The Treasury has to pay the bondholders first, and this money cannot be used to address health, housing, or youth justice crises. In the mid-2000s, just before the Beattie and Bligh Governments spent up big in response to various energy, water, and health crises, annual interest paymen...
Given its strong potential, the Queensland economy should be doing much better than it is, particularly regarding its business and housing investment levels. Furthermore, the state has not had the rebound in manufacturing that Palaszczuk suggested at her final media conference. Besides health care an...