#qldvotes2017 LNP Policies

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/Robert_Dow/status/933583982851059712

[SurfRail]

This is going to get canned again, isn't it?

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/9NewsQueensland/status/933590595309920256

[ozbob]

This is going to get canned again, isn't it?

Yep, if the LNP is returned to Government either as majority or in a minority government with mad men and women.

If that happens it will be a lot of sad fun watching the state slowly fail hey?

I am kind of looking forward to highlighting the LNPs role in rail fail and NGR fail if they get into Government.

[Stillwater]

And if Labor gets in, it will be bye-bye SCL duplication.  Politics always trumps good policy in Queensland, no matter who is in power.

[ozbob]

And if Labor gets in, it will be bye-bye SCL duplication.  Politics always trumps good policy in Queensland, no matter who is in power.

The SCL business case is with IA.  I think it will eventually get funding, no matter who is controlling the coffee machines in Big Willy.

[ozbob]

Sent to all outlets:

23rd November 2017

LNP will can Cross River Rail

Greetings,

So it is confirmed.  The LNP will ' kill Cross River Rail ' (see > https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=12633.msg200805#msg200805 )

This will be a very sad outcome for Queensland should this occur.  Brisbane & SEQ is already the public transport joke of the major capitals, with the LNP back in Government it will further worsen and SEQ will be in terminal gridlock.

It is a great shame the media does not properly highlight the LNP's role in setting up rail fail, and in particular the New Generation Rollingstock issues.

Best wishes,
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track https://backontrack.org

Sent to all outlets:

22 November 2017

LNP plan to can Cross River Rail

Good Morning,

Media this morning confirms the LNP will can Cross River Rail.  An outcome that will disastrous for the future of the rail network and precipitate terminal gridlock and chronic transport failure for SEQ. This will in turn effect all of Queensland as SEQ stagnates economically and the flow on will effect all of Queensland.  Cross River Rail is essential for capacity and frequency increases on the entire network and will enable the planned rail expansions to places such as Flagstone, Ripley, Caloundra and Coolangatta.  Remember Infrastructure Australia had Cross River Rail as the number one project in Australia a couple of years back.  A change of Governments and they now will not give it the priority status it once had.

There is a lot of pent up rail demand on our network.  We have seen very significant passenger load increases on the urban rail networks throughout Australia.  SEQ has stagnated to a degree.  This was due to the failed five year fare path, and then impacted by rail fail.  The new fare structure for SEQ has now been implemented.  As rail fail issues, particularly the crewing problems, are overcome, the timetable will return to better frequencies and passenger loads will boom.  To delay Cross River Rail would be an absolute folly and would create enormous problems in the years to come.

LNP Leader Tim Nicholls has said the ' Brisbane Metro ' is the answer.  Wrong, it is part of the answer together with Cross River Rail.  The Brisbane Metro is essentially bi-articulated buses running on the existing busways with some flow improvements. The good thing about the Brisbane Metro is that it will force bus network reform for Brisbane.  Something our politicians have been too gutless to do otherwise.  The Brisbane Metro is not going to address the wider public transport needs across SEQ however.  Cross River Rail is essential in this respect.

It will be difficult for many to support the LNP, or One Nation for the Queensland Election on the basis of ' killing  Cross River Rail '.
You make your bed, you lie in it in the end.

Best wishes,
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track https://backontrack.org


References:

18 Jul 2017: Will the LNP axe Cross River Rail?
http://brizcommuter.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/will-lnp-axe-cross-river-rail.html

16 Nov 2017: LNP & PHON - The Consequences of Bad Decisions
http://brizcommuter.blogspot.com.au/2017/11/

Cross River Rail all but ruled out under an LNP government
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland-election-2017/cross-river-rail-all-but-ruled-out-under-an-lnp-government-20171121-p4yx56.html

Queensland Election 2017: LNP leader Tim Nicholls indicates he would delay Cross River Rail
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/queensland-election-2017-lnp-leader-tim-nicholls-indicates-he-would-delay-cross-river-rail/news-story/7bc7a901e88ca12b489b9d9e36f37269

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/Robert_Dow/status/933598293363277824

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/Robert_Dow/status/933602494407516160

[Mr X]

From my point of view, we can't afford an LNP govt. If they get in and scrap CRR, it'll be 2020 before the ALP or a pro-CRR party can win again, if they start building in 2021 it won't be open until maybe 2025. That's 7 years away!

[ozbob]

From my point of view, we can't afford an LNP govt. If they get in and scrap CRR, it'll be 2020 before the ALP or a pro-CRR party can win again, if they start building in 2021 it won't be open until maybe 2025. That's 7 years away!

Would be later I reckon.  It is now critical that ALP win this election.  Then Cross River Rail continues now.  There is a high probability that the ALP will win the next Federal election.  They will then correctly part fund Cross River Rail, this will then flow on to other projects that Cross River Rail will really enable.  It will be a busy construction period.  But it all really depends on the ALP getting over the line on Saturday.

