What will Steven Miles do about CFMEU?
Premier Steven Miles must explain exactly what he’s now going to do about the CFMEU that he’s allowed to hold our city to ransom.
Shocking new revelations about their militant activity at Exhibition Station and delays to Cross River Rail were exposed in Estimates last night.
The CFMEU have stopped work for 11 of the 15 workdays this month alone at the government’s Exhibition Station site, meaning it now won’t open in time for the EKKA.
The CFMEU is to blame for Queensland families being unable to travel to the EKKA via train this year.
Not only has the CFMEU cost the Exhibition Station opening in time for the EKKA, their Cross River Rail stoppages may have secretly pushed back the opening until 2027.
What will Steven Miles do about the CFMEU holding our city hostage?
Steven Miles is nothing more than a CFMEU patsy.
They installed him as premier and control this Government.
It’s more of the chaos and crisis we’ve come to expect from Labor.
Queensland families deserve a government that stands-up, not one that is controlled by the CFMEU.
Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future, including saving you paying for Labor’s failures.
Labor’s Callide crisis explodes
Execs paid $300,000 in bonuses while Queenslanders pay more for their power bills
Queenslanders paid nearly $50 million for a report into the Callide power plant explosion and CS Energy’s legal fees, Budget Estimates exposed today.
That was $10 million for a report Labor tried to keep secret from Queenslanders, and another $38 million in legal fees – including attempts to keep the report secret.
At the same time, CS Energy executives were paid a staggering $300,000 in bonuses, while Queenslanders paid more for their power.
Shockingly, Estimates today revealed CS Energy had the draft Brady report since December 2023, despite later drafts released to Queenslanders dated "March", “April” and “June”.
Incredulously, Minister Mick de Brenni today claimed he had no knowledge of the damning content of the report, despite repeated meetings with CS Energy during that time.
Additionally, the Government couldn’t explain why damning findings in the Brady Report about maintenance backlogs and workplace safety issues were erased from the final report.
It’s more Labor chaos and crisis and shows they’ll do and say anything to cling to power.
The jaw-dropping revelations follow Queenslanders copping a 19.9% increase in their power bills last year, as a result of Callide being offline.
After Estimates today, Minister de Brenni has more questions to answer about what he knew and when about the Brady Report.
Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future, including a maintenance guarantee on our power plants.
Steven Miles has serious questions to answer about his dual luxury jet scandal following today’s bombshell revelations in Budget Estimates.
It has just been revealed Steven Miles charged taxpayers $168,000 for two planes to jet set around the State, when only one plane was required.
On Tuesday, Steven Miles refused to reveal Queenslanders’ questions about his luxury dual-jets including:
Today, the Police Commissioner boldly revealed the exorbitant costs of the flights, and that MPs for Barron River and Cairns were on the planes.
The Police Commissioner also raised serious concerns about the flight manifest which he declared to be inaccurate.
This afternoon, following these bombshell revelations, I’m calling on Steven Miles to immediately hold a news conference.
Steven Miles must provide Queenslanders answers about his dual luxury jet scandal.
What we’ve seen in Budget Estimates this week is more proof Steven Miles will desperately do and say anything to cling to power, and can’t be trusted.
It’s another example of Labor’s chaos and crisis, and wrong priorities.
Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future, including saving you paying for Labor’s failures.
Slippery Shannon caught hiding full health data
Shannon Fentiman has just released a Media Statement about health data.
The data has shockingly revealed the worst six months of ambulance ramping on record in Queensland.
The data was desperately released moments before her Budget Estimates hearing today, in a dodgy bid to avoid scrutiny.
Shannon Fentiman has just been caught red-handed refusing to release the FULL Queensland Health Performance Data for the June Quarter.
The data released does not include the bulk of the health data normally released, including elective surgery and specialist waitlists.
What is the Health Minister hiding?
Queensland’s ambulance ramping remains the worst in the nation.
Shannon Fentiman and Labor are in chaos and crisis, they can’t be trusted on health.
Queensland Health Crisis worsens under Labor
Doctors and nurses are leaving Queensland Health in record numbers on Labor’s watch, deepening the Health Crisis across the state.
As ambulance ramping and surgery waitlists soar, new data exposes how many doctors and nurses are walking out the door after being chronically under-resourced and over-worked.
Figures revealed in a Question on Notice reveals the rate of nurses leaving is nearly double what it was when the Government took office at 6.12% and the rate of doctors is the highest it has been since Labor came to power in 2015.
