The Palaszczuk Labor Government has continued to starve Queensland communities of vital projects and can’t even get Cross River Rail off the ground, according to a new report released today.
LNP Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Deb Frecklington said the 2017 Major Projects Pipeline Report summed up this paralysed Government.
“The report highlights the abject failure of under Annastacia Palaszczuk lead do-nothing state government to invest in infrastructure,” Ms Frecklington said.
“It highlights an infrastructure “underspend” of $1.7 billion last year, and forecasts an infrastructure funding gap will emerge in coming years.
“It also calls on Labor to do more to approve private sector projects through their stalled Market Led Proposals (MLP) framework – with only one project out of more than one hundred projects progressing to contractual close since this program was launched almost two years ago.”
Ms Frecklington said that meant a staggering 99 per cent of projects had not been approved under Annastacia Palaszczuk and Labor.
“This is a government that over the past two years has whinged, blamed others, picked fights and delivered absolutely nothing… except dodgy laws designed to benefit its union paymasters,” she said.
“This report again emphasises the need for the Palaszczuk Government to commit to the LNP’s overhaul of the MLP framework which will ensure more innovative proposals are approved and delivered, meaning more jobs and better infrastructure.
“Labor still hasn’t worked out that major infrastructure projects create jobs, simulate local economies and provide a flow-on effect for small, medium and large businesses.
“The LNP knows how to get on with the job. We will build the roads, bridges and dams we need to build a better Queensland.”