The LNP promise a bit but rarely deliver sadly.  All the major public transport improvements have been Labor lead.  That is a simple fact.

[Stillwater]

The CRR associated projects will be critical.  The state government probably was not able to quantify them, or their benefits, at the time the CRR Business Case was lodged with IA.  (Think stadium on top of Roma Street Station.)  Hence IA's position on CRR -- the business case was flawed, not the concept.  The door is open for another Business Case to be lodged.

Every city that has hosted an Olympic Games or a Commonwealth Games has suffered an economic slump immediately afterwards, only to recover when the tourism benefits kick in about 2-3 years later.  When SEQ suffers the post games blues, something is needed to maintain the economic momentum.

[ozbob]

Couriermail --> Queensland Election 2017: Cross River Rail axed to pay for LNP campaign promises

THE Cross River Rail will be scrapped and more than $2.3 billion clawed back from government programs and the public service under an LNP plan to help pay for its election commitments.

Shadow treasurer Scott Emerson yesterday revealed how the LNP would manage the books and pay for its $4.3 billion in promises should voters return the party to power after three years in ­opposition.

That includes a $1.6 billion public service efficiency dividend that Mr Emerson insisted would not include forced redundancies.

About $704 million would be reallocated from Labor programs, including $150 million from a program to transfer 17-year-olds out of adult prisons, and $42 million from the Skilling Queenslanders for Work program.

It also includes ditching Labor's plans to build the Cross River Rail by 2023, with about $2.56 billion in funding set aside for the project diverted to other projects.

"The LNP is not walking away from Cross River Rail, but we won't be rushing through a $15 billion project because Labor wants to save a few seats in inner-city Brisbane," Mr Emerson said.

"This project is too expensive to get wrong."

He said the public service would be asked to save "less than one cent out of every dollar they spend ... an achievable and responsible approach, which means we can reinvest extra funding".

The public service would not be allowed to grow at the rate it had grown under Labor, he said, and added that the LNP would maintain the existing wages policy.

"We also would expect the public service will grow, but we don't expect it will grow at the kind of levels we are seeing under this Government ... at four to five times the population rate," he said.

Mr Emerson took aim at Treasurer Curtis Pitt's revelation that Labor would introduce four new taxes should it be returned to office, saying: "There are no new taxes here."

The LNP failed to spell out any significant debt reduction plans, only shaving about $679 million off the estimated $81.1 billion debt the state is hurtling towards by 2020-21.

Under the LNP, that debt figure would come in at $80.468 billion instead.

"What we said all the way through this campaign is that we will move to stabilise debt over the economic cycle," Mr Emerson said.

Can you imagine Emerson as a Treasurer?  Hopeless Transport Minister and part of the reason we have rail fail and NGR fail.  Does not auger hope for the future with the LNP hey?  God help us!

[Mr X]

.. and the LNP likely won't get enough seats to form majority govt so if they form a coalition with One Nation ( ) we could see some ONP in the ministry.

[James]

.. and the LNP likely won't get enough seats to form majority govt so if they form a coalition with One Nation ( ) we could see some ONP in the ministry.

Doubtful. If the LNP get in, they'll need to hold on to key seats such as Glass House, Maiwar and Mansfield - all ministerial seats at risk. Regardless, Nicholls has ruled out a coalition with One Nation. Confidence and Supply, yes, coalition, no. Which is smart - if both major parties took the Palaszczuk line of "No deal with one nation", we could feasibly be continually holding elections until the electorate stops voting for One Nation, or the LNP-ALP join together to form a 'grand coalition'.

A coalition with ONP would just throw the LNP into the electoral wilderness for a decade. I don't think they're that silly.

[ozbob]

Couriermail --> Queensland LNP report card reveals room for improvement

OPPOSITION Leader Deb Frecklington continues to set an election campaign-style pace since taking over from Tim Nicholls last year.

There has barely been an issue she or her deputy Tim Mander have not tried to gain political mileage from.

It is a strategy designed to gain Frecklington maximum exposure as the LNP attempts to take some of the shine off the second term Palaszczuk Government. In Opposition, it is all about the leader.

The Opposition has had some wins, like snookering the Government on fuel price monitoring and forcing them into holding a tolling inquiry, but have so far struggled to make any headway against Labor in the opinion polls.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's personal popularity continues to climb while Frecklington slipped backwards in the preferred Premier stakes in the last YouGov Galaxy poll and about 41 per cent of voters polled in May were also unsure about the Opposition Leader.

With the Opposition's manoeuvres aimed squarely at increasing Frecklington's profile, it can be tough for her shadow cabinet to cut through.