Alarmingly, in some regions of Queensland up to 15% of doctors and nurses are leaving.
The data exposes Labor’s broken promise that turnover was reducing to ‘usual’ levels and reveals the dire impact of Labor’s failure to properly resource and run our hospitals.
Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli said he was determined to heal the Queensland Health Crisis and give staff the support they needed.
"After a decade of the Palaszczuk-Miles Government, our incredible frontline staff are exhausted and our hospitals are on life-support and these figures prove it," Mr Crisafulli said.
“Despite their superhuman efforts our doctors and nurses are fighting a losing battle under Labor’s failure to resource and run our hospitals.
“We’ve got the worst ramping in the nation and record long wait-lists because of the Queensland Health Crisis this Government created.
"Clinicians have been disempowered, they feel undervalued, and their cries for assistance have fallen on deaf ears.
"These staff need to be empowered and respected and that's exactly what we'll do if Queenslanders vote for change.
"The LNP will put doctors and nurses back in charge of their hospitals and give them the resources and support they need to do their jobs.”
Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates said the dire numbers were a result of a Government in chaos and crisis that had failed to support health workers on the frontline.
“This Government has failed to give our doctors and nurses the resources they need, they’ve been run off their feet and now they’re walking out the door,” Ms Bates said.
“Make no mistake, the number of frontline staff leaving is a direct result of Labor’s failure to plan and run the health system.
“Labor can’t be trusted to heal the Health Crisis, Shannon Fentiman promised big and has delivered little, she was only ever interested being Premier and just imagine if the unions had let her have it.
“Queenslanders’ stories about our deteriorating health system are real and it’s not the fault of my hardworking colleagues, the doctors, nurses and paramedics.
“As a nurse and former hospital administrator, I understand the pressure our frontline staff face every day and how much worse that’s become under this government.
“The Queensland health Crisis won’t change until we change the government because only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s future, including easier access to health services.”
Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon has failed to keep her own promise and is refusing to release the latest social housing waitlist figures.
Queenslanders were promised the data would be released quarterly, but more than seven months into 2024 and in the middle of the Housing Crisis, Queenslanders are yet to see the numbers.
Shadow Minister for Housing Tim Mander said the Minister had been caught out and the Government must immediately release the data.
“Meaghan Scanlon promised to be open and transparent with Queenslanders, but she has failed her own test,” Mr Mander said.
“Under Labor, the number of Queenslanders waiting for a roof over their head continues to rise, while Labor fails to deliver the social housing our state needs.
“Clearly, the Minister is hiding the data because it will expose her own failings.
“The most recent data from December 2023 showed 43,782 Queenslanders were waiting for social housing, a rise of 48% since 2017.
“Labor will say and do anything to cling to power, including hiding the social housing wait list numbers.
“Nothing will change until the government changes in October, Queenslanders are sick of the secrecy, chaos and crisis.
“Queenslanders know time’s up for Labor because they’ve got no solutions to the Housing Crisis they created.
“Only the LNP has the right plan for Queensland’s future and that includes securing our housing foundations.
Homes with Purpose will unlock unused charity and church-owned land for social and community housing for our most vulnerable Queenslanders and it will deliver up to 500 homes within the first two-years, expanding to a potential 10,000 homes by 2044.
“Queenslanders can show Labor the door in October 2024.”
Source: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/social-housing-register
Labor attempts to rewrite history to cast-off blame for maintenance failures
Shocking new revelations have further laid bare Labor’s maintenance failures were to blame not only for the Callide explosion but also for the collapse of the cooling tower.
Responsibility for the Callide failure lays at the feet of the Labor Government.
Labor appointed the Board.
Labor held the purse strings.
Labor ripped-out dividends out that prevented the maintenance being done.
When CS Energy asked for the money for maintenance they were denied.
Then, after the catastrophic failure at Callide, Labor attempted to hide the truth about maintenance being the cause.
They buried the independent report that exposed their failures.
Now, they’ve attempted to strip the truth out of that report.
Queenslanders know the truth, they have paid more for power every day since the Callide explosion more than three years ago.
Today’s attempt by Labor to rewrite history holds zero credibility.
Labor’s chaos and crisis must end.
Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s future, including a maintenance guarantee on our power plants.
If Premier Steven Miles doesn’t cut all ties with the CFMEU today, Queenslanders will know the Labor Government is run by the militant union.
The CFMEU installed Steven Miles as Premier and now in his desperation to cling to power, he is refusing to call out their bullying, intimidation and blockading of worksites.
