Coast rail line to stop vandalism such as rock throwing, said Gaven MP, Alex Douglas.

Dr Douglas asked the Transport Minister in Parliament to provide the number of vandalism incidents and where they had occurred on the Gold Coast rail line in the past year.

"Objects deliberately left on the rail line which either damage or block the line pose serious safety threats for passengers and train crew," said Dr Douglas.

"Vandals also put themselves in danger when they trespass and cross the tracks, as their actions could result in serious injury or even death."

After Dr Douglas called on the Minister to fund a Gold Coast-based railway police squad last November, police officers were allocated to Robina train station...more

THE Gold Coast Rural Fire Brigade Group site does not comply with planning policy dealing with Bushfire in Queensland, Gaven MP Alex Douglas revealed in Parliament today.

Dr Douglas asked the Minister in Parliament why the Government would be planning to build on the Gold Coast Rural Fire Brigade Group site at Mudgeeraba when it does not comply with State Planning Policy.

"Currently State Planning Policy (0103) requires an adequate distance between buildings and vegetation for an emergency service facility, but at this site the vegetation distance breaches the policy considerably," said Dr Douglas.

"Is the Government so far deep in debt that they are now placing emergency service workers, many whom are volunteers, in danger to cut costs?

"Others have also suggested that the Minister's department is attempting to pass off a training room as a 'storeroom' to avoid compliance...more

NERANG Police Division has the highest rate of computer-aided dispatches (call-outs) per officer compared to any other state division, said Gaven MP Alex Douglas, in Parliament this week.

Dr Douglas said that despite the recent allocation of two new officers to Nerang Police Station, the Coomera District had only one police officer to every 1800 people compared with the state average of 1:454.

"If the Government seriously believes that they can do a short police blitz in Surfers Paradise and all our problems will be fixed - someone needs to tell them they're dreaming," said Dr Douglas.

"Police are so busy responding to call-outs related to the crime crisis here on the Coast that they cannot undertake standard and proactive policing such as RBT units and patrolling our streets.

"The causes of much of the violence and crime on the Gold Coast is and was predicted: Labor's response is too little and too late."

View Alex's speech to the Parliament