I am absolutely horrified by the latest incident involving the Member for Mundingburra. Les Walker represents a community where his government has allowed youth crime to run out of control. Mr Walker has previously been banned from Townsville’s safe night precinct and now he is making a mockery of Queensland Police at a Police Remembrance…
Alarming news broke recently that the CEO of the overseas owned election software company that has a contract with the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) has been arrested on suspicion of putting American polling booth worker data on to Chinese servers . Last week in Parliament I expressed my concerns regarding this critical software system,…
The Queensland State Labor Government is the only government in the history of Queensland that has a permanent running gag motion, introduced every sitting of parliament that is used to shut down debate. The parliament should respect all Queenslanders and the members they elected to speak and raise issues on their behalf without fear or…
Last month we had a big win with the controversial new land tax rules scrapped. The Premier buckled under pressure and intervened to shelve the Treasurer’s contentious reforms which would have resulted in making the housing crisis in Queensland even worse. The proposed changes would have seen land tax calculated using the total value of…
We have seen a record budget blowout confirmed of $2.8 billion in the 2021-22 Financial Year by the State Labor Government. That is significant money and there is much waste in the way that this government goes about its budgeting. The Treasurer’s budget fail is a major blow for Queensland Taxpayers – the 2021-22 Financial…
At a time of record homelessness and great pain in the building industry with a 13.7% fall in new home approvals in Queensland and 15% fall on the Sunshine Coast as well as growing insolvencies, the State Government has announced more cost and red tape to make it worse. State Member for Maroochydore, Fiona Simpson…
Hard-fought housing funding should be immediately handed over to Indigenous and Islander communities to address the chronic shortage in remote communities. Shadow Finance Minister Fiona Simpson and Shadow Minister for Local Government Ann Leahy addressed the Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance meeting in Cairns and said the councils should be empowered to get on with…
The Crime and Corruption Commission’s report into the office of the Integrity Commissioner strengthens the Opposition’s calls to improve its independence and uncouple its governance from the Premier’s Public Service Commission. Throughout this saga, the Opposition has highlighted the poor governance arrangements that could see laptops used in an Integrity Commissioner’s office taken without her…
Revelations that the rental crisis on the Sunshine Coast was being driven by an annual shortage of as many as 2,000 homes annually has sparked calls for greater action from the State Government. Shadow Treasurer David Janetzki and Shadow Finance Minister Fiona Simpson, on the Sunshine Coast after last week’s State Budget, said the crisis…
“The State Government’s budget has slashed funding for Safe Night Precincts* for the Police overtime shifts effective from 30 June. “The funding of $2.5m provided police overtime shifts to patrol Safe Night Precincts on weekends and was much needed to bolster already stretched resources. “We will feel it here on the Sunshine Coast as these…