It’s more Labor chaos and crisis, from a Premier with the wrong priorities.
Steven Miles can’t hide forever, he must front-up to Queenslanders about why he refuses to cut ties with the CFMEU.
Today, Steven Miles must explain why he has not:
The militant behaviour of the CFMEU must be called out, holding infrastructure projects to ransom and intimidating workers on job sites is unacceptable.
Shockingly, instead of cutting ties and condemning a union that is holding up homes and driving-up costs for Queenslanders, Steven Miles refuses to call-out the CFMEU.
Leadership is standing up for Queenslanders, not standing behind the CFMEU.
Queenslanders know Steven Miles is so desperate to cling to power, he will say and do anything.
Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s future and that includes re-establishing the productivity commission to review the building industry.
LABOR’S COSTING YOU MORE
New statistics have revealed the Queensland Housing Crisis continues to get worse with median rents soaring by 13.7% in the past 12 months.
In another crippling setback for Queenslanders during the dual cost of living and housing crises, Australian Bureau of Statics data has exposed multiple cities have experienced rental increases of 10% or more in the past year including Brisbane, Bundaberg, Gold Coast, Townsville and Mackay.
Queensland renters are now paying an extra $70 a week on average, compared with just 12 months ago, after the median rental price reached $580 in the June 2024 quarter.
It comes as the rental vacancy rate hit a low of 0.9% in March.
Since the Palaszczuk-Miles Government took office in 2015, rents have skyrocketed by a staggering two-thirds (65.7%), with housing failing to keep pace with growing population under Labor.
Shadow Minister for Housing Tim Mander said Queenslanders were doing it tough due to a decade of Labor’s chaos and crisis.
“Labor’s dismal housing record means fewer homes are being built and as a result Queenslanders are copping it in the hip pocket,” Mr Mander said.
“For a decade Labor has failed to plan for the homes our growing State needs and now Queenslanders are fighting to keep a roof over their head.
“Queenslanders can’t trust any promise Labor makes on housing because no matter what they say, the Housing Crisis continues to get worse.
“After a decade of failures, time is up for Labor, nothing will change until the government changes in October.
“If elected the LNP will ease the housing crisis by securing our housing foundations, which starts by opening the door to more rentals by removing rental restrictions on first home buyer grant recipients.
“To ensure we have the homes for Queensland’s future, the LNP will unlock one million homes by 2044, matched with regional plans and the infrastructure to kick-start new housing developments.
“Only the LNP has the right plan for Queensland’s future, including Securing Our Housing Foundations.”
Another month, another missed deadline by the Palaszczuk-Miles Government to restore the Callide power plant.
This is the ninth missed deadline.
Meanwhile Queenslanders still wait for answers on the Callide Cover-Up and power prices continue to rise.
Time is up for Labor.
Time is up for Energy Minister Mick De Brenni.
When Callide went down, Queenslanders’ power bills went up and nobody from the Government has been held accountable.
Labor cannot be trusted.
Queenslanders know the longer they wait for Labor to fix Callide, the more they power for power in a Cost of Living Crisis.
Only the LNP has the right plan for Queensland’s future and that includes saving you paying for Labor’s failures.
All Labor has delivered is chaos and crisis.
It’s time for change and the LNP has a plan to deliver it
The LNP has today launched a new digital advertising campaign, highlighting five reasons Queenslanders are calling for change at the October Queensland election.
The Five Good Reasons for Change campaign comes as Queensland pre-poll voting opens in less than 100 days, and highlights the real human cost of the Palaszczuk-Miles Government’s failures across housing, youth crime, health, cost of living and infrastructure.
The ad features heart-wrenching stories of five Queensland families who have personally paid the price of Labor’s failures, including Wayne Irving who died ramped at Ipswich Hospital, as well as Matt Field, Kate Leadbetter and their unborn baby Miles who were killed by a youth criminal.
The campaign officially launches the day after the LNP announced a major youth crime policy including, Adult Crime, Adult Time and Staying on Track, which have outlined more of the LNP’s plan to deliver the change Queenslanders are calling for.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said the stories were five good reasons to change the Government in October.
“Stories like these are the reason we are here, they are the reason we must change the Government in October,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“Queenslanders know they’re paying a high price for a litany of failures across health, housing, cost of living and youth crime.
“Queenslanders know after a decade in power, Labor will desperately say and do anything to cling to power and they don’t have the solutions to end the chaos and crisis.
“It’s time for change and the LNP has a plan to deliver it.”
The LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future and that includes:
MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER PLAN
New 12-month intensive rehabilitation program to bridge the gap from detention to community to drive down youth reoffending rates
The LNP has today announced a $175 million plan to stop the detention system becoming a merry-go-round for the growing cohort of serious repeat youth offenders holding Queensland hostage to youth crime.
The Staying on Track program is part of the LNP’s Making Our Community Safer plan and will restore discipline and rehabilitation as the key focuses for kids in detention and deliver an intensive 12-month rehabilitation program to support kids reintegrating into communities and avoid falling into a cycle of repeat crime.
Under the LNP’s plan, young people will have 12-month post-release support from a community service who is partnered with them while in detention, to bridge the transition to community, offering stability and a pathway to education and employment over the year after release.
Every plan will be tailored to the young person and designed to help them prepare for a productive future in employment and community, with tasks including schooling or TAFE, driving lessons, professional mentoring, volunteering, sports and extra-curriculars.
Queensland has the highest rate of recidivism in Australia, with 91% of young people released from detention returning within a year, exposing detention is serving only to detain, not rehabilitate offenders.
In fact, last year 972 young criminals were sentenced to youth detention and 447 of those were sentenced to more than one stint of detention.
The Queensland Youth Crime Crisis has been fuelled by a growing cohort of hardcore repeat offenders who are holding Queenslanders hostage in communities across the State.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said detention should not only be getting dangerous kids off our streets, but also rehabilitating them so they could be turned away from lives of crime.
“The LNP’s Staying on Track program will put a 12-month bridging plan with at least 6 months intensive supervision in place to help youth offenders turn their lives away from crime when they’re released from detention,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“Detention must not only be about getting these kids off the street for community safety, this is also about intervening in kids’ lives before they’re hardened criminals.
“While reoffending rates are skyrocketing the community is less safe, we need to reduce the number of victims we have by intervening.
“The LNP’s plan will include up to 12 months of supervision and support, including education, skills training and community connection for every youth offender leaving detention.
“Releasing kids from detention without support, without supervision and without expectations, is allowing them to fall back into the same cycle of crime, without hope for the future.
“The LNP will ensure every young person has a plan for success, with personalised, targeted support to divert them from crime and ensure they have the skills to build a positive future.
“A youth crime sentence shouldn’t breed better criminals.
“Staying on Track will work hand in hand with Adult Crime, Adult Time, which will restore consequences for actions and deter crime by sentencing youth offenders to adult time for serious crimes.
“We must put an end to the detention merry-go-round and have plans in place to ensure kids are not put on a youth crime loop.
“After a decade in power, Queenslanders know Labor has no plan to stop the Youth Crime Crisis and they can’t be trusted when it comes to crime.
“Only the LNP will reform detention to stop the youth offender cycle and make our community safer.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future.”
MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER PLAN
The LNP has today released a major policy of its Making our Community Safer plan, announcing youth offenders committing serious crimes will receive adult sentences.
The Adult Crime, Adult Time policy will restore consequences for actions with youth offenders held accountable for their crimes, with the ability to receive the same sentences as adults committing the same crimes.
The tough on crime policy will form part of the LNP’s Making Queensland Safer Laws and focus on serious crimes impacting victims including:
The policy adds to the LNP’s previously announced changes to the Youth Justice Act which will be rolled out before year-end, including, removing “detention as a last resort”, and enshrining in legislation the rights of victims ahead of offenders’ rights.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said Adult Crime, Adult Time would bring back consequences for actions and send a clear message to youth offenders they will serve serious time for their crimes.
“Youth criminals have been running riot through our communities, knowing there are no consequences and little punishment for serious crime, but this will end under the LNP’s Adult Crime, Adult Time plan,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“The LNP will restore consequences for actions to our youth crime laws and send a strong message that if you commit a serious crime you will pay with adult time.
“This is the tough on crime response Queenslanders have been pleading for, while Labor has repeatedly refused to listen.
“Adult Crime, Adult Time is not only about keeping dangerous criminals off our streets, it’s also about sending a strong message to deter youth from committing the crime.
“We know when adult sentences kick in, the rate of offenders committing crimes like robbery and breaking into homes with intent dramatically drop-off, which suggests sentences are a major deterrent for crime.
“Nearly a decade ago Labor watered-down our youth crime laws, creating a generation of hardcore youth criminals who know they don’t face consequences for their crimes.
“Labor’s actions have emboldened youth offenders to terrorise our communities without any impact for their crimes.
