What you said about Steven Miles’ pledge for state-owned petrol stations

Labor’s pledge to open state-owned fuel stations has been blasted as a “pie in the sky” proposal that “even a 10-year-old schoolboy could see flaws in”. HAVE YOUR SAY

Premier Steven Miles has pledged to open state-owned fuel stations in a market intervention designed to lower prices. Picture: Liam Kidston

Lower prices or just more votes?

Labor’s pledge to, if re-elected, open state-owned fuel stations in a market intervention designed to lower prices, has been met with mixed responses from Queenslanders.

Premier Steven Miles also vowed to spare motorists from bowser shock by banning fuel giants from hiking prices by more than 5c a litre a day.

In an extraordinary move, he promised a Labor government awarded a fourth term would use planning “call-in powers” and government-owned land so that smaller players and independents in the fuel station sector could set up shop.

However Mr Miles later conceded the plan costing $36m was not backed by modelling or research.

Both the LNP and the Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association slammed the idea and the lack of consultation, saying it could actually make things worse for Queenslanders.

Many readers also weren’t buying the plan.

Some claimed it was merely a ploy to nab more votes ahead of October’s state election.

Others said the plan simply wouldn’t work, with about 80 per cent of voters in an online poll agreeing.

Some, though, applauded the effort – while some mocked it as yet another looming Labor mess.

See what you had to say below and join the conversation >>>

 

WHAT YOU SAID

Not buying it

Tracey

He will probably get the CFMEU to run them !

Andrew

What, so a minority player with a dozen service stations and no experience at running a business ( and a track record of promoting union monopolies) and which will source its petroleum from the same suppliers they are trying to compete against, can somehow increase competition….. that has to be the stupidest idea on the century! LOL

MJ

Another thought bubble at one of their brain storming sessions. Tell the people about it and then if they get re-elected they will come up with a dozen reasons why it couldn’t be done. It won’t happen. I do hope nobody falls for this rubbish.

Chris

the fact that this govt has people advising them that this is the best course of action and what the people want clearly shows how out of touch the govt is and how they have no clue what the real issues are for qld’ers.

More debt thrown at something instead of fixing the real issues.

Wayne

The next promise will be the second coming of Christ before the election

Bruce

Pie in the sky.....talk about grasping at straws … a 10yo schoolboy could see the flaws in this proposal.

Premier Steven Miles on Monday. Picture: John Gass

We have issues

Panther

This preposterous idea has already been tried and failed dismally.

Dean

Petrol stations, what next nuclear power stations?

Ross

He could get the cfmeu to run them!!!!

Monique

Wait until then CFMEU sink their teeth in this doozy! LOL

Sharon

This has been tried with a government dept more than 30 years ago. Issue then shifted to ACCC where nothing came of it.

Will the petrol plan pay off? Picture: Dan Peled / NCA NewsWire

Time to go, Labor

Integrity Inferno

Wild? Yes. Desperate? Yes. Labor? Yes.

Edward

Would not trust this government with a servo slushy machine.

Peter

This government is mad. Stick to what you should be doing and stop wasting our money on flights of fantasy. It will be another chance for the public service to pretend they are commercial and blow millions but hey who cares money grows on trees in QLD

James

Imagine how much it will cost to build these petrol stations with union labor. I can imagine the blow out in costs added to every other project the Miles government starts.

Cost of living remains a big issue across the state. Picture: David Clark

Mixed messages

Donald

I thought Labor wants us all to ditch petrol cars and buy electric vehicles or use public transport. This proposal seems hypocritical and inconsistent.

Winston

So a government who is trying to get to ‘net-zero’ now wants to sell evil oil based products.

Budgie

Won’t it be fun lining up for one of the twelve stations! How about reducing the tax on fuel first. Vote buying at it’s best ha ha.

Chris

What’s joke. … and then they talk about renewables and the move towards solar and battery cars.

yes they want to get into the petroleum business.

Originally published as What you said about Steven Miles’ pledge for state-owned petrol stations