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Many thought Annastacia Palaszczuk took a poison chalice when she became the Labor leader in 2012. But she deserves to wear the ‘accidental premier’ moniker no longer, writes Steven Wardill.
It was a move straight out of Pauline Hanson’s playbook that helped Labor to a surprise majority government win at the election. Ironically, it came with the help of One Nation supporters.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has promised to ‘roll up her sleeves’ and immediately get back to work after winning a historic third term with a surprise swing as voters abandoned the LNP and One Nation.
Taxpayers are forking out as much as $560 every business day for a recurring expense the State Opposition has blasted as a waste.
The State Government has promised to put thousands more police on the beat across Queensland over the next five years in what they say is the biggest investment in policing in 30 years.
Just days after Labor said this huge infrastructure project would take decades, the LNP has announced a $33 billion plan to get it done in 15 years.
Queensland Health, infamous for payroll and other IT fails, has been caught out in another embarrassing bungle that this time affects innocent third parties.
The State Opposition has blasted the eye-watering golden handshakes gifted to two departing senior bureaucrats, including Queensland’s former top cop.
The LNP has pledged more than $1b to hire thousands of new teachers and teacher’s aides. But the State Government says the numbers will actually lead to fewer new staff in classrooms.
Claims by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk that she did not know former Labor State Secretary Mike Kaiser have been contradicted by her own diary which clearly shows she met with the political mastermind on numerous occasions this year.
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