In three days, Energy Minister de Brenni will be forced to explain why Queensland power prices have soared.
In three days, Mick De Brenni will be dragged to appear before the Federal Court to give Queensland answers.
Labor’s failure to maintain our power plant caused the catastrophic explosion that has left lights-out at Callide for more than three years.
Labor’s failure mean Queenslanders copped a 19.9% increase in their power bills last year, in the middle of a cost of living crisis.
Labor has done everything to prevent Queenslanders knowing the truth.
Now the Callide Cover-up with conclude, with Minister de Brenni forced to answer to Queenslanders.
AUDIT REPORT BOMBSHELL
9 hour wait despite 10 minute benchmark
A bombshell audit review has unearthed shocking failures in forensic medical examinations, with victims waiting up to nine hours before receiving a rape kit at hospital.
In a scathing assessment handed down last Friday, it was also revealed sexual assault victims are still being failed by a system under immense strain.
It comes despite repeated assurances from Health Minister Shannon Fentiman that she would provide better support for sexual assault victims and ensure clinicians were trained in performing rape kits.
Staff shortages have also been identified as another reason victims are waiting three hours on average before a forensic medical examination begins.
The Health Minister promised victims would receive rape kits within ten minutes of presenting to a hospital.
The Delivering Forensic Medical Examinations audit report found:
Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Amanda Camm said the Auditor-General’s scathing findings showed Labor had failed rape victims.
“These failures are symptomatic of everything wrong with this decade-old Labor government,” Ms Camm said.
“It’s a damning indictment on Labor and Shannon Fentiman and exposes the truth that Labor will say and do anything but they can’t be trusted to deliver on their promises,” Ms Fentiman said.
“These rape victims deserved more than Parliamentary platitudes about 10 minute benchmarks when they were left to languish for hours on end.
“They deserved help in their hour of need.
“This is utterly unforgivable and more proof nothing will change unless we change the government.
“Only the LNP will easier access to health services, with the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future.”
The LNP will Stop Labor’s Patients’ Tax as one of the first acts in government, saving Queenslanders and protecting local GP services, if elected next month.
Labor’s Patients’ Tax starts collecting from July 2025 and the Australian Medical Association Queensland warns it will see an exodus of General Practitioners, end bulk billing in Queensland and increase the cost of a doctor appointment by up to $30 per visit.
The LNP will Stop Labor’s Patients’ Tax by axing payroll tax for General Practitioners, saving Queenslanders paying more when seeing their local doctor and safeguarding access to local GP services across the state.
Labor’s Patients’ Tax will:
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said the LNP would act to Stop Labor’s Patients’ Tax which would drive up costs for Queenslanders and drive down access to GPs.
“The LNP will Stop Labor’s Patients’ Tax, immediately and permanently, to save you money and protect your local health services,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“Labor’s Patients’ Tax is a short-term money grab that will lead to long-term ailments in our health system.
“We will use every lever available to ease the crises Labor created and this is just one part of our plan to restore health services when you need them.
“The LNP will deliver easier access to health services by stopping Labor’s secret tax on your doctor visit, investing more to clear wait times and training a pipeline of doctors and nurses for the long-term.
“In the middle of a Health Crisis, the last thing Queenslanders need is extra costs at the doctor, but only the LNP will stop you paying Labor’s tax.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future and will stop you paying Labor’s Patients’ Tax.”
Shadow Treasurer David Janetzki said Labor’s priority was to tax more in a Cost of Living Crisis instead of delivering the relief Queenslanders needed.
“Next month, the choice is clear: a Labor Government taxing your doctor visit or an LNP Government which will Stop Labor’s Patients’ Tax,” Mr Janetzki said.
“Labor’s Cost of Living Crisis has left Queenslanders struggling to put food on the table and costs will only get worse with Labor’s Patients’ Tax.
“Labor’s Patients’ Tax will put more pressure on our emergency departments and drive up ambulance ramping and wait times.
“It says everything you need to know that Labor’s solution to their budget blowouts is to tax your visit to the doctor instead of reining in their expensive mistakes.
“Nothing will change unless we change the government by voting for the LNP next month.”
AMA Queensland President Dr Nick Yim welcomed the LNP’s announcement.
“We welcome this commitment. AMA Queensland has been fighting for this since 2021,” Dr Yim said.
“We need all parties to commit to this exemption so GPs and their patients have certainty.
“We are in a cost-of-living crisis and we should be making it easier for patients to get healthcare.”
The LNP has announced a bold plan which will bolster Queensland’s thinning blue line, with additional mental health support and a new program to recruit police who have left under Labor.
The LNP’s simple message to police is, we want you, we’ve got your back and we’re bringing in the backup.
Labor has overseen record high attrition rates, with close to 600 police leaving the job in a year due to burnout or because they aren’t supported by the government.
Fewer police on the beat and Labor weakening the laws nearly a decade ago created the Youth Crime Crisis gripping Queensland today.
To end Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis, the LNP will put more police on the beat with the support and resources they need.
The LNP’s plan will bolster existing investment into mental health with an additional $13.5 million, also extending the program to support former police.
The plan will also include a new police attraction program focused on police who have left the Service under Labor’s weak laws.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said the LNP backed our police and would give them the support and resources to do their job.
“The LNP will reinforce our thinning blue line with a new police recruitment pipeline, a new mental health framework and the strong laws they need to do their job,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“The message to our police is clear: we want you, we’ve got your back and we’re bringing the back-up with the strong laws you need.
“Our police are stretched further than ever before, we have police leaving in droves and Labor have failed to value and respect our frontline officers.
“The LNP will restore safety where you live with more police on the beat through retention and attraction, strong laws like Adult Crime, Adult Time and gold standard early intervention.”
Shadow Minister for Police and Community Safety Dan Purdie said the LNP would bolster mental health support, to support Queensland’s police.
“The LNP will deliver the support our police need by expanding investment into mental health,” Mr Purdie said.
“We’ve got your back now and we’ll support you for life.
“The LNP has been in discussions with the QPU to ensure the best mental health framework is delivered, we will provide the best mental health support available to our police.”
Mr Purdie said the mental health support program could also be extended to other Emergency Service workers.
“Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis will only change if we change the government,” he said.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future, including putting more police on the beat through retention and attraction.”
Since I became Opposition Leader, I have spoken of a desire to unite our State for a better future for all.
Sadly, over the past 6 months Australia and Queensland have been subject to one of the most divisive debates in my life.
The Prime Minister was repeatedly warned if he pursued the path he chose for the Referendum it would only lead to division, and it did. Instead of listening to the people, Labor stubbornly blundered on.
Arrogantly telling people where to go, instead of bringing people with you, is never the right way forward. I will not make the same mistake the Prime Minister did.
When Queenslanders speak it is the duty of leaders to listen. Queenslanders have spoken and I have listened.
When the LNP originally agreed to enabling legislation for the Path to Treaty we did so in good faith as a genuine effort to promote better outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
In the days since the Referendum as I have travelled throughout the State it has become clear to me the Path to Treaty will only create further division.
Reconciliation should be our shared goal and requires a united purpose.
It’s clear to me Queenslanders do not want to continue down a path that leads to more division and uncertainty.
Considering all these factors, it has now become clear a Path to Treaty is not the right way forward for Queensland. Pursuing a Path to Treaty will lead to greater division, not reconciliation, and I cannot support that.
My priority has always been listening to Queenslanders to ensure a way forward so we can prioritise the issues affecting their lives, like health, housing, crime and cost-of-living.
We must find a better way forward to improve the lives of Indigenous Queenslanders that unites us all in this cause.
The LNP can no longer support a Path to Treaty and will not pursue one if elected to government.
The LNP has today announced a major boost for Sunshine Coast mental health services, with a commitment to deliver a new short-term accommodation village at endED in Woombye.
The LNP’s $1.9 million commitment will build a ‘tiny home’ village at the Woombye property, providing vital onsite accommodation for patients of endED.
The short-term accommodation will allow endED to expand their existing eating disorder treatment services to patients wanting to access support at the House of Hope centre, but without accommodation on the Sunshine Coast for the duration of their treatment.
EndED is a leading eating disorder and mental health support service, a former Sunshine Coast Charity of the Year and winner of the Social Commitment Award at last week’s Sunshine Coast Awards last week.
LNP Deputy Leader Jarrod Bleijie said the LNP’s $1.9 million commitment was part of the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future to deliver health services when you need them.
“The LNP’s investment in a new short-term accommodation village at endED will improve access to life-saving eating disorder treatment services for Queensland patients and families,” Mr Bleijie said.
“EndED is pioneering new ways to treat eating and mental health disorders, the LNP’s pledge will see eight patients and their families housed at any one time, able to access these award-winning services.”
LNP Candidate for Nicklin Marty Hunt said the LNP’s boost to eating disorder health services would benefit the entire Sunshine Coast region.
“Not only will the accommodation delivered by the LNP support patients of endED, but additional capacity will made available to Connect Kids and victims of family violence through DV Phones services,” Mr Hunt said.
“This first of its kind ‘tiny home’ accommodation village is just what’s needed to meet the growing need for onsite treatment and delivers on the LNP’s commitment to provide health services when you need them.
“This is an award-winning, service that is delivering remarkable results for patients, the LNP’s commitment will expand endED’s ability to help more patients and their families.
“Labor has failed to deliver the mental health services our community needs, but the LNP will boost local services if elected next month.
“Queenslanders must show Labor the door in 2024, to ensure this vital mental health service boost is delivered, because only the LNP will boost mental health services for our community.
“Nothing will change unless the government changes next month, only the LNP stands ready to deliver a fresh start with the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future.”
Labor records worst results in the nation
Damning new figures have exposed Queensland worksites are grinding to a halt under the Miles Labor Government, putting the lifestyle of Queenslanders at risk.
Queensland lost an eye-watering 10,400 working hours on job sites in the June quarter which accounted for almost 50% of all lost hours across the country.
Shockingly Queensland lost 38,900 hours in 2023-24 financial year- an annual increase of 289%.
Under Labor who is beholden to the CFMEU, this extraordinary amount of lost time is causing further delays and cost blowouts on infrastructure projects which are a direct threat to Queenslanders’ way of life.
Queensland recorded by far the most lost days in the nation for the June quarter:
Queenslanders recorded more lost days than any other state or territory in the last 12 months:
LNP Deputy Leader Jarrod Bleijie said projects were blowing out, Queenslanders were sitting in traffic for longer and families are paying more for Labor’s failures than ever before because Steven Miles is owned by the CFMEU.
“Productivity in Queensland has hit rock bottom," Mr Bleijie said.
“Queenslanders are paying an extraordinary price because Steven Miles and his tired-old Labor Government are owned by the CFMEU.
“These numbers prove Queenslanders’ lifestyles are under threat under Labor.
“Queenslanders are missing out on generational infrastructure because the Palaszczuk-Miles Government is beholden to the CFMEU.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future.
“The LNP has already committed to re-establishing the Productivity Commission and its first order of business will be a regulatory review of the building industry.
“The LNP will ensure workers are well paid, job sites are safe and productivity returns to Queensland once again.
“We will aim to have the highest productivity rate in the country, because Queensland is currently the worst.”
The LNP will blanket the state from today with a new television and digital advertising campaign, spotlighting candidate Russell Field who lost his son Matt, daughter-in-law Kate and unborn grandchild Miles, when a teenager hit them with a speeding car.
The Change We Need campaign reflects the collective community outrage and demand for change from Queenslanders who are faced with Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis in their streets, in their schools and businesses, and in their homes.
Sick of Labor’s excuses, Mr Field is now campaigning on these issues as the LNP’s representative for Capalaba and said they had buried their heads in the sand for far too long.
“The teenager who killed my family in a stolen car was on bail for the seventh time,” Mr Field said.
“We need to shut the revolving door on bail, get these kids off the streets and prevent crime before it happens by keeping them on the right track to begin with.
“That’s the change we need, to have safety where we live.
“Nothing will change unless we change the government next month.
“Other families shouldn’t go through what we’ve been through and I can’t sit by any longer and watch Labor tell us this is just a ‘media beat-up’.
“Steven Miles and Labor are trying to shirk the blame for weakening our laws.
