The Queensland LNP have a policy (just the one !) which they believe will sweep them into government come the 26 October state election. They have taken their lead from the Northern Territory CLP where it’s all about crime and punishment – mainly Aboriginal crime although that is thinly veiled.

The Queensland LNP have adopted the slogan ‘Adult Crime Adult Time’ which means in the Qld context ten year olds could be convicted to serve adult sentences as in Queensland the minimum age of criminal responsibility is currently10 (Queensland Criminal Code Act 1899, Section 29).

At the present time LNP advertising is being beamed out across the state with LNP hopeful David Crisafulli looking very sternly at the camera and telling us that under an LNP government it will be ‘Adult Crime, Adult Time’. That seems to be the only LNP policy that is discernibly different to the ALP. Even the LNP are opposed to the Dutton nuclear energy power rollout.

After lambasting the fifty cent public transport trial introduced by Labor – now to be a permanent fixture – the LNP have gone very quiet and now quietly acknowledge that they have had a rethink and will not now reverse this policy which they had previously believed to be recklessly extravagant and wasteful : they now support the policy and the Greens actually want to have free public transport – well they would wouldn’t they ?

It has, in all respects proved to be a winning policy from Labor and probably the most effective cost of living boost for working people introduced by any Australian government in recent times – expect to see other states following this lead.

In my own circle of friends I am aware of a working single mother who brought down her daily commuting cost from $7.50 to one dollar putting an extra $32.50 a week into her household budget which, as her rent recently increased, was very well received. Some savings to the family budget have been significantly higher

In addition we are seeing less vehicles on city roads as motorists respond to the public transport enticement and savings available.

But, Newscorp and SKY After Dark won’t have a bar of it and tell us that it’s time for Labor to be shown the door because we need a change and that’s according to ‘Can-Do’ Campbell Newman who some of you may remember with a shiver up the spine.

I have just received my electricity bill for the September quarter and for the first time ever it is nil, with a carry over credit meaning that the December quarter will also be Zero. This is due to the profligate and wasteful Labor party having granted all electricity users in Queensland a $1000 cost of living gratuity which is then added to the $300 federal power initiative on electricity bills applied quarterly.

Clearly it’s time that we got rid of Labor in Queensland in October and federally next year : how much of the reckless profligacy do we have to put up with ?