Talking Politics
Premier must clear up caretaker confusion
I call on the Premier Anna Bligh to place the state government into caretaker mode immediately to cut confusion and deliver certainty on the use of taxpayer funds. Ms Bligh has sailed the state into uncharted waters by setting an election date, but refusing to place the government into caretaker mode for another three weeks. Read more...
Secretive Health Minister hides bad news
The explosive allegation Bligh Government Health Minister Geoff Wilson may have deliberately withheld Right To Information documents to avoid bad press is another reason he must be sacked. Shadow Health Minister Mark McArdle said Queensland patients, their families and frontline health staff can have absolutely no confidence in Minister Wilson after the claim of more Labor dishonesty and deceit. Read more...
ALP candidate selection grinds to a halt
Anna Bligh and Labor are treating voters as mugs by not telling near-20 per cent of Queensland who their local ALP candidates will be at the looming state poll. At least 16 of Queensland’s 89 electorates were yet to be advised of local ALP candidates. It’s likely we’re only weeks away from an election and yet 16 electorates don’t know who their local ALP candidates will be. It’s not good enough and it comes from the tired, 20-year Labor government treating Queensland voters as mugs. Read more...
Bligh busted fibbing about Qld Health fix
Labor has once again been caught out lying to Queenslanders. Shadow Treasurer Tim Nicholls said Labor’s proposed Queensland Health split has been exposed as a recycled idea sprinkled with more Bligh government spin and not a genuine fix responding to the $16 million fraud. “You can't fix the problem culture if the whole fix is premised on a lie and a con" said Mr Nicholls. Read more...
After 20 years Labor's three amigos have a plan for the Bruce Highway
After 20 years of doing nothing Labor’s three amigos - retiring Paul Lucas, Roads Minister Craig Wallace and colleague Curtis Pitt - want Queenslanders to believe they have a plan to overhaul the dangerous and crumbling Bruce Highway. LNP Shadow Minister for Main Roads, Fisheries & Marine Infrastructure Dr Mark Robinson said no one should believe a word Labor was now saying on Christmas and election eve. Read more...