“I’m sick of the excuses, time’s up for Labor.”
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said only the LNP would restore safety where you live, with Adult Crime, Adult Time and gold standard early intervention to stop crime before it happens.
“When I met Russell I promised him we would restore safety where you live and I’m honoured he’s standing with the LNP," Mr Crisafulli said.
“We will deliver the change Queenslanders like Russell are asking for.
“We have stood shoulder to shoulder with Queenslanders who have lost their loved ones, their neighbours and their friends.
“Labor’s failures have seen crime skyrocket, with almost 300,000 Queenslanders victim to violations like car theft, break-ins and assaults, just last year.
“Queenslanders have been held hostage by Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis, but the LNP will restore safety where you live with the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future.”
The LNP has today outlined another major plank of its Making Our Community Safer Plan, with the announcement it will introduce laws to allow the Courts to consider youth offenders full criminal history when sentencing.
The plan will unshackle Judges and Magistrates to allow them to consider youth offenders’ full criminal rap sheet, including police cautions, restorative justice agreements and breaches of supervised release orders.
Under the LNP’s laws, childhood criminal behaviour will also be admissible during sentencing as an adult.
The changes will be introduced in the Making Queensland Safer Laws and rolled-out before Christmas if the LNP is elected next month.
The changes reverse Labor’s amendments to the Youth Justice Act in 2016 which stopped courts looking at criminal history, and are part of the LNP’s commitment to restoring safety where you live.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said the LNP would put victims at the heart of youth justice with clear consequences for actions to deter crime and protect Queenslanders.
“The LNP will restore consequences for actions and deliver justice to victims of crime by ensuring the Courts look at the full criminal rap sheet of youth offenders when sentencing,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“There’s something fundamentally wrong with our justice system when our Courts are forced to turn a blind eye to youth criminals’ past behaviour when sentencing them for crimes.
“The slate shouldn’t be wiped clean when an offender turns 18, under the LNP their criminal history will carry-through to adulthood.
“This will add to the LNP’s plan to make Adult Crime, Adult Time law, deliver gold standard early intervention and effective rehabilitation.
“Labor weakened the laws and shackled our courts, only the LNP will roll-out the Making Queensland Safer Laws to restore safety where you live.”
Shadow Attorney-General Tim Nicholls said Queenslanders had been paying a high price for Labor weakening youth crime laws which had created a generation of serious repeat offenders.
“Labor watered down youth justice laws in 2016 and since then Queenslanders have been paying a high price,” Mr Nicholls said.
“This created a generation of serious repeat offenders, some of whom have committed dozens of offences without spending a day in detention.
“Queenslanders will be shocked to learn youth offenders are cycling between crimes, only to be let off without real consequences for actions time and again.
“Only by preventing, intervening, diverting, rehabilitating and protecting can we end Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis and restore safety where you live.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future, including the Making Our Community Safer Plan.”
The LNP has today announced a major boost to frontline domestic and family violence services, with a new Townsville-based hub for DVConnect, as part of the Safer Families, Safer Communities policy.
The expansion of DVConnect with a new North Queensland Hub would not only double the capacity of the Womensline and Mensline helplines run by DVConnect but would also provide better regionalised support across Queensland.
DVConnect, a major Queensland service, fields 450 calls a day on average, connecting many of these callers with services on the ground across the state. Demand for help has increased by one-third in the past year.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said the LNP’s Safer Families, Safer Communities boost to DVConnect services was part of its Making Our Community Safer Plan.
“The LNP’s commitment will restore safety where you live with more support for victims of domestic and family violence across Queensland,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“No Queenslander should be left without help to escape family violence, our plan equips DVConnect to help victims with the crisis support they need, when they need it.
“These crisis counselling services can mean the difference between a victim escaping violence or not, and our commitment will boost capacity to meet the growing demand for help.
“Domestic and family violence survives in the darkness; our commitment will help put the spotlight on these crimes and ensure victims get the support they need to escape the violence.”
Shadow Minister for Prevention of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Amanda Camm said the LNP’s plan would put more DV support on the ground in regional Queensland.
“DVConnect’s strength is the powerful network of specialised service providers who deliver on the ground place-based support for Queenslanders experiencing domestic, family or sexual violence, which is exactly what the LNP will boost with this commitment,” Ms Camm said.
“Under the LNP’s plan, for the first time DVConnect will have permanent crisis counsellors from North Queensland, providing greater crisis response and referral pathways.
“The needs of victims and the services available differ at each end of our state, we want to ensure women in North Queensland have regionally based support, just as those in South-East Queensland, to flee domestic and family violence.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future with the Making our Community Safer plan which includes a major boost to Queensland DV services.”
DVConnect Interim CEO Michelle Royes welcomed the LNP’s commitment, saying it would allow the service to help more Queenslanders experiencing domestic and family violence.
“DVConnect has always provided 24/7 support to every Queenslander experiencing domestic and family violence and this commitment enables us to ensure we can answer more phone calls,” Ms Royes said.
“A North Queensland footprint will help us to build stronger, local relationships, improving how we support women, children and men find pathways to safety every day.
“We receive a call for help every four minutes and this demand is only increasing, this investment will enable us to help more Queenslanders, and to also work more closely with the many specialist domestic and family violence support services across the state, which is vital to supporting people to a life free from violence.
“This DVConnect helpline hub will ensure that our service continues to be responsive to the diverse needs of all Queenslanders, through a stronger Norther Queensland presence.”
The LNP has today announced four new or expanded crime early intervention schools, as part of its Making Our Community Safer Plan.
The $40 million Right Track policy will re-engage youth who have fallen-out of mainstream schooling and are assessed as at-risk of falling into crime, with capacity for up to 900 students.
Gold Coast based Men of Business will be the first of four schools funded in the policy under the Special Assistance School model, with the program to allow the existing academy to expand to grades 7-12.
The Right Track policy follows the LNP’s announced Making Queensland Safer Laws, Adult Crime Adult Time, and two new youth justice schools for teens on youth justice orders.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said restoring safety where you live started with prevention, by re-engaging youth at risk of falling into crime.
