Our priorities for better government in Queensland include:
- Investing in agricultural industries to develop new technology and new markets for regional Queensland
- Ensuring energy transition is affordable, sustainable and beneficial for all Queenslanders
- Supporting volunteers and community organisations to strengthen our communities
- Supporting Social Enterprises to help our most vulnerable
- Improving women’s economic security
- Boosting student-to-teacher ratios in schools
- Cracking-down on violence against teachers and students
- Improving opportunities for children with additional needs
- De-cluttering the curriculum so teachers can teach
- Investing in Indigenous communities to create opportunity
- Preserving our environment with additional focus on local environmental projects and enhanced invasive species management
- Improving the health of our waterways
- Increasing protected areas across our State working with land owners
- Publishing key performance indicators for government services and reporting on progress
- Reforming the Right to Information process
- Reforming the Estimates process
- Strengthening the independence of the Integrity Commissioner
- Strengthening the independence of the Auditor-General
- Ensuring public servants feel safe in their employment
- Strengthening and empowering the public service
- Building a culture of frank and fearless advice in the public service
- Appointing a Minister for Open Data and a Minister for Integrity in Government
We will restore integrity and govern for all Queenslanders on the priorities that matter to them.
David Crisafulli
Leader of the Liberal National Party and State Member for Broadwater
Geraldine’s
Story
Geraldine’s family has lived in regional Queensland for nearly a decade and seen opportunity and prosperity outside of Brisbane fade away. She feels living in regional Queensland is becoming more and more difficult with services disappearing, infrastructure left neglected and crime escalating.
Geraldine volunteers at a local school and has watched-on as Queensland’s education outcomes have gone backward in recent years.
To get the specialist medical treatment she needs, Geraldine is now forced to travel hours to Brisbane, which is costing her more because regional Tilt Train services have been cut.
She is worried about the Brisbane-centric focus of the Labor Government and the impacts on transport, infrastructure, health and policing. She’s worried the Government seems to have checked-out on the important decisions and has no interest in consulting regional Queenslanders about decisions impacting their lives.
Geraldine is frustrated her regional community and others have been disregarded and simply don’t have the representation they need.
The Government has forgotten about regional Queensland. In my job we future-plan, but this Government doesn’t look ahead. They make decisions without consultation and without thinking how it impacts us.
Geraldine
A prosperous future for our regional communities
Regional Queenslanders feel ignored and disregarded.
While our regions are the economic powerhouses of Queensland’s economy, they don’t feel they are sharing the benefits.
The services taken for granted in cities are increasingly disappearing from regional areas under this Labor Government.
Regional Queenslanders want their government to prioritise bringing back services and jobs to their communities.
An LNP Government will value and recognise the important part regional Queensland plays in our State’s future. Regional communities will not be abandoned.
Our regional communities have been built on the back of robust resource, agriculture and tourism sectors. These industries will continue to have a place in Queensland’s future.
An LNP Government will identify new opportunities for these industries using new technology and identify new markets for these products. An LNP Government will ensure these industries can grow while demonstrating the highest standards of sustainability and environmental protection for the benefit of all.
An LNP Government will also ensure regional Queensland has the transport links, health services and social infrastructure needed for their continued prosperity.
Our priority will be making regional communities more desirable places to live, work and relax, because thriving regional communities are critical for the future of our great State.