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Queensland Premier Campbell Newman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 5, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just two days after announcing that it would pass on to pensioners Federal Government cutbacks, the State Government has back-flipped.<\/p>\n

Premier Campbell Newman said today the State Government had listened to Queenslanders\u2019 concerns and would act.<\/p>\n

The decision means pensioners who benefit from concession payments will not suffer any reduction in payments as a result of cuts announced in the Federal Budget.<\/p>\n

If the State Budget decision had not been reversed, it would have meant South Burnett pensioners would have paid an extra $30 on their Council rates.<\/p>\n

\u201cPensioners and older Queenslanders have told us that they simply can\u2019t wear the cost of filling the gap between Queensland\u2019s increased contribution, and the Commonwealth Government\u2019s concessions cuts and increased fees and taxes,\u201d Mr Newman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why today I\u2019m announcing that we\u2019ve not only listened to Queenslanders, but we\u2019ve acted, within the space of two days, to reinstate the full level of pensioner and senior concessions.<\/p>\n

\u201cPassing on part of the Commonwealth\u2019s cuts to pensioner concessions is clearly not an acceptable outcome for Queenslanders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Newman said the Commonwealth should be bearing the burden of these cuts, not Queenslanders.
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\n\u201cWe will be continuing to send a clear message to the Commonwealth that Queenslanders won\u2019t stand for these kinds of cuts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Treasurer and Minister for Trade Tim Nicholls said the State Government was still considering the impact of Commonwealth decisions on the State Budget, but Queenslanders had put a strong case for the government not to pass on the unexpected cuts delivered by the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the Commonwealth Government that\u2019s caused this problem with pensioner cuts and increased charges,” Mr Nicholls said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very conscious of the \u2018double whammy\u2019 impact of the Federal Government\u2019s changes to pensions and the removal of concessions funding,\u201d Mr Nicholls said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we will be looking at all opportunities to withhold and recoup funding from Commonwealth programs and initiatives that they ask States to contribute to from time to time, to make up for the shortfall they\u2019ve created.”<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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