LNP President Lawrence Springborg’s rare criticism of Queensland reopening plan
Queenslanders who are rolling up their sleeves to get vaccinated to avoid ongoing lockdowns deserve confidence this crippling pandemic is coming to an end, Lawrence Springborg says in a rare public criticism.
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Generations of Australians will be saddled with crippling debt as ongoing lockdowns and border closures delay the revival of state and national economies, Lawrence Springborg has declared.
In a rare public criticism Mr Springborg, mayor of Goondiwindi Regional Council and president of the LNP, said vaccinated residents must be offered hope the Covid-19 pandemic would end.
“Australians need to be able to be confident about the end of this – notwithstanding extraordinary circumstances – that they’ll be given the opportunities and the liberties they yearn for, for doing their bit,” he said.
Mr Springborg said ongoing lockdowns and state and international border closures was unsustainable with governments forced to splash millions in financial support.
“It’s hurting people, it’s hurting our economy,” he said.
“It’s kicking generations of debt into the future.
“A lot of people think this is sustainable, it isn’t … we’re drawing down on generations of good financial management.”
Mr Springborg’s Goondiwindi Regional Council area has Queensland’s highest Covid-19 jab rate, with more than 82 per cent of people receiving their first dose and 66 per cent fully vaccinated.
The gentleman of politics and founding father of the LNP said there was no secret to his Queensland border community’s success.
“Our vaccine rollout has been going very, very well and we’ll just keep improving,” he said.
“What we’ve done is encouraged vaccination, worked to make it available and people have just risen to the occasion.
“A high level of vaccination is the only way we’ll get back to any form of normality.
“There’s not going to be a perfect normal, this virus will keep evolving and we’ve just got to keep getting vaccinated.”
The former Opposition leader said it was vital Australians only take vaccine and Covid-19 advice from credible sources and declared they should ignore comments by Federal MP Craig Kelly and those on social media.
“There’s so much information available and a lot of it is misleading and dangerous – people are being trapped into believing what is dangerous information,” he said.
“That puts lives at risk.”
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