September 3rd, 2010
Delivering affordable water security
The LNP is committed to guaranteeing supply of affordable water to residents in South East Queensland.
The LNP understands Queenslanders are struggling to pay for the massive increases in cost of living forced onto them by Bligh and Labor’s bungling and incompetence.
In Government we will protect Queenslanders from these massive prices rises. When [...]
July 12th, 2010
Complaints against police would be investigated within a month and resolved within two months under an LNP plan to overhaul the police discipline process.
State Opposition and LNP Leader John-Paul Langbroek said police under investigation would quickly know whether they were being “backed or sacked” under the LNP’s streamlined complaints process.
June 22nd, 2010
For many Queenslanders, building or renovating a home is a major investment in their life. Consequently, it is important that not only the building and construction industry is properly regulated, but that if something does go wrong in this process, there is a clear and straight-forward method of action to address the problem.
June 10th, 2010
The number one priority for the State Opposition is to see Queensland regain its AAA credit rating. The Government’s mismanagement of the economy, a refusal to listen to warnings from the financial markets and failure to put in place a debt repayment strategy saw Queensland stripped of its AAA credit rating – that decision alone is costing taxpayers $1.2 billion in extra interest payments.
May 19th, 2010
Ensuring honest and truthful election advertising is a crucial element of a fair and just democratic electoral system. This bill is about restoring confidence in our electoral process and restoring honesty in government. It is about ensuring that when people look to our State Parliament—irrespective of what side of the political divide they stand on—they can respect our democratic system rather than be suspicious of our democratic system.
April 20th, 2010
The LNP is committed to five key planks that will give security and certainty to our agriculture, resource and development industries: turning competing industry interests into compatible industry interests: turning uncertainty into certainty.
April 15th, 2010
Private Members Bill Title – Child Protection (More Stringent Offender Reporting) Amendment Bill 2010
Objectives of the Bill
The purpose of the bill is to strengthen reporting requirements of sex offenders on the Sex Offender Register and give the police the power to name missing sex offenders on the register, so that they can be located.
Sex Offenders placed [...]
March 19th, 2010
With over 200,000 employees in Queensland, the Queensland Government is the biggest business in the state. Unlike every other business in Queensland, there is no requirement that the Queensland Government specifically, and political parties in general, are held to standards of honesty and accountability.
March 10th, 2010
An estimated 1 in 10 school children are victims of cyberbullying. The images are forwarded through electronic technology: mobile phones, computers and social networking internet sites. Because of the use of technology, this type of bullying is not exclusive to school grounds, but pervades home life as well.
February 21st, 2010
Labor’s reference to detention as a last resort has stopped sentencing from acting as an effective deterrent and is failing to deliver sentences that meet the community’s standards.
February 21st, 2010
Overcrowded EDs, with long waiting periods to access beds, represent the most avoidable cause of harm in hospitals. The core problem is that much of the workload in EDs is directed at caring for sick persons who are waiting long periods to be allocated a bed.
February 21st, 2010
The LNP is committed to bringing honesty and integrity back into Queensland Parliament. This Bill would make it an offence to provide false evidence to the Legislative Assembly or a committee of the Assembly.
February 19th, 2010
The LNP believes the best decisions for local hospitals are made when hospital boards, made up of people working in their local communities, are making decisions about local hospital services and patient care.
February 19th, 2010
The Bill was introduced because of the Bligh Labor Government’s refusal to establish an independent Commission of Inquiry into allegations of corruption, cronyism and unethical behaviour by this Labor Government over the past 11 years.
February 19th, 2010
Alcohol fuelled violence is a growing problem in Queensland. The LNP believes banning glass in licensed premises is only part of a much broader response to tackling alcohol related violence in and around licensed premises across Queensland.
February 19th, 2010
The LNP believes that any offender who seriously assaults a police officer or an emergency services worker should serve a mandatory minimum jail sentence of three months imprisonment.
February 19th, 2010
Profit and wealth are the chief motivators of participants in organised crime. The Criminal Proceeds Confiscation (Serious and Organised Crime Unexplained Wealth) Amendment Bill 2009 proposes to do more than any other legislation ever introduced in Queensland to attack the profit and wealth motivators of organised crime.
February 18th, 2010
Legal Aid is a cornerstone of a fair and equitable justice system and we need to ensure that it is adequately funded. The LNP strongly acknowledges that Legal Aid plays an important role in the justice process and is seeking the community’s feedback and input into how we can improve the services and resources available to Legal Aid Queensland.
February 18th, 2010
The LNP believes that all vandals should be made to clean up graffiti and perform some form of community service as part of their sentence. This is a policy of making graffiti criminals pay for their crimes against the community.
February 18th, 2010
The LNP Disability Services (Criminal History) Amendment Bill 2009 aims to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our society. A person with a disability is reliant of their carer for their needs, including safety. To have a carer who jeopardises that safety is not acceptable.
February 18th, 2010
This LNP Bill will introduce an interlock scheme in Queensland as currently magistrates do not have the power to order an interlock be installed on the vehicle of a drink driver.
February 18th, 2010
People with disabilities have a vast range of abilities. To group all people with disabilities into one set of needs, one set of assessment and one system of funding ignores the needs, the wills and the abilities of these people. The LNP believes in providing individual levels of care and services according the ability and choice of each individual.
February 17th, 2010
Rural fire fighters, local residents and local fire experts are the people best placed to make common sense decisions to manage fire risks in their community. A LNP government will deliver Rural Fire Brigades greater local administrative and community autonomy.
February 17th, 2010
The LNP is committed to making fines for operating an illegal brothel a real deterrent. Under the Bligh Labor Government licence fees to establish a legal brothel start at $30,000, but the fines for operating illegally can be as low as $2000.
February 17th, 2010
A major issue for arts groups is funding. The current application process needs to be streamlined with increased consistency and funding transparency and simplified criteria.
The LNP is committed to introducing transparency and a long term approach to arts funding.
February 17th, 2010
The inability to communicate in English severely limits the ability of people to interact, to participate in our community and to contribute to our state. A LNP Government would ensure that linguistic services are promoted in the community, in terms of tutoring and translation.
February 17th, 2010
The LNP believes new solutions need to be found to meet the challenges of Fraser Island’s management practices. Stakeholders, residents and experts must be provided with every opportunity to report on issues they identify as important and provides options for new practices to be applied to this sensitive environmental location.
February 17th, 2010
The LNP is committed to establishing a Seniors Advocacy and Information Office, which will provide information and referrals to community service providers for seniors. This office would work in collaboration with community groups to promote seniors’ health and wellbeing.
February 16th, 2010
Community groups are the frontline in helping our community. Whether through helping those at risk of homelessness or those who are homeless; assisting families in financial difficulty or youth struggling with mental health problems; providing a helping hand for people who are socially or geographically isolated – it is often the charities and community groups who can reach out where no-one else can.
It’s time Queenslanders had their say on the real issues!
At the last election, Queenslanders never got to have their say on the State Government’s secret plans to sell-off $15 billion in public assets. Queensland Rail, along with our ports, forests and motorways belong to Queenslanders, yet we have never been given a say about their [...]
LNP Leader John-Paul Langbroek has released draft new laws that aim to ensure truth in political advertising and will be introduced to State Parliament in coming months.
Have your say on these draft new laws to put an end to the lies and excuses.
Draft Electoral (Truth in Advertising) Amendment Bill 2010