{"id":34771,"date":"2016-10-07T19:55:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T08:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=34771"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:49:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:49:45","slug":"making-sense-of-the-queensland-asset-sales-debate-qldaah-qldpol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/making-sense-of-the-queensland-asset-sales-debate-qldaah-qldpol\/","title":{"rendered":"Making sense of the Queensland asset sales debate – @Qldaah #qldpol"},"content":{"rendered":"
The asset sales debate is on the boil\u00a0yet again in Queensland.<\/h6>\n

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Nothing gets Queenslanders riled up like an asset sales debate.\u00a0Yet, former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman<\/a> and current Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk<\/a> appear to have found some common ground.\u00a0Both now agree that state owned land along railway corridors and marinas, abandoned university campuses and disused workshops should be offered to the private sector for re-development.<\/p>\n

The list of properties extends from Southport on the Gold Coast to Cairns in far north Queensland. It would include such parcels as the disused Mayne rail yards in\u00a0Brisbane. Money\u00a0generated would be used to fund new projects such as Brisbane’s Cross-River Rail and the Townsville boardwalk.<\/p>\n

Shortly after taking office, on March 5, 2015, Premier Palaszczuk said,<\/a>\u00a0“We are not going to sell those government-owned corporations that bring in massive profits.”<\/p>\n

Premier Palaszczuk told the media yesterday<\/a>,\u00a0“Governments of both persuasions, their normal course of business transactions have involved the buying and selling of land.”<\/p>\n

On the nightly news, Mr Newman chipped in with his support for the plan.<\/p>\n

“It’s the right thing to do because this will create jobs and economic opportunity for Queenslanders,” he told 9 News Brisbane<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n