The third-term Palaszczuk Government is running out of ideas despite the worsening health crisis, integrity scandals and youth crime spiraling out of control.
New analysis of Queensland Parliament has revealed the number of bills introduced under Premier Palaszczuk every year has slumped to 37.7.
In Queensland now just 38.4 bills are passed each year.
Compare that to the former LNP Government which introduced an average of 60.3 new laws each year, passing 58.3 annually.
The final three years of the Bligh Government saw an average of 60.7 bills introduced to Parliament, with 51 becoming legislation.
Manager for Opposition Business Andrew Powell points out taxpayers are funding a do-nothing government that no longer seems in touch with the needs of Queenslanders.
“There are fewer bills being introduced into the Queensland Parliament because this out-of-touch, third-term government doesn’t have an agenda,” Mr Powell said.
“Queensland also has the least number of Parliamentary sitting days in mainland Australia.
“Labor has reduced the amount of sitting days to avoid scrutiny.
“They’re running from transparency.
“Now more than ever Queenslanders deserve a State Government that values openness, transparency and accountability.
“This is a third-term government that is no longer listening or meeting the expectations of Queenslanders.
“The Premier is more interested in managing her government’s image instead of actually working for Queenslanders.
“For Labor to set aside only 40 Parliament sitting days during the Covid pandemic, integrity scandals, flooding emergency, health crisis, youth crime wave and severe social housing shortage shows how out of touch this State Government is.
“The State Government is only interested with how things look, not how they are.”
