Premier’s promise to Toowoomba voters:
ON November 25 I will be asking the people of the Toowoomba region for their support so my government can continue working with, and for them.
Queenslanders now have a choice to make between a stable Labor Party government with a solid track record of delivery or a chaotic and risky rabble comprising the LNP and One Nation.
I promised Queenslanders there was a better way and as Premier I have led a government that’s proved it.
We have governed for all Queenslanders and all parts of Queensland.
My government Labor has a clear vision for Queensland and the experience, drive, and commitment to deliver it.
Our economic plan and three State Budgets in surplus have already seen growth up, jobs up, confidence up, and our unemployment rate down.
Across the state we have cut our unemployment rate and created 122,500 net new jobs.
Our focus on creating jobs has seen the unemployment rate in Toowoomba decline to 5.4% in September from 5.5% the previous month.
We are restoring frontline services cut by the LNP – in our hospitals, our schools and in our communities.
Throughout the region we have employed more than 300 extra doctors, nurses, and other health professionals on the frontline.
We are helping fund the Second Range Crossing and bypass route, refurbishing hospital accommodation and expanding operating theatre capacity, supporting development of the Toowoomba Enterprise Hub, and making major improvements to schools across the region.
Queenslanders know that what I promise, I deliver, because I keep my commitments.
We have already delivered 505 or 91% of our 553 specific commitments made to Queenslanders at the last election.
My Government has made a strong start on repairing the damage done by Campbell Newman and Tim Nicholls.
We have kept our electricity assets in public ownership to ensure our electricity supplies are secure and power prices are stable.
We are working with business and industry to lift investment and innovation and create jobs now and for the future.
While we have achieved much, there is much more work to do.
Queensland’s best days are ahead of us.
Our Sunshine State is well positioned for prosperity and jobs growth.
But it won’t fall into our lap. It will require focus, hard work and stability to take advantage of the opportunities before us.
We have a clear vision for Queensland and the drive and commitment to deliver it.
What we have achieved and what we have planned would be put at risk if there was a cobbled together LNP-One Nation government that would send our great State backwards.
An LNP-One Nation government will privatise our assets. They will weaken gun ownership laws. They will retreat on important health initiatives like vaccination. They will cut frontline services. They will walk away from protecting the Great Barrier Reef. And they will not fight for our fair share of the GST from Canberra.
Queensland is at its best when we all work together.
Our greatest asset is our people. We saw that in our response to Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
I ask Queenslanders to once again place their trust in my Government to put in place our plans for continued economic growth; more jobs now and in the future; for new investment; to continue protecting our environment; to steer our state to new frontiers; and to put Queensland first.