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Opposition emergency services spokesman Lachlan Millar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 16, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The LNP has accused the State Government of misleading the public about the\u00a0level of funding it\u2019s putting towards Rural Fire Brigades.<\/p>\n

Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Lachlan Millar said Minister Craig Crawford had claimed there was nearly $13 million (or 25 per cent) more in the 2019-20 budget for Rural Fire services.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn March, Minister Crawford was bragging that Labor had increased Rural Fire funding \u2018by a third to $52 million\u2019 compared to the $39 million it inherited from the LNP in 2015,” Mr Millar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when questioned in Estimates and under Parliamentary oath, Minister Crawford came clean and admitted the budget had in fact not grown at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead it was still $39 million in 2019-20 \u2013 the same as in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means funding for Queensland\u2019s Rural Fire Service has stalled under the Palaszczuk Labor Government. With no increase to even cover CPI, this is effectively a cut.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have here is a Minister willing to say one thing in the regions, but something completely different in Parliament.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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