Newsflash for Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon

The claims Minister Scanlon must answer for were raised by serious reports and landholders willing to go on the public record. Do their claims not matter? The Minister herself said Queenslanders deserved to know the truth after she failed to release alarming information 18 months ago. Does she no longer believe that? Reports that her…

ECQ must remain independent

“The independence and impartiality of the Electoral Commission of Queensland is critical. “It’s deeply concerning that this third-term Labor State Government is making moves to threaten that. “This government changed the voting laws. “They changed the donation laws. “Now they want the power to investigate the Electoral Commission. “They will stop at nothing to fix…

Really Premier?

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…

Land Tax WIN!

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…

CCC Report into the office of the Integrity Commissioner

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…