“The LNP’s Right Track policy will help prevent the next generation of youth offenders by re-engaging young people most at risk of falling into crime,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“Education, mentoring, life skills and community connection will put these kids back on the right track.
“Our crime prevention focused special assistance schools will work directly with youth who have fallen out of mainstream schooling and plug them back into the community.
“Often young people turn to crime because they don’t see a better choice, Right Track will provide the choice and the way to stay on the straight and narrow.”
Shadow Minister for Youth Justice Laura Gerber said the LNP would amplify the proven success of programs like Men of Business, helping up to 900 kids at a time.
“Young people need hope, help and a community, which is exactly what Men of Business and the Right Track program will deliver,” Ms Gerber said.
“On top of literacy and numeracy to prepare young people for fruitful working lives, these special assistance schools will deliver the structure and support to meet individual learning needs.
“Young people without hope and without help are at most risk of falling into crime, if we can help these young men and women get back into education and provide them with the schools to get into the workforce, we are giving them the chance to be on the Right Track.
“Labor’s failure in education, weakening of youth justice laws and failure to deliver gold standard early intervention has left Queensland with a generation of hardcore repeat youth offenders.
“Only by preventing, intervening, diverting, rehabilitating and protecting can we end Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis and restore safety where you live.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future, including the Making our Community Safer plan.”
The LNP has today announced a $400 million congestion busting traffic plan to end the Caloundra carpark and get the choked Caloundra Road moving again.
The major announcement is part of the LNP’s Safer Road, Better Transport program, and will futureproof the Caloundra traffic network to accommodate future growth.
The LNP’s Caloundra Congestion Busting Plan includes:
The plan will target the biggest pinch-points along the Caloundra Road corridor, divert traffic from congestion hotspots, boost capacity at key intersections and create additional connections to the Caloundra CBD.
Under Labor, the Caloundra traffic network has become a carpark with major delays, frequent accidents and intersections heaving under growing traffic congestion.
More than 32,000 vehicles travel the Caloundra Road corridor every day, making it one of the busiest arterial roads outside of Brisbane, with at least 30% growth in traffic in the past two decades.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said the Caloundra Congestion Busting Traffic Plan was part of the LNP’s Safer Roads, Better Transport program, designed to get our busy roads flowing again.
“The LNP will end the Caloundra carpark and get traffic moving again with our congestion busting transport plan,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“Our plan will not only deliver relief to the gridlock, it will futureproof Caloundra for the coming decades.
“Caloundra Road is an artery in the heart of the southern sunshine coast, connecting Aura, Caloundra and Kawana but under Labor it has become clogged and caught in congestion.
“The LNP’s plan will get Caloundra Road moving again.”
Deputy LNP Leader Jarrod Bleijie said the LNP’s $400 million upgrade to Caloundra Road would deliver benefits right across the southern sunshine coast.
"The LNP’s Caloundra Congestion Busting Plan will take up to 20 per cent of traffic off Caloundra Road with the new link into the CBD, and even more by diverting traffic through the new link road from Aura to Pelican Waters Boulevard,” Mr Bleijie said.
“These are practical plans that will make a real difference not only to Caloundra CBD, but also Pelican Waters, Aura, Little Mountain, Currimundi and Birtinya.
“The LNP has been listening to the feedback of the community, local government and business owners and has developed this congestion busting plan to futureproof the southern Sunshine Coast.
“But this critical plan is at risk if Labor and Jason Hunt are re-elected. Only a vote for the LNP will get Caloundra Road moving again and end the Caloundra carpark.”
LNP Candidate for Caloundra Kendall Morton said the LNP’s $400 million commitment was the Right Plan for Caloundra’s Future.
“The LNP’s plan is a gamechanger for Caloundra and for the Sunshine Coast,” Ms Morton said.
“Congestion is the bugbear of every driver who travels Caloundra Road and it has been getting worse every month but after a decade Labor still hasn’t delivered any solutions.
“What’s worse Labor plans to end the Sunshine Coast Rail in Caloundra, making our gridlock even worse.
“Only the LNP will end the Caloundra carpark with a congestion-busting traffic plan and delivering Sunshine Coast Heavy Passenger Rail all the way to Maroochydore.
“Caloundra needs a fresh start and this is part of the Right Plan for our community’s future.”
More Rangers, Better Neighbours
The LNP has today announced a major step forward for Queensland’s national parks with one of the biggest boosts to rangers and environmental management in Queensland’s history.
The More Rangers, Better Neighbours policy includes an additional 150 park rangers to focus on invasive species management and better preserve Queensland’s natural environment.
The policy is part of the LNP’s Right Plan for Queensland’s Future and will help parks across Queensland from small areas in urban centres, like Burleigh Head National Park, through our largest, like Munga-Thirri near Birdsville.
Shadow Minister for Environment Sam O’Connor said the LNP’s ranger boost would ensure national parks were safer to use and better managed.
“The LNP will boost national park management with more rangers and better invasive species management so they can be enjoyed by all Queenslanders,” Mr O’Connor said.
“Under Labor, national parks have become the worst neighbour you can have.
“To improve the management of our current estate we need more rangers on the ground working to tackle invasive weeds and feral animals, ensuring facilities and access are properly maintained and undertaking conservation activities.”
Mr O’Connor said the LNP would also deliver a new specialist fire strike force with 30 dedicated fire rangers to coordinate QPWS fire management.
“The LNP’s commitment will safeguard properties and our parks by ensuring fire breaks are sufficiently maintained and working collaboratively with neighbouring landholders and the rural fire service,” he said.
“Rangers will be strategically positioned across the state to quickly respond to remote areas, reducing the size, spread and impact of bushfires.
“Given the geography of Queensland, we need rangers placed around the state who can be activated rapidly to respond in emergencies.
“Not only will this protect our precious natural estate, it will also protect neighbouring properties.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future and will boost national parks care with additional pest and weed management, and fuel load reduction.”
Chris Thomas, CEO of National Parks Association of Queensland said Queensland’s national park investment had lagged behind other states and jurisdictions, impacting its capacity and capability to manage parks effectively.
“NPAQ welcomes this critical investment in rangers by the LNP, it is essential we invest in park management to protect them for generations to come and to provide world class nature destinations,” Mr Thomas said.
