Public consultation is now open for the Queensland Aquaculture Strategy 2024-2034, giving Queenslanders a chance to have their say on maintaining Queensland’s reputation as the nation’s preferred supplier of quality farmed seafood. The Queensland Aquaculture Strategy 2024-2034 will identify research priorities, best practice regulatory approaches and provide a clear direction for aquaculture’s future in Queensland. The…
The State Government Budget was handed down on 11 June by the Miles Government. With the election just four months away there is a lot of sweeteners focussed on re-election. Sadly, the budget is a budget for the next four months that will see Queensland’s borrowings soar to $77.1 billion this financial year and is…
While Queenslanders have been suffering at the hands of youth criminals, Steven Miles has laughed at youth crime. Last week, Steven Miles has flip-flopped on removing Detention as a Last Resort, before ruling it out in Parliament last week. Queenslanders have had their cars stolen, homes invaded, been held at knifepoint and their children threatened,…
The December Quarter Consumer Price Index* reveals Queenslanders continue to suffer the biggest cost-of-living increases across the critical categories for households in Australia. Power prices are up 19.9% – the worst in the nation and triple the national average while one of our largest power plants remains offline after three years; Insurance costs are up 18.5% – due to…
“We must fight Labor’s cuts to rail and roads as it’s a tourniquet rather than a transport solution for Sunshine Coast commuters. “The Labor Government’s announcement means more congestion and chaos for all of the Sunshine Coast. “Labor’s half-baked plan, cutting rail to Maroochydore and cutting the Mooloolah River Interchange will turn Caloundra into a…
Valuing who we are as a nation, means embracing all our history and not erasing it. Acknowledging the good, the bad and the worthy and telling those stories. And being grateful for the countless thousands whose sacrifices in the ordinary and extraordinary struggles of the everyday, created one of the most successful and wealthy democratic…
Peter Coaldrake said the importance of an independent Public Service is paramount. Mr Coaldrake also pointed out that the tone is set from the top. One of Steven Miles’ first acts is to appoint former Labor MP Mike Kaiser as the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet – the head of the apolitical Public…
“I welcome news the Federal Government will commit $1.44 billion to the Direct Sunshine Coast Rail Line, but the State Government needs to commit their funding to a destination in Maroochydore with a deadline to build. “The State Government needs to stop dragging the chain and get on board. “There’s been more business cases done…
Yesterday Labor announced savage infrastructure cuts of funding for critical Sunshine Coast transport projects, to say the least this was a devastating blow. The Federal Infrastructure Minister has admitted that she has been in discussion with the Queensland Labor Government about the cuts, specifically the Deputy Premier Steven Miles, Treasurer Cameron Dick and Minister for…
The LNP is today calling on Labor to immediately stop taxpayer-funded secret polling and publicly release all results to date. The LNP has today taken the fight to the floor of Parliament, demanding action from the Palaszczuk Labor Government. Taxpayer money is being surreptitiously used to run the Premier’s re-election campaign. This cannot be allowed…