The LNP will demand a better deal for drivers from toll company Transurban if elected in 2020 but is calling for Annastacia Palaszczuk to adopt the LNP’s policy now.
Following the report of the Parliamentary inquiry into Queensland’s toll roads, which was initiated by the Opposition, LNP leader Deb Frecklington said it was time for Premier to act.
“Congestion is getting worse by the month and Brisbane drivers are forced to pay the highest fuel prices in Australia, record rego and sky-high tolls too,” Ms Frecklington said.
“We’ve heard that our toll network is under-used because it is simply too expensive, but Transurban is reluctant to reduce its charges.
“It’s time for Annastacia Palaszczuk to stand up for drivers and demand a better deal.
“Offering discounts, price bundling and other incentives to drivers would increase patronage and cut congestion across the whole road network.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk needs make a stand for Queenslanders. That’s her job.”
The LNP’s Shadow Cabinet has endorsed a range of other toll measures to be implemented if elected, including:
LNP Shadow Transport Minister Steve Minnikin said the response of the Palaszczuk Government showed it was failing drivers.
“Mark Bailey has said he will ‘consider’ some tinkering with the toll system,” Mr Minnikin said
“Labor’s response is weak and its promises are paper thin. Drivers deserve better.
“Queensland urgently needs an independent Ombudsman to stick up for consumers and we need the Government to get serious about toll prices and busting congestion.”
The Palaszczuk Government’s new 15 per cent betting tax is set to deliver a body blow to Queensland’s struggling racing industry, the LNP warned today.
With the tax due to be implemented on October 1, LNP Deputy Leader and Shadow Treasurer Tim Mander said it was staggering the industry still didn’t know how much revenue – if any – it would receive from the Queensland Treasury.
The betting tax, which will be passed on to hundreds of thousands of punters, was announced 48 hours before the last state election and after the political advertising blackout began.
“Labor’s 15 per cent betting tax will be the highest in Australia and will suck $100 million a year from the pockets of ordinary punters,” Mr Mander said.
“That’s $70 million more a year than voters were told before polling day.
“Queensland’s racing industry is already struggling, with prize money and infrastructure spending well below that in of New South Wales and Victoria.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk’s latest tax could be the final blow for an industry that directly employs almost 10,000 people across Queensland.
“Queensland racing should be leading the field, but we’re fading fast thanks to Labor.”
More than 41,000 Queenslanders are involved in racing, either as employees, participants or volunteers. The industry is worth $1.2 billion a year, almost half of which benefits regional areas.
“Racing desperately needs to know how much, if any, of the betting tax will go back to the industry,” said Shadow Racing Minister John-Paul Langbroek.
“Will this be another waste tax – with most of the money going straight to government?
“It’s time this grasping Labor Government came clean on it plans for racing.”
LNP Deputy Leader Tim Mander said Queensland’s health system is in crisis thanks to Labor.
“The LNP fixed our ailing health system after all the scandals of the Bligh and Beattie Governments but it has taken four short years for the Palaszczuk government to bring it to its knees once again,” Mr Mander said.
“Labor’s health priorities are all wrong, there’s no better example than the naming shame of the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk and her embattled Health Minister should be focused on improving the care of our sickest kids – not wasting taxpayer’s money renaming hospitals.
“Labor should be focused on the 27% of emergency department patients not being seen within clinical timeframes and the median wait time for elective surgery almost double the state average at this hospital.
“Labor should be focused on fast tracking recommendations from a major security review following a major breach where someone was able to wander around the hospital and pose as a doctor for several months.
“The health portfolio is the biggest in government, not just in budget size ($17.3 billion) but also in terms of what it means for Queenslanders.
“The management of our public health system can mean the difference between life and death, it’s that serious.
“It is clear that Health Minister Steven Miles isn’t up to the job and it’s time for him to go.
“This is a Minister who hides behind public servants and senior health officials when issues arise and plays political games rather than focussing on patient care.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to show some leadership and sack her embattled Health Minister today.”
We need to protect our farmers during this devastating time and show them they aren’t alone.
I called for help for strawberry farmers and I’m glad we have seen some action by the State Government, but time will tell if it’s enough.
