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Getting Qld Back in Business GETTING QUEENSLAND BACK IN BUSINESS The LNP’s Plan for 500,000 More Jobs and Lower Taxes Welcome Queensland is losing the economic State of Origin. While other states are moving ahead, we’re falling behind. Labor can’t manage the economy and this is costing Queenslanders jobs and opportunity. Under Labor we’ve seen Queensland’s domestic economy shrink, business investment plummet, business confidence at the lowest level in the country and 30,000 jobs lost last year – our worst year on record. Thousands of young people have given up looking for work and thousands more have lost their full-time jobs under Labor. Underemployment has spiked, meaning people aren’t working as many hours as they want. You are also earning $1,200 less because wages growth in Queensland under Annastacia Palaszczuk and Labor has stagnated compared to the rest of the country. The LNP’s Getting Queensland Back in Business plan will restart the economy and set a target to create 500,000 jobs over the next 10 years. We will create jobs and grow the economy by cutting taxes, cheaper electricity prices, building the infrastructure Queensland needs, getting young people into work and unleashing the potential of the private sector. The LNP will deliver on our 500,000 jobs target through our comprehensive policies for Queensland’s six economic drivers: • Tourism • Agriculture • Resources • Construction and Manufacturing • Services, Science and Technology, and • Education. These plans will create jobs and strengthen Queensland’s economic security. Only by Building a Better Queensland – will we deliver the jobs needed and restart our economy. Tim NICHOLLS MP Deb FRECKLINGTON MP Scott EMERSON MP 3 LABOR’S INACTION IS The cost of doing nothing is hurting Queensland families. Labor and Annastacia Palaszczuk are to blame. COSTING QUEENSLANDERS Tim NICHOLLS MP Infrastructure cuts Labor is investing $3 billion less a year on infrastructure compared to the LNP. Australia’s strike capital Shrinking domestic economy Labor cut infrastructure investment to Militant unions are running rampant in record low levels. Queensland where we lead the nation Labor has shrunk Queensland’s domestic for working days lost due to strike action. economy by $3.7 billion. Lowest business Lowest wage growth in confidence in Australia Australia Queenslanders are almost $1200 a The ANZ Property Council survey has year worse off compared to average consistently ranked the Palaszczuk Labor CAIRNS growth in weekly earnings. Government as the worst in Australia. 200 JOBS LOST TOWNSVILLE 5,600 JOBS LOST Business bankruptcy Major projects scrapped capital of Australia Labor has created uncertainty for major Queensland has more business projects like West Village, Cedar Woods, bankruptcies than any other State. Adani’s Carmichael Mine, GKI, and OUTBACK scrapped the $3 billion ASF project and FITZROY 4,500 JOBS LOST HOW CAN $2 billion Integrated Food and Energy 2,100 JOBS LOST Development. YOU AFFORD Fraud hits Labor ANOTHER 3 YEARS WIDE BAY program 2,000 JOBS LOST Labor’s flagship Back to Work Almost 99% of Market-Led OF LABOR? program is riddled with claims of fraud and misuse. Proposals stalled or rejected SUNSHINE COAST After nearly three years Labor has only 4,300 JOBS LOST approved two Market-Led Proposals. More than 100 MLPs have been rejected or stalled. BRISBANE CITY MORETON BAY 1,100 JOBS LOST 1,000 JOBS LOST 13/06/17 Courier Mail Source: Wide Bay youth Unemployment Queensland in a state of unemployment Queensland property grows amoung economic slump rate amongst the industry ‘despairs’ of young people Source: Townsville Bulletin country’s worst 11/01/17 29/08/17 Palaszczuk governmentSource: The Australian Source: Youth Job Losses: ABS 6291.0.55.001 - Labour Force Status by Age, Labour Market Source: Bundaberg NewsMail 4 Region (ASGS) 17/03/16 5 GETTING QUEENSLAND I want Queensland to be a place of opportunity again... and that means more local jobs for Queenslanders. BACK IN BUSINESS Tim NICHOLLS MP Cutting taxes for business and families Increase the payroll tax threshold by $25,000 a year Cheaper electricity for 10 years to give businesses certainty to invest and employ prices more Queenslanders. This is Scrap Labor’s 50% Renewable about supporting Queensland Energy Target, freeze businesses, creating jobs and executive bonuses until price- attracting new businesses to lowering and reliability targets this state. are met and facilitate the development of a baseload, low-emissions coal-fired power station in North Queensland. 