“If you violate the sanctity of someone’s home, breaking in and robbing them, you should receive adult time.
“Queenslanders have been aghast at hardened youth offenders who repeatedly commit serious crimes and have never been sentenced to a night in detention.
“When someone loses their life to a youth crime, or are seriously wounded, they should be assured these offenders will face the same tough sentences as an adult would.
“After a decade in government, Labor will say and do anything in their desperation to cling to power, but Queenslanders know they can’t trust Labor on crime.
“Their actions created the Youth Crime Crisis, they’ve refused to acknowledge it, and after a decade Labor just won’t fix it.”
The LNP would amend the Youth Justice Act to have youth offenders sentenced under the Criminal Code.
An expert panel with representatives from law enforcement, the legal fraternity and victims groups would be created in government to assess which other offences should be included.
The LNP has previously outlined the Making our Community Safer plan will include:
Only the LNP has the Right Priorities for Queensland’s Future, including making our community safer.
Worst Q1 results on record for ambulance lost hours
8% increase on the same time last year
The Queensland Health Crisis continues to get worse under Labor, with alarming new revelations paramedics lost more than 43,000 hours between January and March this year, waiting on ambulance ramps.
The data, revealed in a Question on Notice, exposes how much time paramedics are stuck waiting with patients to be admitted to backlogged Emergency Departments.
The numbers equate to 47 ambulances and their crews off the road every single day.
Queensland’s health system is crumbling under a 45.5% ambulance ramping rate, which is not only the worst in the nation, but it also is the worst it has ever been in Queensland.
Ambulance ramping lost hours across the State from January to March included:
Shadow Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Ros Bates said every time an ambulance was ramped it was unable to help another Queenslander in need.
“Queenslanders deserve to know when they call for an ambulance they answer and can help in their time of need,” Ms Bates said.
“Under Labor our paramedics are stuck waiting on ambulance ramps instead of responding to urgent calls for help.
“It means Queenslanders are left waiting for ambulances for hours and hours, sometimes with deadly consequences.
“Ambulances are stuck at hospitals longer than ever before and now we know paramedics have lost more than 43,000 hours in just a few months, because of Labor’s health failures.
“This is the worst start to a year Queensland has ever seen for ambulance ramping and 47 crews have been kept off the road every single day because of a health system under pressure and under-resourced.
“Labor promised record help, instead we’ve got record high ambulance ramping.
“Labor are the only ones refusing to admit our health system is in crisis and after a decade, they just can’t be trusted to heal it.
“This isn’t the fault of our hardworking paramedics, doctors, nurses, our world class clinicians are being let down by a second rate, decade old Labor Government.
“Only the LNP has the Right Priorities for Queensland’s Future, including easier access to health services.
“Our ailing health system is getting chronically worse under Labor, it’s clear that because of their chaos and crisis they don’t have the solutions needed to heal the Health Crisis.
“Only the LNP has a plan to heal the Health Crisis and that starts with more resources, better triaging, releasing data in real-time and putting doctors and nurses back in charge to improve patient care.”
The LNP has today formally requested Dr Sean Brady appear before Budget Estimates so Queenslanders can finally get the answers they deserve about the Callide Cover-Up.
The explosion at Callide sent Queenslanders’ power bills soaring and they continue to pay more, three years on.
Minister de Brenni, as Leader of the House, can call Dr Brady to appear before Budget Estimates and that’s what the LNP is calling on him to do.
The Callide Cover-Up is one of the biggest Ministerial cover-ups in Queensland’s history.
First Labor refused to fund the maintenance required for the power plant.
Then they lied about why it exploded.
They did everything in their power to bury the independent expert report so Queenslanders would never know the truth.
Queenslanders deserve the truth, the Callide Cover-Up must end.
Labor must allow Sean Brady to appear before Budget Estimates.
At the end of the day, the Callide scandal lays squarely at Labor’s feet.
CS Energy couldn’t do the maintenance required because Labor’s Ministers blocked the money to do it.
Labor was focused on “cost cutting” and critical maintenance wasn’t done.
A lack of maintenance caused the explosion.
Since then, Labor repeatedly lied about maintenance being the cause.
Since then, Queenslanders have paid more and more on their power bills.
Since then, Labor has repeatedly blocked the release of the independent expert report into what happened.
And we know why.
The Brady Report exposes Labor’s lies and points the finger directly at the Government.
It’s lights-out on Labor’s lies.
Labor’s chaos and crisis must end.
Mick de Brenni must go.
