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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Cabinet ministers, Member for Bundaberg Leanne Donaldson and local branch supporters with the “Cuts Express Bus” when it visited Wide Bay on Wednesday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 22, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wide Bay residents face having nurses sacked and community programs cut if the LNP and One Nation form a coalition government, the ALP has warned.<\/p>\n

Health Minister Cameron Dick, Attorney General Yvette D\u2019Ath, Innovation and Science Minister Leeanne Enoch, and Police, Fire and Emergency services Minister Mark Ryan, paid a visit to Wide Bay on Wednesday on The Cuts Express bus.<\/p>\n

The bus is undertaking a whirlwind trip of coastal electorates between Brisbane and Cairns in the last week of the campaign.<\/p>\n

“When Tim Nicholls was Treasurer he cut 345 frontline health workers from the region,” Mr Dick said.<\/p>\n

“He also cut $1.6 million worth of funding from community health organisations, and another $1.26 million from 26 community groups.<\/p>\n

“We don\u2019t want to see this happen again.”<\/p>\n

Ms D\u2019Ath said Mr Nicholls announced at a press conference earlier in the campaign that he would balance his books by cutting programs as they expire.<\/p>\n

“Mr Nicholls clearly said: \u2018When programs are finished, they\u2019re finished and that\u2019s the end of the program, it doesn\u2019t run on and on and on\u2019,” she said.<\/p>\n

“His intentions are clear. He may be claiming he has Queensland\u2019s best interests at heart, but the evidence begs to differ.”<\/p>\n

Ms Enoch said people in the Wide Bay had a choice to make this Saturday.<\/p>\n

“The choice for Wide Bay residents is simple. It is a choice between a stable Government under Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, or chaos under a Nicholls-One Nation coalition, whose focus will be cutting programs, sacking workers and selling assets,” she said.<\/p>\n

Mr Ryan said the new website www.damagedone.com.au<\/strong><\/a> shows Queenslanders exactly how they were hurt by Tim Nicholls\u2019 cuts when he was Treasurer in the Newman Government.<\/p>\n

“There is no hiding the fact that Wide Bay was hurt by the cuts Nicholls caused when he was Treasurer,” he said.<\/p>\n

The cuts included: <\/strong><\/p>\n