Pauline Hanson's One Nation, 1998 Queensland State Election

Budget Proposals

Preamble

One Nation believes both the Coalition and the Labor parties have inappropriately allocated tax payers' funds. In these hard economic times, it is necessary to ensure these funds are allocated as evenly and as fairly as possible across the state, and adequate funds flow to country and regional areas. One Nation proposes to re-allocate about $320 million, or about 2% of the 1998 budget.

One Nation further believes public debt should be avoided if possible and all policies must be accurately costed. One Nation acknowledges it has limited access to government information to prepare this budget proposal.

Budget savings

• By not jailing fine defaulters, except as a last resort there will be a saving of approximately $12.6 million from the corrective services budget. $12.6 million
• One Nation will abolish art grants of $80 million and re-allocate this money toward employment initiatives, including establishing a Queensland Trust fund $ 80 million
• One Nation will oppose any compulsory restructuring of the timber industry. Restructuring funds of $3 million per year will re-allocated. $ 3 million
• One Nation will abolish Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
• the Indigenous Advisory Council, saving approx. $30 million in wages and overheads. The remaining $36 million will be re-allocated to relevant government departments $30 million
• Abolish the government air wing. $3 million
• Sell the Governor's Roll's Royce. $ 0.05 million
• Abolish the National Firearms Control Scheme. $1 million.
• Abolish the Office of Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs. $ 2.7 million
• Reverse the government's decision to reduce T.A.B taxation saving $15.4 million. $15.4 million
• Defer the design of the Queensland Cultural Heritage Centre. $10 million
• Eliminate the Indy Car subsidy. $ 8 million
• Reduce the $170,000 per anum funding for indigenous youth suicide to $90,000 per annum, the same as provided for non-indigenous youth suicide. $ 80,000
• Abolish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Program and re-allocating the $78.7 million into the Department of Public Works and housing budget. This should result in some administrative savings. the Department will service all customers on a needs basis only regardless of skin colour. $15 million
• Reduce total green house research across all departments from $16 million to $10 million over 4 years, saving approx. $1.2 million per year. $ 1.2 million
• Maintain funding for the Office of Women's Affairs at last years budget level of $ 2.5 million. $ 1.8 million
• Abolish Electricity Reform Unit saving. $ 0.8 million.
• Remove the A.T.S.I portion from the Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme, estimated to save $10 million.
• Remove funding for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Infrastructure Program. $ 6.3 million
• Abolish the Office of Indigenous Affairs. $ 0.53 million
• Reduce funding to the Queensland Cultural Heritage Network. $ 1 million
• Abolish the Anti-Discrimination Commission. $ 2.8 million
• Abolish the Queensland Centenary of Federation Committee. $ 0.56 million
• Abolish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Sub-program. $3.77 million
• Defer the formation of Native Title Tribunal. $ 5.2 million
• Abolish the National Competition Policy thereby losing $40 million in Commonwealth grants. $32 million state (-$40 million) n.c.p grant will be re-allocated. $ 32 million
• Abolish the C.Y.P.L.U.S program. $ 1.6 million
• Saving due to 4 year election term. $ 1.2 million

Total saved $ 210 million

Budget Initiatives for 98/99

• Utilise $110 million of State Government surplus plus budget re-allocations to fund the following initiatives
• New Cairns Hospital $ 23 million
• The Queensland Trust initiative $150 million
• Family and Community Care Policy $ 52 million
• Primary Indusrtries initiatives $ 81 million
• Young Queenslanders Apprenticeship Revival Scheme $ 8 million
• Young Queenslanders' Apprenticeship Revival Scheme to employ 1000 young Queenslanders per year over the next 3 years. Cost for first year $8 million. Total cost for three year program $48 million.
• Minor initiatives $ 6 million

Total investment $ 320 million

Return to One Nation's Queensland State policies