“Increasing investment is critically important for enabling QPWS to maintain the natural and cultural values that parks were established to protect, as well as for providing and maintaining an expanding and diverse range of suitable, safe and sustainable visitor experiences.
“NPAQ has played a pivotal role in the creation of many national parks in Queensland and has a specific mission to ensure the protection, expansion, effective management and presentation of national parks and other protected areas across Queensland.”
The number of Queenslanders becoming victims of physical crime has surged by 193% since the Palaszczuk-Miles Government came to power in 2015, according to shocking new analysis of Queensland Police Service statistics.
The bombshell findings revealed the number of crime victims for assault, sexual offences and robbery have increased from 28,369 to 83,276 between the financial year 2015-16 to 2023-24, across the state.
Shockingly, these figures don’t even include offences such as break-ins and stolen cars, as the State Labor Government does not release victim numbers for property offences, despite the fact these traumatic offences have long lasting effects on their victims.
Shadow Minister for Police and Community Safety Dan Purdie said the statistics were confronting and prove Labor has failed communities for a decade.
“Queensland is the crime capital of the country because of Labor’s watered-down laws,” Mr Purdie said.
“There are more victims of crime in Queensland than New South Wales and Victoria.
“The LNP is committed to ensuring there would be fewer victims of crime in Queensland under a future Crisafulli LNP Government and we have a plan to do it.
“The Making Queensland Safer Laws are the strong laws Queenslanders have been demanding and only the LNP will deliver.
“Labor’s weaker laws created the Queensland Youth Crime Crisis and only the LNP will restore safety where you live.
“The LNP’s plan will restore safety where you live with Adult Crime, Adult Time, as well as gold standard early intervention and proper rehabilitation.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future and that includes making our community safer.”
Shadow Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support Laura Gerber said Labor had failed to fix the crime crisis it created.
“A decade ago they loudly and proudly watered-down the youth justice laws and it created a generation of untouchables,” Ms Gerber said.
“This is why we need Adult Crime, Adult Time, if you choose to do the crime – you will do the time.
“Labor is in chaos and crisis and nothing will change unless the government changes next month.
“Queensland communities are sick of living in fear.
“Time’s up for Labor.”
The comments made today by the Labor Minister for Housing are categorically untrue and reek of desperation.
The LNP has long committed to putting every single cent of the Housing Investment Fund towards delivering new social housing supply.
The LNP has committed to delivering one million homes by 2044, including 53,500 social and affordable homes under our comprehensive Securing Our Housing Foundations Plan.
Since announcing the Housing Investment Fund over three years ago, the Palaszczuk-Miles Labor Government has not built a single new home with the Housing Investment Fund.
3,600 new homes were meant to be completed by 2025.
Today, not a single home has been completed – not one.
Labor has only delivered false hope, not homes.
Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future will deliver the critical housing supply Queenslander needs to ease the Queensland Housing Crisis.
In a Queensland first, the LNP has announced two Youth Justice schools in a $40 million to push to divert young offenders from crime and restore safety where you live.
The specialist schools will exclusively work with high-risk teen offenders on Youth Justice orders, including community service orders, police cautions, diversions or bail, minimising the risk of reoffending while serving their orders.
The schools will deliver highly specialised behavioural reform with individual dedicated case management, one-on-one mentoring, family support and parental coaching, to provide wraparound support that leads to long-term change.
Ohana for Youth, which already runs the successful Arcadia College and Ohana College, will deliver the first two Youth Justice Schools, one in South-East Queensland and one in North Queensland. If successful, the LNP will open up the program to additional operators for more schools across the State.
Experts suggest if youth can be prevented from further offending while on youth justice orders, there is a greater opportunity to divert them from becoming serious repeat offenders.
Each year there are 4,587 community-based orders handed down and, under Labor, the number of serious repeat offenders has increased from 442 to 736 kids since 2015, with most serious repeat offenders committing an average of 34 offences.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said the LNP’s Youth Justice Schools would help divert young lives away from crime and stop them becoming serious repeat offenders, which was putting Queenslanders at risk.
“The LNP’s Youth Justice Schools will mean fewer serious repeat offenders and fewer victims of crime across our State, by diverting young people away from crime and getting them back on track,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“With personalised support both for the teens and their family, we can shepherd these kids to a better future, away from crime, while also making our community safer.
“These children need discipline, support, education, and structure, which is exactly what the LNP will provide through the Youth Justice Schools.”
Shadow Minister For Youth Justice Laura Gerber said the Youth Justice Schools were part of the LNP’s plan to end Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis.
“We must end Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis by diverting youth offenders early and stopping the slide into crime that’s putting our communities at risk,” Ms Gerber said.
“Currently, Queensland has no dedicated Youth Justice education facilities, where kids can get the support they need, before they become hardened by repeat criminal activity.
“Without these Youth Justice Schools, teens have less chance of getting the education needed to hold down future jobs and be productive members of the community.
“Under the LNP that will change, we have a plan to divert young offenders to stop Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis and restore safety where you live.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future, including Making our Community Safer.”
The LNP has today announced the next step in its Small Business First policy, including a new small business concierge service to streamline government support and deliver a “one stop shop” to access government services.
The policy is part of the LNP’s Right Plan for Queensland’s Future and will support the small and family business sector which employs more than one million Queenslanders.
The LNP’s Small Business First policy will reduce costly red tape which is smothering small business and making it more difficult for small and family operations to survive in Labor’s Cost of Living Crisis.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said the LNP’s Small Business First policy was part of the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future.
“The LNP’s plan will streamline government support to reduce red tape and power-up small businesses,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“Small and family business is the engine room of our economy and the LNP will help fuel their success in Queensland.
“The LNP’s number one priority is identifying and removing unnecessary red tape that is tying-up small business and making it more difficult to operate in Queensland.
“Mum and dad operators’ biggest frustration is spending more time on paperwork instead of time getting customers in the door.
“By reducing the red tape burden we can free them to get back to business.
“The LNP’s Small Business Concierge Service will take the questions out of where to get answers from government, streamlining the process for everything from payroll to approvals and fast-tracking enquiries.
“Our plan also includes kick-starting more innovation hubs across the state to provide emerging start-ups with the support needed to take their businesses to the next level.”
