Schrinner wants the LNP to make Brisbane safe again

“It’s not difficult.”

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Crisafulli, who has made crime an election target, has promised funding for infrastructure and flood resilience, cutting red tape and support for services and utilities needed to build new housing.

“No matter how you voted before, no matter how you vote in the future, this time I ask you to vote for change,” he told several hundred LGAQ delegates.

“Vote for change for yourself, for your community, for your level of government… for a new start in state-local relations.”

While the LNP council has worked with the state and federal Labor governments – for example on plans for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games and a proposed change to metro funding – the Lord Mayor suggested an LNP government would produce better results.

“Our residents deserve a state government willing to work with us to keep Brisbane moving, not play silly political games to slow down vital projects like we saw with Brisbane Metro and the former transport minister,” he said, having Given the ongoing dispute over the role the Metro should play in the public transport network.

Schrinner also called for an end to the shifting of costs to local councils.

“For example, most recently Brisbane’s share of the $100 million infrastructure fund for South East Queensland councils was capped at a measly seven per cent, despite the fact that we have more than 30 per cent of the region’s population,” he said.

“I look forward to a fresh start under the leadership of the new State Government, led by David Crisafulli, a former deputy mayor and councilor who knows the important role local government plays in the lives of residents.”

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Resolve’s latest poll, commissioned specifically for this title, showed Labor closing the gap on the LNP, with results varying significantly between metropolitan areas and regions.

Crisafulli, who has previously acknowledged the need for Queensland to have a “vibrant capital”, said polling showed the election would be close.

“This state needs a fresh start and we are united, we are focused,” he told reporters Tuesday.

“I ask Queenslanders: don’t risk a fourth term and 14 years in office.”