Four Springwood candidates have been grilled by locals on their policies for the upcoming state election.
The Wednesday (October 7) breakfast was hosted at the Springwood Lions Club, by the Logan Chamber of Commerce.
The LNP’s Kirrily Boulton introduced herself as a Logan City local with small business experience.
“To restore the economy the LNP has a clear plan to create more jobs,” she said.
“Labor’s track record from the last five years shows they can’t manage the economy.
“Even before covid hit Queensland had the highest unemployment rate.”
Ms Boulton also especially mentioned the need to crack down on youth crime by providing ‘real life consequences’ as a form of prevention.
In contrast, sitting MP Labor’s Mick De Brenni, born and bred in Springwood, congratulated Queenslanders on how well they had handled the pandemic.
“2020 has been a difficult year for many reasons,” he said.
“But all of you are doing very very well.
“Queensland is doing very well. Especially compared with many other parts of Australia and the world.
“In places like Victoria there are nowhere near as many back to work as here.”
Mr De Brenni also focused on the importance of roads, hospitals, schools, the economy, and small businesses.
One Nation candidate Glen Cookson said unlike the other candidates, he had no first-hand small business experience.
“I do support small businesses though,” he said.
“I believe they are the backbone of the state and the country.
“I believe the Logan area also needs to get tougher on crime. The current policies aren’t tough enough.”
Mr Cookson also said, despite other parties policies, he believes the concept of ‘gender bending’ should not be taught at schools.
“Why would we want our kids knowing about that?” He said.
Animal Justice Party candidate Judy Rush said unlike the others she was not running to win the seat.
“I’m going in there to raise awareness,” she said.
“For people to make that connection between the cause of Covid-19 and that it is the intensive farming, the animal agriculture, and the way we’re treating animals and the environment.
“That’s the real cause of Covid-19.”
Ms Rush also said her policies are based on kindness for all.
The four candidates said they were all focused on boosting the economy and representing Logan City locals best interests.
Due to time constraints only a few questions targeting the economy and local community
were asked.
The Logan Chamber of Commerce plans on releasing written candidate responses from up to ten more questions that were originally scheduled for Wednesday’s event.
