{"id":257475,"date":"2020-04-30T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T02:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=257475"},"modified":"2020-04-30T12:21:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T02:21:26","slug":"lnp-petition-calls-for-covid-19-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/04\/30\/lnp-petition-calls-for-covid-19-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"LNP Petition Calls For COVID-19 Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shadow Small Business Minister Fiona Simpson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 30, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

The LNP has launched an online petition calling for State Government COVID-19 emergency relief grants for small businesses.<\/p>\n

Shadow Minister for Small Business Fiona Simpson said Queensland was the only State not distributing relief grants directly to struggling small businesses.<\/p>\n

She urged Queenslanders to sign the LNP petition which demands that Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deputy Premier Jackie Trad introduce similar grants to save our small businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall businesses are the backbone of Queensland\u2019s economy but they have been overlooked by Labor in this crisis,\u201d Ms Simpson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is disappointing \u2013 to say the least \u00ad\u2013 that Queensland is the only State refusing to give grants to small businesses that have been hit hard.”<\/p>\n

She said about 97 per cent of small businesses had not received a dollar of coronavirus payroll tax relief as their annual wage bills did not meet the $1.3m payroll tax threshold.<\/p>\n

Ms Simpson urged Queenslanders to help small business by signing the LNP petition and continuing to buy local.<\/p>\n

\u201cLabor has let small businesses down, so it\u2019s up to Queenslanders to stand up for them,\u201d Ms Simpson said.<\/p>\n