21 September, 2018 – Fiona Simpson MP

Why Qld Needs a Change of State Govt

UncategorizedBy Fiona Simpson MP 21 September, 2018

We live in a great State but it should be so much better. If you want jobs for your kids and customers for your small business, you need a State Government that understands the economy. That’s why when the LNP team put the economy front and centre of our motion for debate this week we…

Labor cuts to Police budget wrong priorities

UncategorizedBy Fiona Simpson MP 21 September, 2018

The Palasczcuk Labor Government has cut the police budget by about $80million in the last two budgets at a time when our population on the Sunshine Coast and in Queensland is booming. Meanwhile, the Premier and her ministers have blown their travel and staff budgets by about $1million. The State Government’s priorities are wrong. In…

Small business shouldn’t be Govt’s Bank

UncategorizedBy Fiona Simpson MP 21 September, 2018

I exposed Labor’s hypocrisy for calling on business to pay their bills on time when they aren’t leading by example. Many Queensland Government departments still have unacceptably high rates of late payments to their suppliers, many of whom are small business. The Department of Education paid 17.2% of its bills late and for the Department…

The Truth About Labor’s lies, record debt, asset sales and tax rip offs

Stories featured in my e-newslettersBy Fiona Simpson MP 21 September, 2018

The truth about Labor’s lies, record debt, asset sales and tax rip offs Last week in Parliament, I spoke about how this incompetent State Labor Government is mucking up our economy, flogging off our assets, putting up taxes and burdening us with record levels of debt. There is a long list of all the things…

Labor’s ransom on small business cash flows

Local News, State NewsBy Fiona Simpson MP 21 September, 2018

The Palaszczuk Labor Government is using Queensland small businesses as their bank by failing to pay them on time, the LNP has said. It was revealed yesterday that the cash flow of many Queensland small businesses are being held ransom by the hypocritical Palaszczuk Labor Government. “Labor’s has been silent about the many Queensland Government…