It’s been used repeatedly Annastacia Palaszczuk and her senior ministers throughout the campaign, but Labor’s hyped economic recovery plan has been slammed as a “glossy document” lacking details by a former Treasury official.
She sat around Anna Bligh’s Cabinet table when this asset was sold, but now Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is promising to try and buy it back in an election pitch to secure hundreds of jobs.
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick has tried to talk up the state’s unemployment rate, which is now worse than Victoria, saying that JobKeeper was masking the true situation in other states. POLL
Queensland Labor sold access to Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath to two high-profile businesses, after she’d introduced laws to ban the fundraisers. And the Premier can’t rule out it won’t happen again.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hit back at suggestions he is Queensland to hold Deb Frecklington’s hand during the election campaign, branding the quip “fairly offensive”.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called on Deb Frecklington to address reports related to property developers attending an LNP fundraiser event after the Opposition leader denied the allegations. It comes as Queensland again recorded no new COVID-19 cases.
The amount of debt owed by fine and toll dodgers in Queensland has reached more than $1.3 billion, with the Opposition claiming the dodgers were “laughing at Labor” as taxpayers were left footing the bill. But the LNP has outlined a new measure to recover the money.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is refusing to say why former deputy Jackie Trad won’t be back in her Cabinet if Labor is re-elected on October 31, after the announcement of her decision sparked an internal brawl.
Scott Morrison had to be escorted from the University of Queensland by police after protesters vandalised the Prime Minister’s car during a visit to the St Lucia campus. A teenage woman has been charged. SEE THE VIDEO HERE
Labor has promised to spend $265 million over four years establishing seven new satellite hospitals across Queensland, while the LNP has pledged money to cut surgery waiting lists as campaigning in the state this morning focuses on health.
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