Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has called on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to sign up to the 2015-17 National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH) to ensure Queensland received millions of dollars in funding for critical homelessness services.
“Queensland is one of only two states in Australia not to have signed up to the latest agreement, jeopardising $57 million in Federal Government funding to support our most vulnerable Queenslanders,” Mr Springborg said.
In a web video filmed with Federal Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison, Mr Springborg called on the Palaszczuk Government to put politics aside and sign up to this important National Partnership: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd9pNLVDQpM
“There’s no good reason to delay signing up to this agreement,” Mr Springborg said.
“The only new conditions that the Federal Government has placed on the funding is that priority be given to homelessness programs focused on domestic and family violence and youth homelessness and that the Queensland Government be clear and transparent about how funds are spent.
“Time and again we’ve seen the inexperience of the Palaszczuk Labor government result in administrative delays which have negative consequences for the people of Queensland.”
For more information on the NPAH agreement visit: https://www.dss.gov.au/housing-support/programmes-services/national-partnership-agreement-on-homelessness
