Parole system review took too long
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s announcement of a “thorough examination” of the state’s parole system should be welcomed.
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But why has it taken this government so long to address the issue?
This government first reaction is to always order a review at a cost to taxpayers, rather than taking decisive action.
Labor is notoriously soft on crime and the facts speak for themselves.
Since Labor was elected, overcrowding in our prisons has increased to 111 per cent across the state, there has been a 265% increase in assaults on prison officers, a 79% increase on serious assaults between prisoners and a 51% increase in assaults between prisoners.
Unlike Labor, the LNP had a $61 million plan to increase prison capacity in Queensland, with an additional 650 beds across the state.
Labor’s only plan seems to be letting people out early or diverting them from prison in the first place.
We know Labor is soft on crime, but on top of that they have no plan to address overcrowding or keep our corrective services staff safe.
It is time for the premier to get her head out of the clouds and address the crisis that has developed in the state’s prison system under her watch.
Tim Mander
Shadow Police, Fire and Emergency Services and Corrective Services Minister
Too much spent on border protection
On Radio National this morning, there was a claim that our prison camps for boat people in Nauru and Papua new Guinea are costing $1.5 billion a year.
That's over $4 million per day.
If this figure is true, then it's really good news.
It means that we are so rich, and our economy is so strong, that we can afford to throw away and burn ten times the cost of the gay marriage plebiscite every year, without noticing.
We can achieve absolutely nothing with all that money, and incidentally make sure that thousands of boat people achieve absolutely nothing as well.
Isn't this wonderful?
Wasn't it just ever so right of the Liberals, Nationals and Greens to make sure that the Malaysia Solution fell in a heap?
After all, if we had given Malaysia our Muslim boat people and taken their Christian boat people in exchange, then something would actually have happened.
By now, those Christians would also be merging into our society and supporting Australia by becoming taxpayers.
Can't have that in this country, mate.
Gotta have nothing at all.
G.T.W. AGNEW.
Coopers Plains
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