New Queensland Government as LNP wins majority

Queensland has a new State Government as voters elected the LNP to lead the state for the next four years at the weekend election.

LNP leader David Crisafulli will be the State’s next Premier.

During the campaign he outlined the party’s plans for the first few months of Government. This is what Queenslanders can expect:

First Week Following Swearing In:

Instruct the Department of Justice and Attorney-General to commence drafting the Making Queensland Safer Laws.
Meet with the Police Commissioner to outline additional support needed to address the Youth Crime Crisis.
Scrap the Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro.
Establish the Cabinet Housing Ministerial Taskforce.
Instruct Treasury to begin removing payroll tax for GPs.
Instruct Treasury to begin abolishing Stamp Duty on new builds for first home buyers.
Begin the review of the State DNA Lab.

First Month:

Confirm clear goals and KPIs so Ministers and Directors-General can be held accountable.
Direct Queensland Health to prepare for the publication of transparent real-time hospital data.
Instruct Queensland Health to begin the rollout of the Health Plan to reduce ambulance ramping and stabilise wait lists.
Implement the Electricity Maintenance Guarantee on government-owned power plants, with full transparency and accountability of maintenance requests to Shareholding Ministers.
Work with the Crime and Corruption Commission to bolster its reporting functions/
Appoint an Independent Infrastructure Coordination Authority to conduct a review and map out infrastructure and transport needs for Queensland and the Games, and report in 100 days.
Begin work on a 20-Year Tourism Plan.
Make 50 cent public transport fares permanent.

By The End Of 2024:

Legislate the Making Queensland Safer Laws, including removing detention as a
last resort and putting victims’ rights first.
Allow recipients of the First Home Owner Grant to rent out a room without a penalty.
Unlock church and charity-owned land for the Community Housing Sector.
Introduce legislation to re-establish the Productivity Commission, with its first order of business to be a regulatory review into the building industry.
Establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into volunteering.
Meet with the Residential Care Sector to chart a pathway forward for the dual-carer model of care.
Re-establish the Bruce Highway Advisory Council.
Establish a Tourism Cabinet Subcommittee.
Establish a Resources Cabinet Subcommittee.

First 100 Days:

Publish transparent real-time hospital data.
Assess current staffing levels across all regional Queensland maternity services to understand where the gaps are.
Consult with clinicians to determine the most appropriate name for “satellite hospitals” and begin work to identify which sites are suitable for CT and MRI machines to be added.
Begin work to tender for Regional Reset Camps.
Begin work to tender for the Staying on Track Program to divert at-risk children from turning to crime and rehabilitate youth offenders.
Launch an Inquiry led by the Queensland Family and Child Commission into the Blue Card Child Protection system.
Publish guidelines for funding extracurricular activities for kids in the Child Safety system ahead of our first LNP Budget.
Establish an independent Public Sector Commission.
Release information about current capacity levels for forensic medical examinations (rape kits) across Queensland hospitals.
Expand our Natural Resource Management Program to preserve natural environment.
Establish a dedicated working group to remove red tape and reduce the administrative burden on teachers.
Establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into Elder Abuse.
Re-focus the Small Business Commissioner on red tape reduction and dispute management for small businesses.
Bolster the capacity of the Director of Public Prosecutions to ensure matters backlogged in DNA Lab can be prepared for court.
Establish a working group with victims of domestic, family and sexual violence to highlight gaps in the system and opportunities for future reform.
Commence work on expanding opportunities for home ownership in Queensland’s Indigenous communities.
Disclose the real cost of Cross River Rail and when it will be completed.