The announcement follows the LNP’s On Time, Every Time Payment Guarantee for small businesses, with 5-business day terms and immediate payments for invoices under $10,000 as well as simplified contracts and smaller tenders, to support small business.
Shadow Minister for Small and Family Business Brent Mickelberg said Queensland small and family businesses were doing it tough under Labor.
“Businesses are shutting up shop at a rapid rate because costs keep skyrocketing under Labor,” Mr Mickelberg said.
“Small businesses employ nearly one in five Queenslanders and the LNP’s plan will ensure they have the right tools to thrive, after being ignored by Labor for nearly a decade.
“The LNP’s policy is about getting government out of the way of small business and allowing them to do what they do best.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future, including backing small business.”
Statement by James Lister, Shadow Assistant Minister for Veterans
As a former officer in the ADF I welcome the release of the Royal Commission’s final report on its inquiry into defence and veteran suicides.
This report makes for sobering reading.
Those who serve our country as soldiers, sailors and aviators have the deep respect and gratitude of the community.
The community expects that all governments and their agencies will work together to learn from and implement the recommendations of this report.
Suicide is preventable and a reduction in the number of ADF and veteran suicides is possible, but only with a transformation in how governments, agencies and institutions interact.
State governments are responsible for many of the services and regulations applying to our serving ADF members and veterans.
The LNP stands ready for government and ready to get cracking on the recommendations of the report.
I am looking forward to discussing the report with the veterans community and the ex-service organisations and charities who support and represent them.
Ashley Paul Griffith case catalyst for major inquiry
The LNP has announced a Crisafulli Government would launch a full independent inquiry into the horrific system failures that allowed one of the most dangerous and heinous self-confessed paedophiles in Australian history to repeatedly offend in Queensland.
A Crisafulli LNP Government would direct the Queensland Family and Child Commissioner to investigate the child protection failings that should have kept Queensland children safe in this case.
Self-confessed paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith has pleaded guilty to more than 300 offences against children, the majority at childcare centres in Queensland, over an extended period of time.
The Commissioner would be directed to uncover system failings and deliver recommendations to Government.
The LNP has committed to making the report public upon completion.
Shadow Attorney-General Tim Nicholls said victims, parents, the childcare industry and Queenslanders deserved to know a future LNP Government would do everything it could to keep Queensland children safe.
“This shocking case raises serious questions about the efficacy of a system that should have kept Queensland children safe,” Mr Nicholls said.
“A monster was able to carry out his heinous crimes within the current system and we must do everything in our power to fix the failures of that system.
“This major inquiry will examine what went wrong, how it could have be prevented, and importantly it must rebuild faith in the child protection system.
“Queensland parents who drop their children off at day care, childcare or school want to know everything that can be done is being done to protect their children.
“Importantly, the inquiry will deliver recommendations for the necessary reform we must deliver to keep Queensland children safe.”
In 2017, the Queensland Family and Child Commission’s damning report into the Blue Card system made 81 recommendations to bolster Queensland’s Blue Card system.
Shockingly, Labor still has not implemented many of the recommendations.
Concerningly, Labor has also failed to roll out a reportable conduct scheme as recommended by the 2017 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
This critical safety measure was recommended to protect children.
As directed by the Attorney-General, the LNP’s initial investigation would be conducted using exceptional circumstance provisions in the Family and Child Commission Act 2014.
“Labor must explain why building a robust child protection system has not been a priority for this Government," Mr Nicholls said.
“It is inexcusable that after seven years the Labor Party has still failed to deliver over a third of the critical recommendations to this system that is meant to protect Queensland children.
“Shannon Fentiman and Yvette D’Ath have very serious questions to answer as to why these recommendations have not been followed through and why the safety of Queensland children has not been a priority for the Labor Government.
“In stark contrast, the LNP has a plan to keep Queensland children safe and we will leave no stone unturned to do that.
“The LNP believes that Luke Twyford as the current Chair of the Child Death Review Board and principal Commissioner of the QFCC is the ideal person to carry out this critical investigation.
“Mr Twyford’s expertise, skill and ability is widely acknowledged.
“The LNP has confirmed it is committed to providing any legislative change or mechanism, including a Royal Commission, if the investigation reveals a requirement for it.”
The investigation would commence following the sentencing of Griffith.
The LNP has announced it will task Dr Kirsty Wright to head a new assessment into the delivery of reform of Queensland’s embattled DNA Forensics Laboratory, if elected next month.
Dr Kirsty Wright’s expertise ultimately led to two Commissions of Inquiry uncovering more than a decade of DNA testing failures which allowed rapists and murders to walk free.
The Queensland DNA Lab Debacle is one of the greatest administrative failures of a justice system in the world, with 40,000 cases over a 15-year span brought into disrepute.
Since the first Inquiry, less than 2% of cases have been retested, and more than 55% of retested samples have yielded DNA. At this rate it will be more than century for victims to receive justice.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said today’s announcement was another pillar of the Making Our Community Safer Plan and was critical to restoring an effective forensics justice system to protect Queenslanders.
“The LNP promised to put victims of crime at the heart of justice which is why we will bring in the ‘best of the best’ to oversee the reform of the DNA Forensics Lab with Dr Kirsty Wright,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“After more than two years and less than 2% of cases retested, it’s clear Labor can’t be trusted to deliver the justice and reform that’s needed.
“The LNP has charted a clear course to deliver justice for thousands of crime victims who have been let down in Labor’s DNA Debacle.
“Our plan will guide the reform of the Lab and oversee a review of historic cases, to deliver justice faster.
“Dr Wright’s expertise and determination exposed the failings of the DNA Lab, now they can help deliver the reform desperately needed.
“Labor’s failure to include Dr Wright in the reform process has locked-out the best expert, while rapists and murders walk free.
“Justice must be served and the LNP has a plan to restore safety to our community.”
Dr Wright's findings and recommendations would be reported to Government and the Forensic Science Queensland Advisory Council.
Shadow Attorney-General Tim Nicholls said the LNP’s announcement would guide reform of the Lab and a review of historic cases, to deliver justice for victims faster.