As Queenslanders, the best thing we can do is to get out and continue buying strawberries, just remember to chop them before eating.
We need to catch the twisted and moronic people behind this.
They are threatening people’s safety and destroying livelihoods and it needs to stop.
As a community we must do everything we can to help our farmers.
Our strawberry farmers are victims of a crime and we must help them through this crisis.
I have been sharing family strawberry recipes and I will continue to, so I can encourage people to fill up their trolleys and make some sweet strawberry treats.
Come on Queensland, let’s get behind our strawberry farmers and show them they are not alone.
The Palaszczuk Labor Government is using Queensland small businesses as their bank by failing to pay them on time, the LNP has said.
It was revealed yesterday that the cash flow of many Queensland small businesses are being held ransom by the hypocritical Palaszczuk Labor Government.
"Labor's has been silent about the many Queensland Government departments which still have unacceptably high rates of late payments,” Ms Simpson said.
“17.2% for the Department of Education has and 8.98% for the Department of Agricultural, in the last quarter alone is simply unacceptable.
"In the latest available information for the Department of Environment and Science, an incredible $13.5 million worth of late payments were made from January to March this year.
"It is astonishing just how out of touch Shannon Fentiman is.
"She is more than happy to lecture others about small business late payments, yet she has done very little to keep her own house in order.
"After 15 years of Labor's mismanagement, the LNP introduced the Queensland Government Late Payment policy in 2013.
"The policy aimed to get small businesses that do business with the government paid within 30 calendar days.
"Government works best when it leads by example, not by self-righteous lecturing.
"We announced in May that an LNP Government would back small businesses to help them grow, invest and succeed by committing to introduce faster payments.
"The LNP has committed to paying small businesses for government contracts within 20 calendar days for contracts up to $1 million.
"Labor and Shannon Fentiman should adopt our policy and lead by example."
Queensland strawberry growers continue are still in the dark on how they will be able to access the $1 million of support announced by the Premier this week.
LNP Shadow Minister for Agriculture Tony Perrett called on Labor to explain when, where and what farmers must do to receive their share of the promised support.
“Strawberry growers grappling with cash-flow issues must be given the support they were promised by the Labor Government,” said Mr Perrett.
“It’s well and good to crow in the media about supporting affected strawberry growers – but now is the time to come good on that promise.
“Is this assistance actually for affected farmers or will just be eaten up by bureaucracy in this go-slow Labor Government?
“The Government doesn’t know and industry groups don’t know. It’s starting to look like no-one knows how this money will be spent to assist growers. It’s simply not good enough.”
The LNP has called for a State Government assistance package that directly assists affected growers with cash-flow issues; as well as a whole of supply chain solution that investigates and improves traceability to ensure something like this cannot happen again.
Tony Perrett reaffirmed the Liberal National Party’s support for the efforts of police.
“We can’t let these mongrels win. We need to catch the perpetrators and punish them for the pain they have inflicting on our framers and the communities they support,” said Mr. Perrett
LNP Shadow Minister for Employment Fiona Simpson has slammed the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s mature aged worker boost as little more than a photo opportunity.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk’s mature aged worker boost payment was a six-month sugar hit that delivered little more than a media release,” Ms Simpson said.
“Queensland suffers from the nation’s worst unemployment rate and Annastacia Palaszczuk is doing little to create jobs for Queenslanders.
“Labor’s decision to cut the Back to Work program on the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Toowoomba has thrown vulnerable mature aged workers back on the dole.
“This is simply unacceptable.”
LNP Shadow Minister for Seniors Dr Christian Rowan said Annastacia Palaszczuk needed to do more to support Queensland's mature aged workers.
"Job insecurity is a huge risk for our mature workers and Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to be doing more to support such workers," Dr Rowan said.
"It is clear Annastacia Palaszczuk and her Employment Minister are more focused on photo opportunities, than creating a plan to get mature aged workers back to work."
Labor's Mature Aged Worker Boost policy ended on June 30 and was subject to availability of funds*
*Source: https://backtowork.initiatives.qld.gov.au/1263-2/
The shocking cost of vandalism inside Queensland’s two youth detention centres has been exposed in a Question on Notice from the LNP.
