Media Release
Opposition
Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk says Ray Hopper's defection is another episode in
what has become the non-stop soap opera of the Newman
Government.
“Instead
of delivering stable government, just eight months after taking office the
Newman Government spends all its time papering over its internal divisions,” Ms
Palaszczuk said.
“It’s
no surprise that we repeatedly hear of talk within LNP ranks about discontent
with the leadership of the government.
“Ray
Hopper has joined people like Clive Palmer in delivering a vote of no confidence
in the LNP leadership team.
“What
we are seeing just eight months after an election is a government lurching from
one crisis to the next — ministers quitting, integrity standards not being met,
a senior bureaucrat stood aside, and rural and regional communities
ignored.
“On top
of that the government has delivered little except mass sackings, jobless rates
at the heights not experienced since the global financial crisis, and savage
cuts to frontline services including the closure of nursing home beds that are
distressing the elderly and their families.
“Queenslanders
have every right to feel double-crossed by the LNP after the promises it made
before the election about delivering higher standards.
“So far
we have seen no evidence of higher standards or the ‘humility, grace and
dignity’ promised by the Premier.
“Instead
of delivering good government the LNP spends its time and energy just holding
itself together.”
Ms
Palaszczuk said she was not surprised by Mr Hopper’s move.
“Mr
Hopper may have concerns about the LNP’s direction but he also has a history of
jumping ship when things don’t go his way,” she said.
“He has
made his views about the Premier and the LNP leadership team well known around
the corridors of Parliament House starting on the day the Newman Cabinet was
announced.
“I
suspect the voters in Condamine may feel slighted having just eight months ago
put their trust in Mr Hopper to be their voice in an LNP
government.”
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