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Statement - Shadow Minister for Transport and Main Roads

16th May 2022

In its third term the Palaszczuk Government seems more focused on photo ops instead of delivering for Queensland taxpayers.

The State Government has spent $4.5 million on a drivers’ test booking system that they have now dumped because it doesn’t work.

Not only was this already a huge overspend, it’s now an extraordinary waste of money.

What’s worse is the State Government is once again trying to blame COVID when the truth is it’s a royal stuff up that’s pulled the handbrake on this booking program.

These guys just cannot roll out IT projects.

Essentials services are decaying under this government and now it means plenty of people aren’t getting their drivers’ licences.

This affects people’s ability to work, pick the kids up from school or even just get around.

Budget blowouts on infrastructure projects is already costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars every year and now this government can’t get smaller digital projects right either.

Fix it.

Queenslanders deserve a lot better.