The government will also make it more difficult for public servants, including emergency services workers, to claim compensation for psychological injuries. Under the proposed laws, workers with such claims will only be entitled to support if they can show their workplace was the primary cause.<\/p>\n
Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email<\/a><\/p>\n Law firm Slater and Gordon said the changes would make it harder for Queenslanders to access support for psychological injuries. The United Workers Union, which represents paramedics and some healthcare workers, said the changes were \u201can underhanded attack on Queensland<\/a> ambulance officers and other hospital staff\u201d.<\/p>\n Several business groups welcomed the changes.<\/p>\n The opposition leader, Steven Miles, said on Thursday morning the proposals were a \u201cNewman-era attack on workers\u201d, and the only thing surprising about that statement was that it took so long (roughly 14 hours) for the spectre of Campbell Newman\u2019s government to, once again, loom over Queensland politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n The collapse of the Newman government explains almost everything about the current one. The premier, David Crisafulli<\/a>, and Bleijie had front-row seats for the \u201ccrash through\u201d tactics that quickly turned voters off Newman, including proposals to sack public-sector workers, and led to mass protests.<\/p>\n The lessons since have been that most suburban voters are uncomfortable with the LNP putting ideology on show. And so it went to the 2024 election \u2013 and won comfortably \u2013 talking mainly about crime and keeping all those vote-losing positions on things like abortion and budget cuts off the table.<\/p>\n Approaching the midway point of the term, the LNP has finally decided to show its teeth.<\/p>\n There are readers who will, understandably, take issue with the idea that the Crisafulli government has been \u201ctentative\u201d or has been, up to this point, unthreatening.<\/p>\n It has been unapologetic in attacking Indigenous representation within government<\/a>, trans healthcare, and suppressing pro-Palestine protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n These moves have been underpinned by a simple calculation<\/a>: that the issues are marginal for most suburban and regional voters, whose concerns are mostly the cost of living and crime.<\/p>\n Those who care about evidence-based policy, human rights and civil liberties have every right to be furious. The polls suggest that fury hasn\u2019t gone mainstream, and that suburban voters are OK with the government punching down, so long as it doesn\u2019t affect them.<\/p>\n
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