Media Release.
Shadow
Minister for Health Jo-Ann Miller says Premier Campbell Newman is floundering
and has run out of ideas less than a year into the job.
Mrs Miller
said the Premier’s plan to hold town-hall style meetings across Queensland to
garner ideas shows he has no ideas of his own.
“Neither, it
seems, do his Ministers or huge backbench have any bright ideas,” Mrs Miller
said.
“This comes a
day after the Premier launched a Six Month Action plan which contained no new
ideas and rehashed initiatives of the previous Labor Government.
“Mr Newman’s
town-hall meetings are also a rehash of the previous Labor Government which held
extensive consultation throughout Queensland on regional economic and social
infrastructure needs as part of the development of three visionary long-term
planning documents aimed at strengthening regional Queensland.
“Following
extensive regional consultation the previous State Government released the
Queensland Regionalisation Strategy (QRS), the Queensland Infrastructure Plan
(QIP), and the Bruce Highway Upgrade Strategy (BHUS).
“Following
six months of consultation at 13 forums across the state, which more than 500
people attended, 35 recommendations were adopted to create stronger regions in
Queensland.
“If the
Premier had not fired all the senior public servants with all their corporate
knowledge he would be aware that this data is already available to
him.
“I suspect as
the Premier travels through the state holding his town-hall meetings he will be
reminded by local residents that they have already provided their ideas and
input to Government.
“This
attitude again shows Mr Newman’s Brisbane-centric attitude, as he obviously has
no understanding of the infrastructure needs of regional Queensland.
“If Premier
Newman had shown the same eagerness for public consultation prior to embarking
on his program of mass sackings and slashing of services he may not be presiding
over a fractured party with a disgruntled backbench,” she said.
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