Bert Van Manen (Forde, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That this House:

(1) denounces the Queensland Government's underinvestment in infrastructure throughout the state;

(2) notes that:

(a) the Queensland Government:

  (i) has savagely cut infrastructure spending in Queensland, sapping confidence and costing jobs; and

  (ii) slashed infrastructure spending by more than $2 billion in its first year in office;

(b) over the next four years, infrastructure spending has been cut by almost $3 billion; and

(c) the Queensland Government:

  (i) has not funded one new major infrastructure project in two years in office; and

  (ii) is more interested in political point scoring than working collaboratively with the Australian Government on new infrastructure projects; and

(3) calls on the Queensland Government to reverse this concerning trend and deliver infrastructure that the people of Queensland require and the Queensland economy desperately needs.

I move this motion on reflection of the fact that the Queensland government's spending on infrastructure has been a disastrous underinvestment throughout the state. The Queensland government has savagely cut infrastructure spending in Queensland, sapping confidence and costing jobs. It has slashed infrastructure spending by more $2 billion in its first year in office. Over the next four years, infrastructure spending has been cut by almost $3 billion. The Queensland government has not funded one new major infrastructure project in its two years in office. It is more interested in political pointscoring than working collaboratively with the Australian government on new infrastructure projects. This motion calls on the Queensland government to reverse this concerning trend and deliver infrastructure that the people of Queensland require and that the Queensland economy desperately needs.

The Australian government is focused on delivering key infrastructure priorities in Queensland—

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