Time to stop the blame game over vital services funding
I can only speak for the Nicklin electorate who feels neglected and let down by this government who has been in power for 25 of the last 30 years.
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IT'S GOOD to see the Premier and her ministers finally visit the Sunshine Coast but I see that she hasn't let a few facts get in the way of the Labor spin.
I can only speak for the Nicklin electorate who feels neglected and let down by this government who has been in power for 25 of the last 30 years. It's time to stop the blame game Premier.
Day after day in parliament we hear this government make excuses for not delivering vital services but at what point do they take responsibility for their generation of failure?
A few facts to counter the Premier's spin in the Sunshine Coast Daily article.
The Nicklin electorate has not been an LNP electorate for 20 years.
Since 2016 our new LNP Members Ted O'Brien, Andrew Wallace and Llew O'Brien as Team Queensland have secure record funding for the Sunshine Coast.
Never before has there been more federal spending here on our roads and infrastructure.
So, it's a fantasy for this Premier to blame her failure and neglect on others. In 2015 Labor promised that the Nambour Hospital upgrade would be finished by 2018.
They are just starting the project.
In 2017, Labor announced funding for a new Nambour Police Station to replace the donga and old leaky carport they currently work out of, then removed it from this year's budget and won't commit to the money for the next budget.
Our schools need funding for repairs, our roads need fixing and it's time this Premier stopped trying to blame others, looked in the mirror and started delivering.
I'll be keen to see what announcements she makes this week for the people of Nicklin.
But, it's the delivery that matters.
Action, not words are needed and I'll keep fighting for our share.
MARTY HUNT
Member for Nicklin
Originally published as Time to stop the blame game over vital services funding
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