State Election 2017 Election promises at a glance Liberal National Party (LNP) For more details on each, see www.betterqueensland.org.au 500,000 new jobs The LNP has promised to restart our state’s economy, creating 500,000 jobs across Queensland over the next decade with an economic plan for Queensland that would lower taxes for families and businesses and build the infrastructure Queensland needs. The LNP says it will deliver on their jobs target through their comprehensive policies for Queensland’s six economic drivers: tourism, agriculture, resources, construction and manufacturing, services, science and technology and education. Lowering taxes for families and businesses is at the core of the LNP’s economic plan. Cut to payroll tax The LNP has committed to lifting the payroll tax exemption threshold by $25,000 every year for the next decade so Queensland businesses pay less tax. The LNP’s plan will see the payroll tax exemption threshold increase to $1.35 million and businesses with payrolls up to $6.75 million will receive a deduction. More than 14,000 small to medium sized businesses across the state are set to benefit from the election promise to reduce taxes. Helping farmers battling high energy costs The LNP will offer a helping hand to farmers and irrigators facing high electricity costs by providing an electricity rebate on obsolete and transitional tariffs. LNP leader Tim Nicholls says farmers cannot continue to battle soaring electricity costs on their own and that’s why the LNP will introduce a “Food and Fibre Transition Payment” to primary producers on tariffs 62, 65 and 66. LNP to build dams The LNP will build more than $1.3 billion worth of critical water infrastructure and dams across the state, as well as set up a Queensland Dam Company based in regional Queensland to ensure these projects get underway. Action against domestic violence The LNP will introduce a tough new five-point plan to take real action against domestic violence. This includes: introducing a new offence of domestic violence; protecting victims of domestic violence through the court process; ‘Clare’s Law’ – disclosure of previous offending to intimate partners and family;
magistrates to rotate through a specialist domestic violence court; and a domestic violence one-stop support network. Better Bridges Program The LNP unveiled an $80 million Better Bridges Program which will see major upgrades and safety improvements to 11 infrastructure projects across the state, including $6.5 million towards upgrading King John Creek Bridge at Elimbah. The LNP’s Buy Local policy would apply to the Better Bridges Program to ensure local businesses and contractors were able to compete on a level playing field.
One Nation For more details on each, see www.onenation.com.au/policies Cutting power prices immediately If elected, One Nation in the next Parliament will allow power companies to keep the $1.3 billion a year in dividends they pay to the government so electricity prices can be cut by about 20%. Under the One Nation plan, the companies would then re-invest those funds into providing Queenslanders with cheaper power. Protecting local airports One Nation committed to protecting local airports around the state, by ensuring local airports are given 99 year leases so as they can seriously plan for the future. State Leader Steve Dickson said that many of them are under threat from the reduction of their lease terms and allowing housing developments to encroach onto airport perimeters. $1.5 billion Sunshine Coast spend One Nation have plans to axe State Government works contracts and reallocated departmental budgets to redirect the funds towards $1.5 billion worth of projects on the Coast, including $105 million in the electorate of State Leader Steve Dickson.
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