On 1st July drivers across the region will pay more for car registration than ever before as Labor’s unfair increase comes into effect.
Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington said while the LNP froze car registration for three years, Labor is slugging drivers with an increase two and a half times the inflation rate.
“For people in regional areas, especially those with multiple car registrations, this is an unfair increase. It will put unnecessary cost of living pressure on the families in our region,” Mrs Frecklington said.
“In Parliament, the LNP moved a disallowance motion to stop the 3.5 per cent increase however every single Labor MP voted for it to stay.
“Queenslanders voted for a government that put its interest first, not the interests of its party.”
Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg said Labor is using Queensland taxpayers as cash cows to compensate for its lack of an economic plan.
“With the budget only two weeks away, Queenslanders will be wondering if they will have to reach into their own pockets, like they have had to with car registration, to help the struggling Treasurer balance the books,” Mr Springborg said.
“Queenslanders didn’t vote for massive price hikes and that is exactly what they have got from Labor.”
