CHAOS, CRISIS & CRIME

Queensland crime soars as police numbers fall 

It won’t come as a surprise to Bribie Island residents, but damning analysis of Queensland Police Service statistics has revealed the Queensland crime crisis is worsening. Disappointingly, the Palaszczuk Labor Government continues to deny its devastating impact on communities.    In the first seven months of this year:

• Theft is up 24% on 2022

• Break-ins are up 17% on 2022

• Stolen cars are up 12% on 2022

The chaos and crisis in the Palaszczuk Labor Government has allowed crime to surge across Queensland. They no longer care and they're out of ideas to tackle the Queensland Youth Crime Crisis.      2023 started where 2022 ended and business owners and locals are sick of the false hope and broken promises. The premier’s heart is no longer in the job and Queenslanders deserve better. She refused to meet with victims of crime when they marched to Parliament House last month, she refuses to introduce tough laws and she no longer listens to Queenslanders.       Incredibly, there are 202 fewer police officers in Queensland because the Labor Government can’t follow through on their commitment to hire more police officers. Weaker laws and fewer police, is it any wonder crime has increased?      We know you just want to feel safe in your own home.    

The LNP has put solutions on the table to start tackling Queensland’s Youth Crime Crisis, including creating consequences for actions, unshackling the judiciary by removing detention as a last resort and delivering gold standard early intervention. The premier and the government need to adopt these solutions.   

Labor takes the razor to Queensland grassroots sports

Bribie Island, Caboolture and the City of Moreton Bay have always produced world class athletes across nearly every sport possible. But that may be under threat. The Palaszczuk Labor Government has been caught-out making savage budget cuts to grassroots sporting organisations in the lead-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

After multibillion-dollar blowouts and wasteful spending on projects like Wellcamp, the Labor Government has now resorted to secretly slashing funding to claw-back cash. Some of Queensland’s most popular junior sports organisations including Queensland Little Athletics, Queensland Gymnastics and Yachting Queensland have all suffered tens of thousands in funding cuts.

The Labor cuts come after the government shifted grassroots sports funding from the Active Industry Fund to the Active Industry Base Fund. Under the so-called ‘Base Fund’ the maximum amount available to organisations is $50,000 less than what was previously available under the previous funding program.

Grassroots sports were paying the price of Labor cuts due to a wasteful government. Our next generation of athletes deserve a government’s full support in the run-up to the 2032 Games, not a razor gang attacking grassroots sports funding. These secret and savage Labor cuts are further proof of their chaos and crisis.

When a government allows budget blowouts and wasteful spending like Wellcamp, Queenslanders pay the price. The very clubs and groups helping develop our next generation of sports superstars are facing the funding guillotine at the time they should be ramping up development.

This is more evidence Labor only cares about the red carpets and parties during the games, instead of delivering the generational growth and infrastructure Queenslanders were promised.