Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

In the week that the State of Origin hangs in the balance, Queensland has slipped to fifth out of eight in the State of the states report, under a Labor government—behind Tasmania! But it is Tim Nicholls and Deb Frecklington that offer the passion and the policy to turn things around. What Queensland wants is: a $100 million youth jobs package; two new regional casino licences; red tape cut by 20 per cent over six years; a half-a-billion-dollars Royalties for Regions program; Tools for Tradies; guaranteed no-lockout laws for young Queenslanders; apprenticeship boosts; incentive grants to help business with the up-front costs of employing young people; the rolling out of free wi-fi for our tourism areas; the removal of limitations on claims for child-sex-abuse survivors; and to make it harder to get bail for alleged offenders involved in DV. They also want: mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse in early education and care, and police to have the option of GPS monitoring as part of bail conditions. These things are what Queenslanders want.

We are sick of a government that cannot run trains, let alone run trains on time. Now is the time to do something for this great state of Queensland. Freeze registration on the family car; save Queenslanders hundreds of dollars a year. At the moment, we are the do-nothing state. It is time for the do-something state and for the do-something-great state and to vote LNP at the next state election.

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