Monday 26 November 2012

LNP Soap Opera Continues

Media Release 

Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk says Ray Hopper's defection is another episode in what has become the non-stop soap opera of the Newman Government.
“Instead of delivering stable government, just eight months after taking office the Newman Government spends all its time papering over its internal divisions,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
“It’s no surprise that we repeatedly hear of talk within LNP ranks about discontent with the leadership of the government.
“Ray Hopper has joined people like Clive Palmer in delivering a vote of no confidence in the LNP leadership team.
“What we are seeing just eight months after an election is a government lurching from one crisis to the next — ministers quitting, integrity standards not being met, a senior bureaucrat stood aside, and rural and regional communities ignored.
“On top of that the government has delivered little except mass sackings, jobless rates at the heights not experienced since the global financial crisis, and savage cuts to frontline services including the closure of nursing home beds that are distressing the elderly and their families.
“Queenslanders have every right to feel double-crossed by the LNP after the promises it made before the election about delivering higher standards.
“So far we have seen no evidence of higher standards or the ‘humility, grace and dignity’ promised by the Premier.
“Instead of delivering good government the LNP spends its time and energy just holding itself together.”
Ms Palaszczuk said she was not surprised by Mr Hopper’s move.
“Mr Hopper may have concerns about the LNP’s direction but he also has a history of jumping ship when things don’t go his way,” she said.
“He has made his views about the Premier and the LNP leadership team well known around the corridors of Parliament House starting on the day the Newman Cabinet was announced.
“I suspect the voters in Condamine may feel slighted having just eight months ago put their trust in Mr Hopper to be their voice in an LNP government.”

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