Side-by-side comparison of Qld election key policy promises
The upcoming Queensland election sees the LNP and Labor offering distinct approaches on key issues like tax, health, energy, and crime. SEE THE COMPARISON
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The upcoming Queensland election sees the LNP and Labor offering distinct approaches on key issues like tax, health, energy, and crime. Here’s a side-by-side comparison of their major policy promises.
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TAX
LNP:
No detailed plan yet, but vows to have “less” tax than Labor.
Will abolish stamp duty, first homebuyer tax, and GP payroll tax.
Tax plan will be revealed just before October 26.
Abolish payroll tax for GPs
ALP:
No new or increased taxes for residents.
Higher taxes for businesses/industry not ruled out.
Abolish payroll tax for GPs
COST OF LIVING
LNP:
Continue energy rebates based on household need.
Keep 50-cent fares permanent.
Cost-saving measures through productivity review.
ALP:
$1.4bn to provide school lunches for all primary school students
$1000 electricity rebate.
Government-owned energy retailer to compete in regions.
Keep 50-cent fares permanent.
State-owned fuel stations to help lower fuel prices.
Build 50 state-owned GPs that are fully bulk billed.
ENERGY
LNP:
Maintenance guarantee on state-owned coal-fired power plants.
Keep coal-fired power stations running indefinitely to ensure smooth renewable energy transition.
Repeal renewable energy targets.
Axe Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro.
Build smaller pumped hydro projects, now specifics on how many.
No nuclear energy.
ALP:
No nuclear energy.
Phase out coal by 2035 with 80 per cent renewable energy.
Pioneer-Burdekin and Borumba Pumped Hydro projects.
HEALTH
LNP:
$590m plan including attracting 34,200 clinicians and 18,781 nurses/midwives by 2032.
Reduce ambulance ramping to below 30 per cent by 2028.
Hospital doctors to get weekend overtime pay rise to ensure seven-day patient discharge
ALP:
15,000 new frontline staff by 2028, in fast track of 2032 plan.
2500 new hospital beds.
Existing $14bn hospital build program.
Seven new satellite hospitals.
Allow pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives in regions permanently
CRIME
LNP:
Tougher sentences for serious juvenile crimes.
Investment in early intervention and prevention programs.
12-month post-detention transition programs.
Regional ‘reset’ programs.
New GPS tracker program for high-risk DV offenders on Domestic Violence Orders.
ALP:
900 new police personnel (500 sworn officers) by mid-2027.
More police helicopters for Townsville, Sunshine Coast and Cairns.
CHILD SAFETY
LNP:
$383m plan to reform the child protection system
Overhaul the residential care system.
12-bed “Secure Care” facility for intensive wraparound care
Labor:
$500 million Putting Queensland Kids First Plan
ABORTION
LNP:
Pledged ‘no change’ to existing Termination of Pregnancy laws.
Unclear stance on conscience vote for future changes to abortion laws.
ALP:
No changes to current decriminalised abortion and VAD laws.
BRUCE HIGHWAY
LNP:
$20m for Walker Street – Bruce Highway intersection upgrade at Maryborough
Will lobby for the 80-20 funding split with the federal government.
$100m for regional inland highways
ALP:
$6bn in committed projects.
$1bn for an inland freight route to reduce Bruce Highway traffic.
COAL ROYALTIES
LNP:
No changes to coal royalties in the first term.
ALP:
Enshrined tiered “progressive” coal royalties in legislation.
TREATY
LNP:
Will repeal the Path to Treaty legislation.
Promises a “better way forward” for Indigenous issues, with no details.
ALP:
Continuing with the Path to Treaty and the truth-telling commission.
OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES
LNP:
100-day review on infrastructure investments, focused on roads and rail
No new stadiums
Open to private investment for infrastructure.
Committed to staying within $7.1bn budget.
ALP:
Smaller rebuild for Gabba.
Expanded QSAC at Nathan to be main Olympics venue.
No new stadiums
Committed to staying within $7.1bn budget.
ENVIRONMENT
LNP:
Focused on net zero by 2050.
Three new wildlife hospitals and a turtle rehab centre.
ALP:
Net zero by 2050, 75 per cent emissions reductions by 2035.
WATER SECURITY
LNP:
No new desalination plants or recycled water schemes
New dam for SEQ to be considered.
Three major projects, including two new weirs, to be built by 2028 for $126m
Rebuild Paradise Dam
Labor:
New desalination plant in southeast Queensland.
Rebuild Paradise Dam
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