500,000 MORE JOBS FOR Get young Queenslanders into work QUEENSLANDERS Get 20,000 young Queenslanders into jobs. Boosting apprenticeship completions and tackling chronic youth unemployment. Unleash the potential of the private sector Building the Implement the most aggressive Market-Led Proposal infrastructure framework in Australia, streamlining approvals for major projects, cutting red tape by 20% over six years and Queensland needs taking the lead on buying locally to support Queensland Boost investment in businesses with our Buy Local Price Match Guarantee infrastructure so Queensland Policy. gets the roads, bridges and dams it needs, generating construction jobs and boosting productivity. CONSTRUCTION & SERVICES, SCIENCE TOURISM MANUFACTURING RESOURCES AGRICULTURE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION 6 7 SIX KEY DRIVERS TO RESTART THE ECONOMY CONSTRUCTION & SERVICES, SCIENCE TOURISM MANUFACTURING RESOURCES AGRICULTURE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION The LNP’s Plan to Deliver The LNP’s Plan to Deliver The LNP’s Plan to Deliver The LNP’s Plan to Deliver The LNP’s Plan to Deliver The LNP’s Plan to Deliver Jobs and Economic Growth Jobs and Economic Growth Jobs and Economic Growth Jobs and Economic Growth Jobs and Economic Growth Jobs and Economic Growth CONSTRUCTION & SERVICES, SCIENCE TOURISM MANUFACTURING RESOURCES AGRICULTURE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION • Improving access to tourist • Overhauling the Market-Led • Streamlining approvals for • No changes to vegetation • Helping businesses to be more • Improving teaching standards WiFi hotspots Proposals framework to make major projects management laws innovative and ready for the • Empowering local school • Revitalising regional tourist it the most aggressive in • Prohibiting 100 per cent fly-in • Establishing an Energy and challenges of the future communities attractions Australia fly-out so regional communities Water Council to give farmers • Commercialising research • Providing specialist support to • Boosting tourism infrastructure • Slashing red tape in the sector have better access to jobs a seat at the table and putting opportunities vulnerable students, including and throwing our support • Not letting unions run rampant • $500 million Royalties for consumer representatives on • Boosting STEM pathways those with a disability behind projects like BEEP and ignore the rule of law Regions infrastructure program the board of state-owned utility • Making science more • Investing in early years • More international flights to • Buy Local Price Match in regional Queensland companies accessible in rural and regional education Queensland Guarantee to give local • Opposing Labor’s secret • Fair firearm laws that support Queensland • Ensure our classrooms are safe • Revitalised approach to businesses more opportunities Pristine Rivers policy that will our farmers • Invest in preventative health and address truancy rates integrated resorts restrict gas supply • Building the dams Queensland services to build stronger needs families 15/06/17 Nicholls targets LNP Leader Tim Nicholls Source: Courier Mail makes new pitch to LNP promises to Opposition Leader Tim power executives’ regional Queensland cut red tape by Nicholls uses Budget reply to 03/09/17 bonusesSource: Sunshine Coast Daily Source: Townsville Bulletin 20 per cent 04/03/17 pledge car rego freeze if LNP Source: Brisbane Times 15/05/17 8 wins government 9 GETTING QUEENSLAND BACK IN BUSINESS - CREATING 500,000 JOBS The LNP is committed to making our state Australia’s jobs powerhouse once again. Cutting Taxes and Charges We don’t think it’s good enough that full-time youth jobs have fallen by 15,000 and thousands more young people have given up looking for work under Labor1. Underemployment has spiked2, meaning people aren’t working as Labor has shown it can’t be trusted to lower taxes on families and businesses. Annastacia Palaszczuk was elected many hours as they want – this has hurt wages growth which is the weakest in the country3. promising no new or increased taxes, but broke that promise in the last two State Budgets. Taxes have increased 4 We don’t think it’s fair on the next generation of Queenslanders that under Labor our state is battling to be by more than $200 per family on Labor’s watch . Australia’s jobless youth capital. In Outback Queensland the youth unemployment rate is above 50 per cent. The LNP has already pledged to lower taxes on families by freezing family car registration for three years. In major centres like Townsville the youth unemployment rate is higher than 20 per cent. This represents a lost Queensland families with two 6-cylinder cars will save $200 under the LNP’s real plan. generation of young Queenslanders and after three years of the do-nothing Palaszczuk Government, things are only getting worse. Lowering payroll taxes for 10 years Labor’s failure on jobs is most obvious in its own State Budget papers. The 2017-18 State Budget showed massive To drive our 500,000 jobs target and help small businesses employ more Queenslanders, the LNP is cuts to employment growth over three years. These cuts to employment growth represent 80,000 jobs over the committing to increasing the payroll tax exemption threshold every year for the next decade. next three years. This will mean thousands of small businesses will no longer have to pay this tax and thousands more will see a We have a plan to make Queensland the leader in job creation and job security. reduction in their payroll tax bill. The LNP’s plan will kick-start the economy and create 500,000 jobs over the next 10 years.
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