Extract from ABC News
Updated
State Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk has had
a change of heart over the possibility of forming a minority
government, emphatically ruling it out.
Ms Palaszczuk was in the
Ipswich seat of Bundamba, west of Brisbane, at a paver factory where she
announced a $40 million business development fund to help "start-up
firms" pay for their bright ideas. She revealed she had had a change of heart over forming a minority government.
On Sunday, Ms Palaszczuk refused to rule it out, but a day later she said it would not happen.
"Let me make it very clear, no, no, no, no deals. Next question."
Premier Campbell Newman has also ruled out forming a minority government, describing the minor parties as "crazy".
Ms Palaszczuk said the ALP's business development fund would help fund the state's best and brightest.
"The new fund will be managed by a joint-venture partner to leverage private sector investment and ensure innovative Queensland businesses have access to the start-up capital they need to tap new opportunities in emerging markets," she said.
"It will help create the jobs of the future in sectors like agriculture, biotechnology and digital technologies - and all without asset sales."
Earlier, Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten told Fairfax Radio now was the right time for Queensland Labor to release its economic policies.
He said Queenslanders were just beginning to tune into the election, so the Opposition should start explaining its economic plan.
He then qualified his comments by saying Labor would release its economic policy in the next 20 days.
Mr Shorten said jobs were a key part of that plan.
"When we talk about the economy, I don't think there's anything more important to the economy than jobs," he said.
"The unemployment rate is not the highest on the mainland, it's [been] a long time since Queensland had amongst the highest unemployment rates in Australia."
Mr Shorten said Queenslanders needed to see what Labor had to offer.
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