Peter Slipper (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

which has in fact brought Queensland to a situation where, instead of being an icon for the other states to follow, we have become absolutely the worst economic performer. The honourable member for Lyons mentioned the global economic crisis, and one cannot deny that such a thing exists. However, such a thing exists and affects everyone in Australia; it is just that the Queensland Labor government’s response to that and to economics generally has been so much worse than every other government in Australia, whether it be the Liberal National Party government of Western Australia or the Labor governments in all of the other states and territories and the national Labor government. The Bligh Labor government is the worst government in Australia, regardless of politics.

Not wanting to be party political about this matter but, where Queensland was once the trailblazer for the rest of the country, we are now the basket case. For many years, people suggested Tasmania was not viable, that it was a basket case. However, Tasmania is now performing in a way—

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