Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington says the 24/25 State Labor Budget doesn’t deliver one new local project for the Nanango Electorate.
Deb said that after scouring through the Budget Papers there was absolutely no funding for local projects that desperately need funding, like roads, health services or water infrastructure.
“I can’t believe how bad this budget is for my region,” Deb said.
“I can safely say this is the worst state budget for the Nanango Electorate I have ever seen.
“In fact, all I could find was a Big Battery and a Wind Farm.
“Starting with roads, not one project to fix the bad roads and bad bridges has been funded.
“The seriously dangerous Tanduringie Creek Bridge, where a school bus nearly collided with a truck a few years ago, has again not been funded for upgrade.
“And the funding for GS Bond Bridge on the Chinchilla-Wondai Road remains missing in action, held up in copious amounts of red tape.
There’s no new funding for the D’Aguilar or Brisbane Valley Highway and still no acknowledgment that we need a realignment and new intersection at Buaraba Creek Road.
“I am also very disappointed that there’s no anti-hooning measures for the Somerset communities of Dundas and Coominya.
“Local residents have had enough of the blatant, frequent and ongoing hooning on their roads, but no funding has been assigned for measures to stop this dangerous and anti-social activity.
“I also really wanted to see a commitment to opening the Kingaroy Hospital Short Stay Unit, however it has been overlooked.
“This unit could take so much pressure off our Emergency Department, and in-patient Ward at the Hospital and it needs to be opened.
“There’s no funding for a Paediatrician to be based at the Kingaroy Hospital, or a Cancer Care Nurse. I will not give up on achieving these vital services for my community.
“When it comes to supporting our emergency services, this is another great disappointment.
“The Blackbutt Police Officers will have to spend another year working out of the tiny, decrepit Blackbutt Police Station. A station which is no longer fit-for-purpose and poses a safety risk for the Officers who work there.
“There’s also no funding for a new Kingaroy Fire Station. After I visited the station recently, I promised our local firies that I will back their fight to secure a new facility to replace the out-dated building that has no capacity for the 24/7 staffing that will be implemented shortly.
“Our community also deserves investment in long-term solutions for water security.
“Key projects like the Barlil Weir and Blackbutt Irrigation Scheme are being completely ignored by this Government.
“And what about Cormorant Bay Café? When it comes down to it, Cormorant Bay Café is a State-Government owned asset and in 2019 Seqwater promised half a million dollars to refurbish the building. What has happened to this funding?
“These projects are my priority because they are the priorities of my local community.
“There are less than 150 days until the next election and I will continue to advocate for the services and infrastructure the people of the Nanango Electorate deserve,” Deb said.
Photo: Deb Frecklington with the State Budget papers.
Labor adopts yet another LNP policy
The LNP has today delivered another major win for Queenslanders, with an astonishing backflip by the Miles Labor Government to adopt the LNP’s policy to raise the stamp duty threshold.
In January the LNP announced it would raise the stamp duty threshold to help more young Queenslanders get into their first home.
At the time, Steven Miles rubbished the LNP’s policy, claiming it was a “thought bubble” that would increase house prices.
But today, just months from an election, Steven Miles has shockingly backflipped and adopted the LNP’s policy as his own.
Queenslanders know they can’t trust Labor on the big issues like housing, after they failed to act for a decade.
What’s changed in a matter of months except an ever-closer election?
This is more evidence Labor can’t be trusted on the big issues facing Queenslanders.
Labor will say and do anything to cling to power, including adopting LNP policies they rubbished just months ago.
The remarkable backflip follows a list of other LNP policies Labor has adopted including breach of bail, reduced learner licence fees and freezing car rego.
Only the LNP has the Right Priorities for Queensland’s future, including securing our housing foundations.