The documents show Queenslanders are being slugged more than $50,000 a month to repair property damage caused by young offenders in youth detention centres in Townsville and Brisbane.
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington said Annastacia Palaszczuk needed to explain why thousands of dollars of taxpayer money is being wasted on fixing vandalism caused by youth offenders who are out of control.
“Slugging taxpayers for this obscene waste of money is just another example of how out-of-touch Annastacia Palaszczuk is,” Ms Frecklington said.
“Queensland taxpayers should not have to foot the bill to fix TVs and air conditioners for young violent offenders.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to stop being soft on crime and start sending a clear message to these offenders if you smash a TV or an air-conditioner, it won’t be fixed.
“No wonder youth crime continues to increase when we have a revolving door youth justice system and detention centres that are out of control.”
LNP Shadow Attorney-General David Janetzki said the damage bill was clear evidence the youth justice system is in crisis.
“Taxpayers shouldn’t have to foot the bill because Labor has lost control of our youth detention centres,” Mr Janetzki said.
“How can Annastacia Palaszczuk claim to be rehabilitating these offenders when her government can’t even control them in detention?
“Sadly, it’s clear that Labor is too soft and too spineless to deal with this situation effectively.”
Freed pedophiles will be allowed to ‘self-report’ under Palaszczuk’s soft laws
The Palaszczuk Government has today refused to allow the LNP’s tough laws to protect Queenslanders from all violent serious sex offenders to be debated by Parliament.
While blocking debate, the panicking Palaszczuk Government said it would press ahead with its own weak legislation, which will rely on pedophiles to ‘self-report’ to police on release.
Labor’s draft amendments will allow violent sexual predator Robert John Fardon to be released unsupervised into the community on October 3 should the appeal to continue his supervision order fail.
Liberal National Party Leader Deb Frecklington said Annastacia Palaszczuk was failing Queensland’s democracy and failing to protect vulnerable Queenslanders.
“The Palaszczuk Government is now so arrogant that it will not even allow alternative legislation to be discussed in Parliament – the forum of our democracy,” Ms Frecklington said.
“What are they so afraid of? This gutless Government won’t even let MPs discuss an LNP Bill.
“Labor’s soft laws won’t cover all violent sexual offenders, they won’t keep Queenslanders safe.
“I also want mandatory GPS tracking of offenders from the day they are released to the day they die, because I don’t trust pedophiles to ‘self-report’ to police.
“These weak laws are not good enough – Queenslanders deserve proper protection.”
“A Government’s first priority must be to keep its citizens safe.
“When Labor’s Attorney-General lost her bid to extend the supervision order for notorious sex offender Robert John Fardon, we became increasingly concerned.
“After more than three and a half years, it was clear that Annastacia Palaszczuk and Labor didn’t have a Plan B to deal with the worst kind of offender in Queensland.
“The last thing we want to see is community safety jeopardized with offenders like Fardon unsupervised on our streets.
“The LNP will be introducing tough new laws this week to keep repeat violent sex offenders under strict supervision and out of the community as determined by the Government.
“Labor’s laws do not cover all violent repeat sexual offenders.
“The LNP’s laws will also include additional reporting conditions for repeat offenders whose supervision order has expired to be GPS tracked.
“This will ensure that all repeat violent sexual offenders will be monitored until they die.
“Labor’s rushed proposal has clearly been cobbled together at the last minute.
“It is a step in the right direction but it doesn’t go anywhere near far enough.
“LNP Shadow Attorney General David Janetzki will be introducing our laws to Parliament tomorrow.”
The LNP will introduce an urgent Private Member’s Bill into State Parliament this week to stop pedophile and rapist Robert Fardon’s unsupervised release into the community.
If the Queensland Government loses its bid to extend Fardon’s supervision order, the notorious sex offender could be on the streets unsupervised on October 3.
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington is urging Annastacia Palaszczuk to back the bill and keep Queenslanders safe.
“As a woman and a mother, I’m horrified that a despicable sexual offender like Robert Fardon could be on our streets in a matter of weeks,” Ms Frecklington said.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk has no Plan B to keep Queenslanders safe – but I do.