Some are still managing to gain traction. Others, however, are not. Our overall mark is a repectable 'C+'.

DEB FRECKLINGTON (B)

Opposition Leader and Trade

No one can argue she's not giving the Opposition leadership her all. Her strategy has so far been to throw everything she has at anything she can. Sometimes it works. Sometimes not. It doesn't matter. The aim at this stage of the game is to raise her profile so the public starts to learn who she is and, hopefully, like her.

JARROD BLEIJIE (B)

Manager of Opposition Business; Education and Industrial Relations

One of the Opposition's hardest working frontbenchers both publicly and privately, helping drive the LNP's parliamentary strategy. He might not always land the moves in the House but every time he drives the Government MPs crazy it is a win for him.

TIM MANDER (B-)

Deputy Opposition Leader, Shadow Treasurer

As a former NRL video referee there have no doubt been many occasions where he has watched the replay of his political manoeuvres and realised he was, in fact, off-side. But those missteps are becoming fewer as he gains more experience in front in the cameras.

ROS BATES (B-)

Health and Ambulance Services and Women

Her approach in Opposition is akin to that of a shark honing in on its prey. She circles her Government opponent, brushing past and nudging them every now and then, hoping to throw them off balance before coming in for the kill. She is relentless. She is the shadow spokeswoman the Government ministers dread.

DAVID JANETZKI (B-)

Attorney-General and Justice

He has only been in the House for two years but is considered to be one of the Opposition's best shadow Cabinet performers. He took over a tough portfolio for the LNP with the legal fraternity still bruised from its fight with the former Newman government. But he is making headway.

DAVID CRISAFULLI (B-)

Environment, Science and the Great Barrier Reef and Tourism

One of the few Opposition frontbenchers with a profile thanks to his past ministerial career and the constant leadership speculation that dogs him. He has used that to dog the Government for its decision to bring back the waste levy.


MICHAEL HART (B)

Energy, Housing and Public Works, Innovation and Digital Technology

A Twitter warrior who regularly finds himself in a war of words with his former sparring partner Mark Bailey – and members of the media – he has made energy his own. His other portfolio areas, not so much.

JOHN-PAUL LANGBROEK (B-)

Sport, Racing, Multicultural Affairs and Commonwealth Games

He went head to head with Kate Jones and Peter Beattie in the race to take the best selfie and in the battle to expose shortcomings in the Government's Commonwealth Games prep. But with the Games now long gone he needs to shift his focus to racing.

TONY PERRETT (C)

Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Forestry

He has a profile in the regions where it counts and helped lead the charge in opposing Labor's tree clearing laws.

STEVE MINNIKIN (C)

Transport and Main Roads

He has made some headway with the QR disaster, shining a light on the rail fail's cost to taxpayers. But with the Government still a long way off fixing the debacle he could be making more of an impact.

ANDREW POWELL (C)

State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning

Cameron Dick is one of Labor's smartest operators who has been reinvigorated thanks to the post-election reshuffle which saw him ditch the poisoned chalice of Health for State Development. Powell is yet to land any real blows on him.

FIONA SIMPSON (C)

Employment and Small Business, Training and Skills Development

She excelled as Speaker and relished her role in Opposition looking after the local government sphere. However, she's struggling to gain traction in this portfolio and it will be no easy task for her to do so either, given any major scandals will be fodder for the Opposition leadership.

ANN LEAHY (C)

Local Government

This portfolio is dominating the news and legislative agenda so Ann Leahy's name should be well known in households across the state. But when you are in Opposition the leader takes the lead on the stories of the day and Leahy is struggling to steal some of that limelight.

CHRISTIAN ROWAN (C-)

Communities, Disability Services and Seniors, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and the Arts

He has been scrapping with the Government over health issues of late while relieving colleague Ros Bates but he's yet to land any serious political blows on his regular ministerial opponents in Coralee O'Rourke, Jackie Trad and Leeanne Enoch.

STEPHEN BENNETT (C-)

Child Safety, Youth, the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence and Veterans

Following in the footsteps of Ros Bates can't be easy. But the Child Safety portfolio has completely dropped under the radar as he struggles to gain anywhere near the same amount of traction.

DALE LAST (D)

Natural Resources and Mines and Northern Queensland

He helped the LNP wage regional war against tree-clearing but has had little to no wins in his own portfolio. And there is headway to be made, especially where Adani is concerned.

TREVOR WATTS (D)

Police and Counter Terrorism and Corrective Services

Law and order is a bread and butter policy area for the LNP. It dominated their agenda last term, but things have gone quiet since then.

LACHLAN MILLER (D)

Fire, Emergency Services and Volunteers

If having a "Minister for Fire Trucks" seems crazy, then you may need a Bex and a lie down because the Opposition has its own fire truck spokesman to hold that minister to account. Both he and his ministerial counterpart would benefit from a reshuffle.