State Government Election 2024 ment 2024
Adam Farr
One Nation
Adam Farr, a long-time Glass House resident and One Nation candidate is focusing his campaign on the ‘Cost of Living and Housing Crisis’. Farr, who has lived on the Sunshine Coast for 35 years, is a small business owner and is committed to representing the community’s concern. Adam is committed to fighting for the rights of everyday Australians, tackling cost-of-living pressures, the housing crisis, and advocating for sensible tax reforms for low and middle-income earners.
Australians should not be forced to sleep in their cars, or in tents or under bridges.
The housing and cost of living crisis has been a significant concern of my constituents in Glass House. One Nation policies would focus on reducing reliance on foreign investment in real estate by placing restrictions on foreign ownership of residential properties, aiming to keep housing within the reach of citizens rather than investment opportunities for international buyers.
Local investment would also be encouraged, including tax breaks and government backed loans are being considered to stimulate domestic investment in housing.
Coming from a Construction background, Farr has seen first hand the regulatory burdens that stifle housing development and economic growth. By simplifying processes for building new homes, potentially through less stringent environmental or zoning lawing, developers can respond more dynamically to housing demand.
While recognising the cultural and economic contributions of immigrants, the One Nation policy includes a temporary reduction in immigration numbers to ease the immediate pressure on housing and public services.
Proposals also include tax cuts for middle-class families, increased down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers, and policies to curb the power of corporate landlords.
Andrew McLean
The Greens
My number one priority is fighting against the corporate control that big business has over the major parties. The two old parties accepted $23 million in the last decade from mining corporations, big banks, developers and billionaires — and that’s why they put private profits ahead of public services.
Remember how our governments privatised our water, electricity, banking, telecommunication and even our airlines? All this did was drive prices higher and made a few more billionaires.
Labor and the LNP have spent decades privatising essential services and key infrastructure like ports, railways and energy, putting corporate profits ahead of the common good. Things that used to be public goods delivered by the government like housing and healthcare have been turned into profit making machines for big banks, private developers and multinational corporations.
The Greens won’t just stop privatisation, we’ll
reverse it — so all that private profit comes back to everyday Queenslanders instead. We’ll even get the government back into the business of building homes for everyday people. I remember when the government used to build houses themselves. Good quality, affordable homes for everyone.
Our plan will build 6,173 affordable, well-designed homes here on the Sunshine Coast over the next six years — all close to shops, jobs and public transport, delivered by public developers and public builders for the public good.
It’s time to take back control of our economy with public ownership of essential services — and the Greens are the only party with a plan to make that happen. If we make those big corporations pay their fair share, we can set up a publicly-owned developer to build cheaper, better built homes for people to buy or rent, and set up a public bank for cheaper mortgages.
Andrew Powell
Liberal National Party
My main priorities for this election are to address the overarching issues gripping the whole of Queensland. We all in the midst of health, housing, crime and cost of living crises. These are all issues that are the direct responsibility of the state government to manage.
Only the LNP are taking a plan to the election to tackle our health system by hiring more doctors, nurses, midwives and paramedics, putting more beds in hospitals and putting a stop to Labor’s Patients Tax.
Only the LNP will completely abolish stamp duty for first home buyers and improve housing affordability with more land supply, whilst also boosting community and social housing.
Only the LNP will institute an adult crime, adult time policy and invest in gold standard early intervention to address youth crime.
And only the LNP will drive down the cost of living by properly maintaining our power plants, reducing congestion and deliver better services and
infrastructure for every taxpayer dollar.
Locally, I know how important our roads are to locals. You’re sick of driving on substandard, dangerous roads and rightly so. Which is why I and the LNP have announced many roadrelated commitments this election. They’re a priority for me because they’re a priority for you.
I’m particularly proud of our commitment to upgrade the intersection of Landsborough-Maleny and Maleny-Montville Road. Together with a Crisafulli LNP Government, I will deliver $7 million to fix this dangerous intersection which has seen too many crashes and, devastatingly, a death. This upgrade will ensure locals and tourists alike will get home or to their holiday safer and sooner. Time’s up for Labor’s expensive failures which have overseen $20 billionplus in project cost blowouts, that could have delivered local infrastructure like this improved local intersection years ago.
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Throughout the last month or so, talking to people about the way things are on the Sunshine Coast and in Queensland, it is clear that people want trust more than anything else from the Government.
I work in construction through a local company on the Aura housing project and this gives me the opportunity to talk to the local contractors and skilled workers throughout the Sunshine Coast.
It is clear that at least 90 per cent of all the workers, employees and contractors are not happy with the two major parties.
They are worried that things will get worse under any of the major parties. The main thing that
worries them most is the affordability of housing, whether it is renting, buying or through mortgage repayments.
The cost of living is way out of control and this is also a burden that they worry about.
Affording rent or repayments is above all the one thing that scares people, not having a roof over their family’s head should not be of any concern in this day and age - but it is.
My focus has shifted to the housing problem and this needs to be addressed.
I will be looking at a viable way to lower the rent structure and ease the burden on families that are doing it tough.
The tent cities need to be fixed ASAP!
No one in this day and age should not have to go without a warm bed, hot meal and shower!
I will be doing everything I possibly can to ease or fix this.
This does hit home as I at the age of 16 was homeless on the streets living in a horse stable. I have some understanding through my own lived experience about what it actually means to be homeless - and I want to help fix this issue that is sadly facing more and more people in our community.
I will do everything I can to ease this burden for the people of Sunshine Coast and Queensland.
As a father of four, I understand how important cost of living relief is to my community in Glass House.
The Miles Labor Government cost of living measures are making a real difference to young families here on the Sunshine Coast.
We are talking about $1000 off energy bills, 20 per cent off car rego, Free Kindy and Free TAFE.
As a technician, I support Labor’s Free TAFE announcement as it means we can upskill the Queensland workers of the future and make sure they get into well paid and secure jobs.
All of this is at risk under the LNP. Last time David Crisafulli was in Government, he cut TAFEs
and cut jobs. And now their only plan is to cut 12,000 health workers, 1200 hospital beds, and cut our Satellite Hospital.
I have seen our community neglected under the LNP so I want to be a strong voice in parliament to fight for what we need and deserve here in Glass House.
Commitments like the Sunshine Coast Satellite Hospital are real game changers for the regions showing firsthand how new Premier Steven Miles and the Labor Government is doing what matters for the health and wellbeing of our local community.
Glass House is such a big electorate; it’s important families in our community
receive world class health services closer to home.
I want to see Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast to get the services and investment in infrastructure they deserve because I know how important access to health, education and secure jobs are to local families. With four kids at state schools, I know how important good local schools are.
Only Labor is making record investments in education and teachers and delivering Free Kindy to our community.