“Time’s up for Labor, Queensland needs a fresh start and the LNP has the Right Plan to deliver the reform needed for the DNA Lab,” Mr Nicholls said.
“Labor can’t be trusted on the DNA Lab, it’s been six-months since the second Inquiry and victims are still waiting to be contacted about their cases, while retesting is barely progressing.
“Without the proper oversight, we risk justice never being served for some of the most serious cases in Queensland’s history.
“Shockingly, whistleblowers are now telling the LNP the Lab is not independently verifying equipment, and has instead been self-certifying, in spite of the Inquiry’s findings.
“Given the alarming revelations which shook our justice system to its core, the best experts must oversee the reform and ensure it is done right.
“We cannot allow victims to receive any further setbacks and we must ensure the rapists and murders who are walking free are identified through accurate DNA testing.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future.”
MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER PLAN
The LNP has today announced a Public Child Sex Offender Register will be introduced under a Crisafulli LNP Government, to ensure the safety of our State’s children.
The laws have been driven by child safety advocates Bruce and Denise Morcombe and will be known as “Daniel’s Law” with a three-tiered system:
Importantly, new offences will be created to prevent the misuse of any information from the register.
Any actions against someone on the register should only ever be handled by police, for the safety of everyone.
The Register follows the LNP’s major $383 million Safer Children, Safer Communities policy which will reform the broken Child Safety system and protect our State’s most vulnerable children.
Labor has failed to keep kids safe in Queensland – that’s why an LNP Government will take real action against perpetrators.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said Daniel’s Law would protect children and put the rights of children, victims and parents ahead of the rights of dangerous predators.
“My LNP team and I are focused on reducing the number of crime victims in Queensland and if this register protects just one child from becoming a victim, it is a decision we must make,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“The LNP’s Public Child Sex Offender Register will protect our state’s children and create a stronger system to restore safety where you live.
“Government must create the legal and administrative framework in which reform can occur and the safety of children can be promoted.
“Our objective is to keep our community safe – particularly for our children who often don’t have the ability to protect themselves.
“It’s part of our plan to put the rights of victims ahead of the rights of perpetrators and restore safety where you live.
“I’d also like to acknowledge the advocacy of the Morcombe family who through unimaginable tragedy have fought to keep children safe.
“These law changes will be attributed to an innocent young boy from the Sunshine Coast and forever known as Daniel’s Law.”
The three-tiered system has been supported and implemented in other Australian States.
Shadow Minister for Child Protection, Amanda Camm said Labor’s actions proved Child Safety reform was not a priority after failing to act to keep kids safe for the past decade.
“We need to do all we can to keep our children safe and Daniel’s Law is a great step towards a safer community,” Ms Camm said.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future, which includes providing parents the critical resources needed to keep their children safe.”
Shadow Minister for Police and Community Safety Dan Purdie said the Register was a necessary step towards better community safety, which Labor has neglected for a decade.
“Every parent has the right to know if their children are at risk from a high-risk child sex offender,” Mr Purdie said.
“Queensland is the crime capital of the country because of Labor’s watered-down laws.
“The LNP has a plan to restore safety where you live, which includes protecting our most vulnerable Queenslanders and preventing crime.
“We know there are thousands of registered sex offenders across Queensland and only a small number of police are assigned to monitor them because our police are under-resourced.
“We will give police the laws and resources they need to do their job, including the Making Queensland Safer Laws.”
New data analysis spells F-A-I-L for Labor
The Palaszczuk-Miles Government has failed teachers across our State.
Shocking new data analysis by the LNP Opposition has revealed WorkCover claims submitted by Queensland teachers have exploded under Labor.
Shockingly, teacher WorkCover claims have soared by an eye-watering 135% under the Palaszczuk-Miles Labor Government.
Queensland teachers have never been less safe in our schools with the cost of these claims skyrocketing by $46.88 million over the past decade.
The latest data shows as of March this year, the total cost of WorkCover Claims reached almost $72 million with the state on track to record one of our worst years on record.
These alarming figures expose the growing Education Crisis that is harming hardworking Queenslanders.
Shadow Education Minister Dr Christian Rowan said if teachers can’t even feel safe at work, is it any wonder they’re frustrated and leaving in droves?
“Our State’s education system is in chaos and crisis under Labor,” Dr Rowan said.
“All teachers, students, parents and school staff should feel safe in schools, and feel safe in their workplace.
“There must be a zero-tolerance approach to violence in our schools.
“Labor has simply stopped listening to frontline teachers and staff who are being subjected to significant physical and psychological safety concerns, including from increasing rates of online abuse.
“Students, parents, teachers and school staff deserve so much better.
“We will continue to raise the alarm on Queensland’s education crisis until change occurs, but the only way for that to happen is if Queenslanders show Labor the door in 2024.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s future, including boosting student-to-teacher ratios in schools and cracking-down on inexcusable violence.”
The LNP has today announced a major plan and critical funding package to ensure the ongoing future of the Mossman Mill that underpins this proud sugar community.
A Crisafulli LNP Government would make a historic $12.5 million investment to deliver immediate support for next year’s crop while planning for the long-term success of Mossman’s sugar industry.
Labor has made it clear they plan to abandon Mossman’s cane industry in the hope of finding another untested option.
The LNP’s plan includes a commitment to work with growers, the industry and the community to ensure a long-term future for the Mill and town.
The LNP’s plan will protect local jobs.
Under the plan, a Crisafulli LNP Government would redirect money allocated by Labor for the shutdown of the cane industry to assist the viability of the Mill to improve productivity, transport efficiency or retrofit the Mill for future uses.
A guarantee will also be put in place to ensure next year’s crop can be transported to and harvested at Gordonvale, and failing a new investor coming forth this year, will provide certainty for growers to plan and invest in next year’s crop.
A $500,000 funding package will also be allocated to Canegrowers Queensland to lead new industry development, expansion and increase grower profitability and productivity, bolstering the long-term viability of the local industry.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said he would not allow over 100 years of cane growing history in Mossman to be erased by Labor without a fight.
“My team will not give up on the Mossman Mill that underpins this proud community,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“Our team’s historic investment will give growers the certainty they need to fertilise and to plan next year’s harvest.
