Media Release
31 July 2014
The State Opposition says the Newman Government will no doubt
embrace the Queensland Plan as an excuse for another massive taxpayer
funded pre-election political advertising campaign.
“The thousands of Queenslanders who participated in the Queensland Plan process may feel greatly disappointed at its lack of specific commitments,” said Opposition frontbencher Jo-Ann Miller.
“For example, everyone can all agree on the health goal of being ‘physically and mentally healthy’ but if the LNP is Americanising our hospital system how are low to average income earners going to achieve it?"
“How do LNP jobs cuts in our hospital and health sector totalling 4,400 including 1,600 nursing jobs fit with that goal?"
“It’s all very well having long-range plans, but the Queensland Plan runs the risk of being just a collection of ‘motherhood’ statements which means its likely to be just another excuse for the LNP to mount a taxpayer-funded ad campaign in the lead-up to the 2015 election."
“If they are to be effective, plans always rely on having government’s genuinely committed to listening and not arrogant enough to think they know it all like the Premier and his LNP Ministers."
“The fact the Premier did a fly-in, fly-out visit to Hervey Bay to launch the plan shows that on day one he is not bothering to listen to feedback even from local government conference delegates."
“The only potentially positive aspect of the plan is the new panel of community ambassadors."
“But we will need to wait and see if that works because the Newman LNP Government has a track record of simply not listening."
“What chance have the ambassadors got when the Premier and the LNP don’t listen to their own MPs, average Queenslanders, or anyone else who might have a different view to theirs?”
Mrs Miller said the LNP claimed before the 2012 election it had plans for:
“We have never seen any evidence of the plans they already claimed to have,” she said.
“In fact all we have seen is broken promises and a single-minded push for asset sales despite Queenslanders not wanting them."
“The LNP is constantly talking about ‘having plans’ so today’s release is another excuse it has given itself to dip into the public purse for an ad campaign to rebuild its electoral stocks.”
“The thousands of Queenslanders who participated in the Queensland Plan process may feel greatly disappointed at its lack of specific commitments,” said Opposition frontbencher Jo-Ann Miller.
“For example, everyone can all agree on the health goal of being ‘physically and mentally healthy’ but if the LNP is Americanising our hospital system how are low to average income earners going to achieve it?"
“How do LNP jobs cuts in our hospital and health sector totalling 4,400 including 1,600 nursing jobs fit with that goal?"
“It’s all very well having long-range plans, but the Queensland Plan runs the risk of being just a collection of ‘motherhood’ statements which means its likely to be just another excuse for the LNP to mount a taxpayer-funded ad campaign in the lead-up to the 2015 election."
“If they are to be effective, plans always rely on having government’s genuinely committed to listening and not arrogant enough to think they know it all like the Premier and his LNP Ministers."
“The fact the Premier did a fly-in, fly-out visit to Hervey Bay to launch the plan shows that on day one he is not bothering to listen to feedback even from local government conference delegates."
“The only potentially positive aspect of the plan is the new panel of community ambassadors."
“But we will need to wait and see if that works because the Newman LNP Government has a track record of simply not listening."
“What chance have the ambassadors got when the Premier and the LNP don’t listen to their own MPs, average Queenslanders, or anyone else who might have a different view to theirs?”
Mrs Miller said the LNP claimed before the 2012 election it had plans for:
- economic growth without the need for assets sales
- boosting regions
- a jobless rate of 4%
- cuts to the cost of living including $120 off annual power bills.
“We have never seen any evidence of the plans they already claimed to have,” she said.
“In fact all we have seen is broken promises and a single-minded push for asset sales despite Queenslanders not wanting them."
“The LNP is constantly talking about ‘having plans’ so today’s release is another excuse it has given itself to dip into the public purse for an ad campaign to rebuild its electoral stocks.”
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