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…
Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson has welcomed news of $700,000 in state government funding for Sunshine Coast Council to move forward on its business case for delivering an Exhibition and Convention Centre in the Maroochydore Sun Central development. Ms Simpson said the grant was a step in the right direction to make sure the facility…
Queenslanders wanting to help farmers and ensure country towns endure the drought should consider cash donations to organisations helping support local jobs and services. LNP Shadow Minister for Small Business Fiona Simpson said the generosity of Queenslanders was wonderful and cash donations helped farmers spend money locally and kept towns resilient. Speaking in Parliament on…
“TAFE Queensland has wasted $230,000 in taxpayer money on tickets to the Commonwealth Games,” Ms Simpson said. “Taxpayers picked up the bill for 2148 tickets – after the Palaszczuk Labor Government ruled out free tickets. “We’ve got a government paying a government education provider to purchase tickets from the government. It’s a money merry-go-round. “This…
New data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research* released today has uncovered the carnage Labor has wreaked on Queensland’s vocational training industry. Under the Palaszczuk Labor Government, program completion rates at TAFE and other government providers have decreased 42% since 2014. Compared with the LNP Government there are now 16,375 fewer Queenslanders per…
