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A just urgent sustainable transition

by Professor Scott Baum

There is unlikely to be a clear winner when polls close on Saturday 31 October. But when the Queensland parliament regroups, those charged with governing the state have an opportunity to make a real difference. The difference being to make all Queenslanders a priority.

Large numbers of Queenslanders reside in communities that suffer from extreme economic distress, lacking vitality and resilience and seeing entrenched and concentrated disadvantage. Will policies aimed at reducing red tape or the promises of shiny new infrastructure help all these places? I doubt it.

Despite the rhetoric surrounding ‘working for all Queenslanders’, it is difficult to see the results. Those hoping to win our votes are driven by the need to retain power and so promises and announcements focus on good photo ops and marginal seats.

Our JUST blueprint is built on propositions such as:

Whichever party forms government in Queensland after October 31, has the opportunity to generate policies that lead the way in actually working for everyone. It will take a brave few and it will require stepping away from the business as usual approaches that have shaped policy for so many years. Now is the time to move on from a Queensland economy that only works well for the minority and has, in the past, left so many out to dry. Can we be optimistic about the future? I would like to think we can. Let’s hope the politicians are listening and really start working for all Queenslanders.

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