“The LNP’s tough laws would keep monsters like Fardon under strict supervision until they die.
“The community and Fardon’s victims are demanding action. Labor must back this Bill.”
The Protecting Queenslanders from Violent and Child Sex Offenders Amendment Bill will be introduced into Parliament on Tuesday by Shadow Attorney-General David Janetzki and will:
“Keeping the community safe should be the first priority of any government so I urge Labor and cross-bench MPs to back this Bill,” Mr Janetzki said.
“This Bill draws on a 2014 decision of the High Court which established that Parliament can legislate for indefinite detention in certain circumstances.
“This legislation would only apply to a handful of Queensland’s worst sexual offenders – individuals who pose an unacceptable risk to the community.”
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington has slammed Annastacia Palaszczuk for using the Queensland Productivity Commission to water down crime and sentencing laws.
Two years after being ignored by the Palaszczuk Labor Government, the Queensland Productivity Commission has now been engaged to look into imprisonment and recidivism in Queensland.
“We all know Labor is soft on crime but this is ridiculous,” Ms Frecklington said.
“This inquiry sends a terrible message to the community.
“Labor have basically given up and said we have lost control of our prisons but don’t worry our solution is to let more people out or not put them behind bars in the first place.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk is becoming increasingly out of touch with the real world, behind every crime are heartbreaking stories of lives ruined and in some cases lives lost.
“The terms of reference show Labor wants the QPC to say it is ok to water down crime and sentencing laws.
“This is simply unacceptable.
“Community safety has been thrown out the window with Labor’s only priority being crooks.”
From the Government’s terms of reference:
The central question is, how can Government resources and policies be best used to reduce imprisonment and recidivism and improve outcomes for the community over the medium to longer term?
In the context of the Government’s objective of ensuring a fair, safe and just Queensland, the Commission should consider:
https://qpc.blob.core.windows.net/wordpress/2018/09/Terms-of-Reference-September-2018.pdf
The Palaszczuk Labor Government’s $9 billion infrastructure underspend over the past three years has led to Queensland recording the combined worst economic growth and unemployment rates in the country.
In an address to the Queensland Infrastructure Summit today, LNP Shadow Infrastructure Minister Andrew Powell has painted a stark contrast facing Queenslanders.
“We can no longer afford a Premier who takes her orders from a militant union and not from Queenslanders,” Mr Powell said.
“Across the board Queenslanders are hurting from Labor’s neglect in infrastructure spending.
“In health we’ve seen a return of ambulance ramping, in correctional services we’ve seen our prisons reach breaking point and in transport we’ve seen the worst congestion ever recorded in Queensland’s history.
“I don’t want to see my kids having to leave Queensland because the sunshine state we know and love, has been turned into a gridlocked, irritated, underserviced, oversubscribed hothouse.
“A Deb Frecklington led LNP Government will make sure we catch up, plan and build for the future.
“Queensland needs more than just one major project in the Deputy Premier’s electorate of South Brisbane – Labor needs to match the LNP’s Economic Plan.*
LNP’s Economic Plan includes:
LNP Deputy Leader and Shadow Treasurer Tim Mander has slammed the Palaszczuk Labor Government after today's jobs data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed the pain of Queenslanders searching for a job.
“Queensland now has the worst unemployment rate in Australia under the Palaszczuk Labor Government,” Mr Mander said.
“With building approvals down, business confidence down and even construction work down, it’s no wonder Queensland has the worst unemployment rate in the nation.
“Today’s unemployment figures are a direct result of Labor’s economic mismanagement, which drives down business confidence and drives away business investment.”
The ABS Labour Force figures showed:
“It’s not good enough that our unemployment rate has risen to 6.4 per cent,” Mr Mander said.
“While Annastacia Palaszczuk is out there talking about artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, more and more Queenslanders are unable to land a job.
“The Palaszczuk Labor Government’s economic mismanagement has led to five new taxes, the worst unemployment in the nation and debt soaring to $83 billion.