“It also gives potential buyers of the Mossman Mill confidence that they will have product to crush come the 2026 season and beyond.
“Labor may want to give up on an industry that has employed thousands of locals over many generations that still has so much to give the local economy in the coming decades, but I won’t.
“It is paramount this proud sugar town can continue its farming tradition into the future.
“The LNP’s commitment today is a flag in the ground demonstrating we care about Mossman and we want to secure its future as a cane growing hub for North Queensland.
“We will also partner with Canegrowers Queensland to develop an industry led FNQ Cane Expansion Plan.
“This plan will integrate industry knowledge around farming systems and grower engagement to re-build productivity in Far North Queensland and safeguard the industry for years to come.
“This plan will drive research and development, on farm best practice adoption and grower leadership, to improve crop performance and develop a regional strategy for productivity growth in Far North Queensland.”
The LNP’s $12.5 million commitment includes the remainder of the almost $6 million of funding Labor wants to use for its ‘transition plan’ to wind down the Mill and find a yet to be proven new industry for the town.
Mr Crisafulli said the choice for the Mossman community at the upcoming election was stark.
“The choice in the upcoming election is clear. It’s a choice between a Labor Party which thinks the Mossman cane industry is dead, or an LNP which thinks the industry’s best days are ahead of it.”
LNP Candidate for Cook David Kempton said the LNP’s commitment provided a lifeline to the Mossman Community at a time growers were uncertain about what their futures would hold.
“I have heard from so many local growers worried that under Labor their kids will not have the same opportunities they had working on the family cane farm,” Mr Kempton said.
“The LNP’s commitment today is a clear vote of confidence in the Mossman Community, we believe in sugar communities like Mossman, and we want to see its economy sustained for years to come.”
The LNP has today announced a major $383 million Safer Children, Safer Communities policy, with a plan to reform the broken Residential Care system and protect our State’s most vulnerable children.
Labor has failed to keep our most vulnerable kids safe and without guidance, discipline and support, an increasing number of children have fallen into Queensland’s Youth Crime Crisis.
Currently, 11,810 children are living away from home under the care of Child Safety with 1,955 children in Residential Care, including 358 under 10 years of age.
As part of Child Safety Week, the LNP has announced the significant Safer Children, Safer Communities plan to repair the broken system and stop Residential Care being a halfway house for kids cycling through detention.
By restoring and significantly strengthening support and parental care, the plan ensures children who first come into contact with the Child Safety system receive the critical support and intervention they need to turn their lives around, before they head down a path of youth crime.
The LNP’s Safer Children, Safer Communities plan will boost child safety officers by 20% to end skyrocketing caseloads and ensure safety tip-offs about kids at risk are investigated on-time to keep them safe.
Currently under Labor, many Residential Care facilities only have one worker at any time, with little oversight and inability to provide focused care for children.
A Crisafulli LNP Government would deliver a new dual carer model with two carers working at Residential Care facilities 24hrs a day, providing safety, restoring behavioural consequences for children and ensuring they are attending school.
To put an end to Residential Care being a funnel into a life of crime, all Residential Care facilities would be working with the new dual carer model by end of 2030.
The LNP will deliver a Queensland-first SecureCare facility by 2028 to provide safe care to children who are a danger to themselves and others, and a new $27 million professional foster care pilot for children whose complex needs can’t be met in Residential Care.
An additional $1500 will be provided for every child in out-of-home care for sports, music, tutoring or other educational and extracurricular activities to keep them connected with communities and build the skills for life.
A new independent complaints review process will be established to escalate serious concerns about complex cases and restore critical support for families and carers.
LNP Leader David Crisafulli said for too long out-of-home care had failed to provide vulnerable Queensland children with the parental care and support they needed, which was driving up youth crime.
“The LNP’s Safer Children, Safer Communities plan will protect our state’s most vulnerable children and repair the broken system that’s putting communities at risk,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“The LNP will reform Child Safety with an emphasis on personal responsibility, attending school and extracurricular activities, access to employment and training opportunities for older children, and a focus on transitioning to foster care so residential care isn’t an end destination.
“With 58% of children under youth justice supervision having contact with Child Safety in the previous five years, it’s clear the broken system is acting as a youth crime pipeline.
“Child Safety staff are increasingly stretched beyond capacity, unable to deliver the focus and attention needed to keep children in their care safe.
“What’s worse, supervision and discipline haven’t been a priority, many kids aren’t attending school regularly and there’s no consequences for this behaviour.
“The LNP will restore safety by returning discipline, consequences and supervision to the heart of government care and end the pipeline into crime to give every child the chance for a bright future.”
Shadow Minister for Child Protection, Amanda Camm said Labor had shown Child Safety reform was not a priority for the decade old Government after failing to act on the Residential Care Review they only commissioned after intense pressure from the LNP.
“The LNP is committed to providing the tools for a brighter future for all young people, no matter their background,” Ms Camm said.
“Shockingly, Labor admitted during Budget Estimates they don’t know when kids in their care go missing or how regularly they’re attending school.
“Child Safety should be an opportunity to provide kids the care and opportunities they need, engaging them with the education and skills to live productive lives in our communities, which is what the LNP will do.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future, which includes fixing the broken Child Safety system to prevent vulnerable kids heading down a path of crime.”
PeakCare’s Chief Executive Tom Allsop said the LNP’s commitment to reform the child protection system directly showed the LNP had listened and was acting on what frontline workers, children, and families say is needed to create a better system.
“PeakCare has long called for these commitments and the opportunities they will bring for reforming Queensland’s child protection system, today’s announcement is an important step,” Mr Allsop said.
“Time and time again frontline workers across Queensland have said having effective SecureCare services with appropriate safeguards will save lives.
“Investing in the frontline workers who turn up every day for children and families in need is how we are going to make a real difference now and in the future.
“It is how we are going to help keep more children safe and put more Queensland families back on a pathway to prosperity.
“At a time in Queensland when there are almost 2,000 children in residential care, of which a third are under 12 years, and alarming reductions in the capacity of foster carers right across the state, PeakCare calls on all parties to match these historic commitments and publicly announce what they intend to do to reform Queensland’s current child protection system.”
