ANALYSIS: What Queensland's pre-budget statement tells us about next month’s election
Given the apparent weight of public support for the border controls, and Queensland's success in minimising COVID-19 cases, the LNP once again declined to directly attack their opponents on border policy.
"It is possible to do, to provide the stimulus packages, the things we've been promising, by cutting the waste — and there is considerable waste," he said. A promise to go no further into debt might be difficult to keep if the national and global recessions drag on and interest rates continue to be virtually zero.
But tackling debt is a popular rallying call for conservatives and the LNP's stance provides a clear point of difference to Labor.
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