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My Priorities for McConnel
Making Our
Community Safer
The youth crime crisis is hurting our community, with rampant car thefts, break-ins, and assaults. People no longer feel secure in their homes or neighbourhoods. Labor just aren’t serious on crime.
The LNP will re-establish the stability and safety Queensland communities deserve, instead of the chaos and turmoil we’ve experienced under Labor. Our proposed solutions include:
- Restore consequences for actions for Adult Crime with Adult Time.
- Ensure judges can impose sentences that reflect community expectations.
- Reform early intervention programs to divert young lives from crime.
- Enforce the Staying on Track rehabilitation program to bridge the gap and drive down youth reoffending rates.
- Increase the number of police on the beat.
Securing our
Housing Foundations
Rental vacancy rates in our area are near record lows, and Labor’s lack of foresight and planning has made an already tight market even worse, pushing up rents.
The LNP’s Securing our Housing Foundations Plan will boost supply by:
- Raising the stamp duty threshold for first home buyers on existing homes.
- Abolishing stamp duty for first home buyers buying and building a new home.
- Delivering better infrastructure to support sustainable growth.
- Removing barriers to home ownership and opening up more rental options.
- Unlocking 10,000 new social and community homes on church and charity-owned land.
- Removing restrictions preventing first home buyer grant recipients from renting-out rooms and opening up rental supply.
My career has been dedicated to delivering real outcomes in transport, infrastructure, cost of living and housing supply. I’m ready to serve our community and deliver for the people of inner-city Brisbane.
Christien Duffey
LNP for McConnel
Saving You
Paying for Labor's Failures
Every day I hear from more McConnel locals who are feeling cost-of-living pain. Groceries, rent, mortgage repayments, fuel, insurance - crucial bills just keep going up.
Queenslanders know how to manage their own budgets. However, nine years in, clearly the Palaszczuk/Miles Labor Government has no idea how to manage its own budget.
The LNP will put a stop to skyrocketing State Government bills. We’ll deliver:
- Reliable, affordable and sustainable power.
- Affordable car rego and licences.
- Housing supply solutions to help bring down rent costs.
- An end to budget blowouts so you don’t have to pay for Labor’s failures.