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…
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…
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 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…
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…
LNP Shadow Minister for Employment Fiona Simpson has slammed the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s mature aged worker boost as little more than a photo opportunity. “Annastacia Palaszczuk’s mature aged worker boost payment was a six-month sugar hit that delivered little more than a media release,” Ms Simpson said. “Queensland suffers from the nation’s worst unemployment rate…
Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has told Parliament the Palasczcuk Labor Government’s priorities are wrong as evidenced by the failure to keep police resources in line with population growth, while the Premier and her ministers have blown their office staffing and travel budgets by a million dollars. Ms Simpson also called on the Labor Government to…
I am the full-time carer of my two grandkids and witness first-hand the tragic impact of ICE use on local families. What can the Government do to help? Jill Dear Jill I share your concern about the heart-breaking impact of drug use. Our whole community is affected by this scourge. More needs to be done to…
Mount Coolum climbers and the local community will soon be able to have their say on the management of Mount Coolum National Park and plans for the provision of visitor amenities. Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said the Minister for Environment had confirmed that the long-overdue update of the Mount Coolum National Park Draft Management…
Suicide is a gut-wrenching crisis that’s ripping up lives in our communities with two Queenslanders taking their own lives every day. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson called for a Parliamentary Inquiry into Suicide – the number one cause of death for people aged between 14 and 44 in Australia. Ms Simpson…