The State Opposition is calling on the Palaszczuk Government to reveal its plan for growing the economy and creating jobs.
Shadow Treasurer John-Paul Langbroek said that while Queensland had a strong growth outlook, he was concerned that Labor was crossing its fingers and hoping for growth rather than striving for it.
“Unemployment remains stubbornly high across the country, which is why it’s important for the Palaszczuk Government to step up and start delivering. Simply praying for jobs isn’t enough,” Mr Langbroek said.
“Under the LNP, Queensland was set to be the fastest-growing state in Australia – what is Labor’s plan to secure this growth?
“This government put a freeze on infrastructure, claiming that ‘Building Queensland’ was going to be set up as a matter of priority to help them figure out a plan for infrastructure but it hasn’t even been established yet.
“Queenslanders can’t keep waiting for Labor to get around to governing, livelihoods are at stake.”
Mr Langbroek said today’s jobs figures show that on a seasonally adjusted basis Queensland has the equal highest unemployment rate of any state.
“The figures also show that Queensland lost almost 8,000 jobs last month – the highest fall of any state,” he said.
“Even using the trend measure, Queensland’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average.
“Labor owes it to Queenslanders to outline their plan to create jobs and build the infrastructure this growing state needs.
“All we’ve heard so far is a deafening silence and it’s clear this is impacting confidence.
“We saw yesterday that consumer confidence has taken a hit and figures from earlier in the week indicated business confidence is down.
“The Premier has claimed her Government is all about “job, jobs, jobs” but her actions since the election show otherwise and that’s illustrated in today’s figures.”
