Labor’s ‘dumb’ Deb post a ‘distraction’, says Mander
The LNP’s Tim Mander has labelled a Queensland Labor Facebook post about Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington as ‘dumb’ and ‘dishonest’, while Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk insists the LNP, too, is putting out ‘disgusting’ content.
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ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk has taken a swipe at the LNP after being quizzed about a social media post by Queensland Labor.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Labor wrote, “Deb has been calling for the borders to be open for months. Negative Deb’s constant criticisms are a genuine risk to the health and economic welfare of Queenslanders.
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“If it was up to DEB (Frecklington), QLD would be FLOODED with Victorians.”
It came after Ms Palaszczuk called for the “border wars” to end.
She said she hadn’t seen the post, instead claiming political parties would be “putting out a lot of things” and “what I’ve seen from the LNP has been frankly disgusting”.
LNP Deputy Leader Tim Mander said the post was “dumb, dishonest and a distraction by Labor who has no plan for the economy.”
“Queensland had the highest unemployment rate under Annastacia Palaszczuk before COVID, all Labor is focussed on is dumb and dishonest politics,” he said.
“Only the LNP has a plan to drag Queensland out of recession by delivering a stronger economy and decade of secure jobs.”
Earlier on Wednesday morning, the Premier once again hit out at Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying she’d stayed ‘silent’ long enough amid the ‘ridiculous’ border war.
Speaking to Sunrise this morning, Ms Palaszczuk defended her frustration at the Prime Minister for singling out Queensland for its controversial coronavirus border closures.
“I was silent for a long time … I was copping it nearly every day,” she said.
“Queensland was singled out, not South Australia not Tasmania … It was coming thick and fast from a lot of senior federal cabinet ministers.”
Ms Palaszczuk claimed she’d ‘said my piece yesterday’ when she slammed the PM for encouraging ‘border wars’.
“I think a national leader should have been able to bring all of the states and territories together,” she said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Sunrise this morning that he believed Palaszczuk made the comments because “there is an election coming up” in Queensland.
“We got rid of internal borders almost 120 years ago and we are one country,” he said.
Palaszczuk called the comments ‘ridiculous’ this morning and justified her plan to review the reopening if other states record any outbreaks.
“We are living in uncertain times … (and) we’re definitely not through it yet,” Ms Palaszczuk told Sunrise.
“We’re hoping our plans go right ahead because it is good news for businesses.”
Ms Palaszczuk once again warned Queenslanders not to visit Victoria, reaffirming the state’s quarantine plan for anyone – including Queenslanders – travelling from Victoria.
Anyone travelling to Queensland from Victoria will face a 14-day self-funded hotel isolation period.