John-Paul Langbroek MP News - John-Paul Langbroek

LNP Shadow Minister for Racing John-Paul Langbroek has slammed the Palaszczuk Labor Government for its weak response to serious allegations of animal cruelty by a trainer, after it was revealed the trainer's horses are permitted to race this weekend.

Business on the Gold Coast is being cut adrift by the Palaszczuk Government’s refusal to get behind a cruise ship terminal for the city, the LNP warned today.

LNP Member for Surfers Paradise John-Paul Langbroek has accused the Brisbane Labor Government of putting the safety of Schoolies at risk by failing to ban motorised scooters from footpaths ahead of the weekend.

The Palaszczuk Labor Government has until close of business today to offer a fair deal to the racing industry or see more unprecedented state-wide TAB racing strikes in addition to tomorrow’s Cox Plate Day.

LNP Leader Deb Frecklington said that news today the racing industry will officially strike on Saturday shows the contempt Annastacia Palaszczuk has for racing.

LNP Shadow Minister for Racing John-Paul Langbroek has called on the Premier to urgently step in to avert strikes on Cox Cup and Melbourne Cup Days following failed negotiations between the industry and the Labor Government.

The unprecedented action to trigger state-wide strikes is a last ditch effort by the Queensland racing industry strangled by Labor’s $367million racing tax.

LNP Shadow Racing Minister John-Paul Langbroek has said the racing industry has completely lost confidence in the Palaszczuk Labor Government following reports of a state-wide strike planned for Cox Plate Day and Melbourne Cup Day.

The Palaszczuk Government’s new 15 per cent betting tax is set to deliver a body blow to Queensland’s struggling racing industry, the LNP warned today.

Member for Surfers Paradise, John-Paul Langbroek, has called for an end to a standoff between the State Government and the Gold Coast City Council about dangerous footpaths along Bundall Road.