“Only the LNP, with our commitment to no new taxes, cheaper electricity and support for small businesses can bring Queensland back to the top of the economic ladder.”
A Queensland Government report released today has called on the Palaszczuk Government to consider additional levies or taxes as part of a new climate change adaption plan for the state.
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington called on Annastacia Palaszczuk to immediately rule out any new taxes.
“Labor’s only answer to every issue is another new tax,” Ms Frecklington said.
“We’ve already seen five new taxes worth over $2.2 billion and it sounds like Annastacia Palaszczuk has plans for more.
“We also now know why the Premier wouldn’t rule out further new taxes when previously asked in the very first question of this new Parliament.**
“There has been zero public consultation on Labor’s sixth new tax for Queensland.
“The effects of climate change are real but there are many other ways to reduce pollution and lower carbon emissions.”
LNP Deputy Leader and Shadow Treasurer Tim Mander said that Labor should have come clean with Queenslanders about this new tax before the last state election, given that today’s report started just weeks after the November 2017 poll.
“Labor’s only economic plan for Queensland is increased taxes,” Mr Mander said.
“We have the second highest unemployment rate in the nation and rock bottom business confidence.
“The LNP believes you can’t tax your way to growth.
“Queensland had the lowest economic growth of any state over the last quarter.”
Background
Page 29 of the report –
Greater awareness of the financial and legal drivers should assist decisions regarding the allocation of funds to address adaptation and climate risk management at whole-of-government and Department of Treasury levels, and within the sector. Consideration should be given to public–private partnerships, redirection of subsidies that support activities harmful to health and climate stability, and application of levies or taxes on external drivers (e.g. ‘the polluter pays’ principle for the health and environmental costs of activities which traditionally have not been accounted for).
Public servants who abuse their partners will continue to get up to an extra 10 days’ domestic violence leave a year thanks to the Palaszczuk Labor Government.
An LNP motion* to deny the Queensland Government’s DV leave entitlement to perpetrators, and restrict it only to victims, was tonight defeated by 48 votes to 40.
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington said it was appalling that Labor MPs had supported extending an entitlement intended for victims of domestic violence to those responsible for it.
“The Not Now, Not Ever report did not recommend that perpetrators receive leave,” Ms Frecklington said.
“It is absurd and offensive to reward perpetrators of domestic and family violence with 10 days of taxpayer-funded leave.
“This leave was introduced to allow victims to go to court, attend counselling or move home because of domestic violence.
“No one in their right mind would think that giving domestic violence perpetrators 10 days of taxpayer funded leave is a good idea.
“Yet sadly, Labor MPs and the sole Greens member voted against scrapping this leave for perpetrators.
“This is just another arrogant and out-of-touch move from the Palaszczuk Labor Government.”
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*Motion: I move that this house:
The Liberal National Party has urged the Palaszczuk Labor Government to stop wasting public money on renaming the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk’s proposal to change the name of the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital shows that her priorities are all wrong,” LNP Leader Deb Frecklington said.
“Instead of wasting taxpayers’ money trying to airbrush a pioneering female doctor from history, Labor should be trying to improve health services for our sickest kids.
“While Labor is fixated on a name, children at this hospital have been receiving chemo in the kitchen because of a bed shortage.
“I’ve spoken to the parents of young chemotherapy patients, like Louise and Nerida, and they cannot believe how out of touch and arrogant the Palaszczuk Government is.
“It’s telling that Labor hasn’t got the guts to tell the public how much the renaming of the hospital will cost.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to back down on this decision – just like she did on her plan to rename a stand at Suncorp Stadium.”
The shocking extent of violence inside Queensland’s two youth detention centres has been exposed in RTI documents obtained by the Liberal National Party.
The documents show a staggering 1248 violent incidents were recorded at the state’s two detention centres, in Brisbane and Townsville, between January 1 and May 31 this year.
“Our youth detention centres have become warzones,” LNP Leader Deb Frecklington said.
“Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to explain why the youth justice system is in crisis on her watch. “No wonder youth crime continues to increase when we have a revolving door youth justice system and detention centres that are out of control. “Labor urgently needs to get a grip of these centres and start properly rehabilitating offenders.” A total of 962 reportable incidents were documented at Brisbane and 717 at Townsville.
