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50c gimmick set to cost all Queenslanders: Katter
May 27, 2024
Waking up to the Sunday papers trumpeting fifty cent public transport fares, I simply shook my head, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader, and Member for Traeger, Robbie Katter said.
“Is this really the level that Brisbane’s parties are willing to stoop to?” he said.
“$150 million spent on a portion of the population (for only six months) at the expense of the rest of the state – the waste is unbelievable.
“For most of the state, having public transport at all would be quite the novelty!
“I lead the KAP - the only party other than Labor to have any seats in North Queensland - and there is nothing about this policy that truly benefits North Queensland – it actually costs us,” the member for Traeger said.
In yet another display of blatant vote buying, the Queensland government have announced 50c public transport tickets for six months from August.
“Where will this madness end?” Mr Katter said.
“We’ve just had $1,000 dished out to households to coverup the lie that the LNP vote with Labor to impose carbon emissions targets won’t hit Queenslander’s wallets, and now they’re at it again.
“$150 million over six months doesn’t sound like much when you’re the government but let me remind you that this is almost $30 per Queenslander that is being spent on this frivolous exercise.
“$30 for every man woman and child, of our own money, to pretend that Brisbane’s government cares about the cost-of-living strain on our communities.
“$30 from each person in Mount Isa, Charters Towers, and Mareeba, all to buy Brisbane votes.
“And the gall of this is the LNP just simply sign on blindly to this craziness.
“This just cements the fact that both the LNP and ALP have no real answers and are taking North Queenslanders for mugs.
“Ending ideologically driven shut down of industries, provision of reliable state-owned electricity, and scrapping useless emissions targets would create real cost-of-living relief to all Queenslanders, not just a handful of inner-city swing voters,” the North Queensland KAP Leader said.