480,000 living in poverty because of Labor’s cost of living increases

Queenslanders are going without meals, unable to pay their bills on time and are struggling to afford second hand clothing – a reality of Labor’s non-stop attack on household budgets, the State Opposition said today.   Shadow Minister for Community Services and Housing Fiona Simpson said the ... ... (18-Oct)

Struthers shies away from responsibility

Community Services Minister Karen Struthers has joined the conga line of Bligh government ministers refusing to take responsibility for their departments, the State Opposition said today. “Put under pressure in Parliament this morning Ms Struthers again refused to take responsibility for wrongly dob... ... (11-Oct)

COMMUNITY FIGHTS BACK FROM TOUGH TIMES

WHEN talking to local businesses about how they want Government reformed, Pine Rivers LNP Candidate Seath Holswich and LNP frontbencher Fiona Simpson heard first hand – it was about infrastructure such as the fixing of the AJ Wyllie Bridge. However, they also heard how the local business community ... ... (10-Oct)

Greater Bay area wants government to cut waste and create more jobs

  THE LNP said Redlands and Cleveland residents turned out to a Waste Watch roundtable this week to ask the government to cut the red tape which is costing jobs in the areas.   LNP State MPs Peter Dowling and Mark Robinson hosted the forum with Shadow Waste Watch Minister Fiona Simpson ... ... (07-Oct)

Federal back flip exposes Bligh government bungle

  The State Opposition said the Gillard government has been forced to scrap a retrospective pay regulation which would have forced some Queensland charities to the wall after being misled by the Bligh government.   Shadow Community Services Minister Fiona Simpson called for the regulati... ... (22-Sep)

Government forces service providers on to slippery slope

The State Opposition warned the Labor government has once again hung community service providers out to dry as they struggle to find money to pay employees retrospectively. “Staff must be paid a fair wage, but the State bungled this issue by supporting retrospective laws which are draconian and will... ... (20-Sep)

GOVT WASTE PUSHES UP COST OF LIVING

BILLIONS of dollars of government waste on SEQ's water grid would easily have built the area's long-awaited Toowoomba Bypass, Shadow Minister for Waste Watch Fiona Simpson said today. Ms Simpson, together with LNP Candidates John McVeigh and Trevor Watts, today met with local businesses to gain thei... ... (13-Sep)

Small businesses speak about red tape

Cutting red tape and costs of living were core issues small businesses in Toogoolawah and Kilcoy want addressed, according to LNP Candidate for Nanango Deb Frecklington and State MP Fiona Simpson who met them yesterday. Ms Simpson, a Senior LNP frontbencher and Shadow Minister for Waste Watch, said... ... (13-Sep)

Govt hit go button on health payroll system despite "catastrophic" warning

See Video Link for speech in ParliamentDate of contribution: 6 September 2011Queensland Health, Payroll System Ms SIMPSON (Maroochydore—LNP) (11.21 am): The shoot-the-messenger, bullying culture of this government was on display this morning. The response from Minister Simon Finn with regard t... ... (07-Sep)

Most vulnerable face cuts in another Bligh Govt pay bungle

THOUSANDS of Queensland’s most vulnerable people will face a loss of their local service provider or a cut in support due to a State Government bungle, the State LNP said today. Shadow Minister for Community Services Fiona Simpson said up to 316 charities right throughout Queensland which ran dom... ... (05-Sep)

Grassroots move to stop health waste

Cutting waste in health and putting the money back into frontline services drew community feedback at a Health Waste Watch forum in New Farm initiated by LNP Candidate for Brisbane Central Rob Cavallucci, LNP Waste Watch Shadow Minister Fiona Simpson and Shadow Health Minister Mark McArdle. Residen... ... (02-Sep)

Fiona's condolence motion to Neil Turner

http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/broadcast/archive?file=20110825_101408 ... (30-Aug)

Mackay region reels under Labor waste and inaction

  Mackay region homeowners have told the State Opposition today how bureaucratic red tape has increased the cost of living and added to the housing affordability crisis.  Some locals have also complained that they’re forced to rely on generators because it is taking too long to get their ... ... (29-Aug)

Brisbane residents urged to help stop health waste

Cutting the waste in health and putting the money back into frontline services is the focus of a Health Waste Watch forum in Brisbane next Thursday, September 1. LNP Waste Watch Shadow Minister Fiona Simpson and LNP Health Shadow Minister Mark McArdle have invited residents and health workers to ha... ... (26-Aug)

Mackay/Whitsunday cries out for crisis housing

  THE Mackay/ Whitsunday region was desperately short of public housing – a growing human crisis ignored by the Bligh government for years, the LNP said today. LNP Community Services and Housing Shadow Minister Fiona Simpson said the region had missed out on public housing for years, and stru... ... (23-Aug)