This total included 1248 incidents categorized as involving ‘physical’ and ‘non-physical’ violence.
These included 48 assaults by detainees on staff, 43 assaults by detainees on detainees and three assaults by staff on detainees. Other incidents recorded included:
“I feel for the staff who are struggling to keep control of these centres and turn young offenders’ lives around,” Ms Frecklington said.
“Sadly, it’s clear that Labor is too soft and too spineless to deal with this situation effectively.”
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington has slammed the Palaszczuk Labor Government for using Queenslanders as cash cows instead of keeping them safe on the roads, one week after Road Safety Week.
“Labor’s own budget shows that the government expects to raise $446 million in fines and forfeitures in this financial year alone, an 11.5% increase from last year,” Ms Frecklington said.
“Worse still, Labor is planning a windfall of $520 million in 2021/22, an astonishing increase of 30% since 2017/18.
“The staggering revenue totals we are seeing clearly shows Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Labor Government is treating Queensland motorists as cash cows.
“A single speed camera costing Queenslanders almost $5000 an hour is not about road safety – its blatant revenue raising for Labor Government coffers.
“Sadly, road fatalities are up more than 10% from this time last year and it is clear that real road safety action is needed instead of greedy mobile speed camera cash grabs.
“High visibility policing will always be better at enforcing safe driving than fines being sent to drivers long after they were caught speeding.”
LNP Deputy Leader and Shadow Treasurer Tim Mander said it was clear Labor’s use of mobile speed cameras was all about revenue raising and not road safety.
"The Labor Government got rid of the requirement for mobile speed camera units to display ‘speed camera in use’ signs to alert motorists to the camera,” Mr Mander said.
“The LNP would bring back the signs and stop leeching from the wallets of everyday motorists.
“Research shows overt police presence and enforcement has a major impact on driver behaviour and the RACQ and Police Union support bringing back the signs.
“The LNP want to save lives and for motorists to be safe on the road, but we don’t want to rip Queenslanders off.
“That is why the LNP would reintroduce the ‘speed camera in use’ policy to return the focus to saving lives, not revenue raising.”
The LNP has a track record of investing in road safety – our two-year $350 million Road Safety Action Plan saw Queensland’s lowest road toll on record in 2014.
Our plan included a mix of infrastructure, enforcement and education with action items including: • Flashing lights at school zones • State-wide speed limit review • Upgrading red light and speed cameras, and • Boosting Safer Roads Sooner program.
A leading research institute has found that drug overdose deaths are increasing and that the death rate in regional Queensland is substantially higher than in Brisbane.
The 2018 annual overdose report released by the Penington Institute found that the continued growth in overdose deaths is linked to highly potent drugs, with ICE and heroin causing significant fatalities.
The LNP is committed to opening four new regional drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres in Townsville, Wide Bay, Toowoomba and the Sunshine Coast if it wins the 2020 election. The report found there were 301 accidental drug overdose deaths in Queensland in 2016, with 5.3 deaths per 100,000 people in Greater Brisbane and 7.3 deaths per 100,000 in the regions.
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington said that more must be done to beat the ICE epidemic, particularly in regional Queensland.
“ICE has infiltrated our small towns and cities, it is destroying families and attacking the very soul and fabric of our communities,” Ms Frecklington said.
“This drug doesn’t discriminate, it decimates. Cars get stolen, houses are robbed and businesses are broken into just so people can feed their habit.
“There is nothing more heartbreaking than when someone from my community reaches out to tell me how ICE has devastated their family, extended family and livelihood.
“The LNP has a comprehensive ICE plan that provides more treatment, more education and awareness and four additional rehabilitation and detox centres across regional Queensland.
“This is a priority policy for me and my team and one that will help bridge the divide between our regions and the south-east.”
Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates said that the Palaszczuk Government’s ‘business as usual’ approach isn’t working.
“There is no new money or any new ideas and the one rehabilitation facility Labor are building in Rockhampton has been delayed,” Ms Bates said.
“Labor is failing to protect our regional communities from the horrors of ICE.”
