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March 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has shot down the Liberal National Party’s “It’s time for a change” slogan as change for the worse.
LNP leader Campbell Newman officially launched his election campaign in Brisbane on Sunday, using the “change” slogan.
Mr Newman is hoping to refocus his campaign, which has been dogged by questions about his family’s financial interests and fundraising events charging up to $22,000 for access to him.
He used the launch to attack the Bligh government and to announce several new policies, including an overhaul of the state’s child protection laws and services.
But Ms Bligh says voters must not forget the developer donations made to Mr Newman when he was seeking re-election as Brisbane’s lord mayor.
Mr Newman has denied any impropriety over seven payments to the fund from different accounts linked to a developer who got the green light for two towers now being challenged in court.
“Queenslanders need to really start asking what sort of change Mr Newman wants?,” Ms Bligh told reporters in Brisbane on Sunday.
“It seems to me Mr Newman wants to change Queensland back to the way it used to be decades ago.
“When anything went for the developers, when there was not the right restrictions on politicians and their financial arrangements.”
Treasurer Andrew Fraser attacked Mr Newman’s campaign launch as having no fiscal credibility.
“I think there was a lot of slogans, a lot of rhetoric, and no detail,” Mr Fraser told reporters.
“I think that’s why there was a hollow ring in the room.
“There was a lot of commitments and zero explanations of where the money is coming from.”
Mr Newman has accused Ms Bligh of amending integrity and accountability laws to allow unions to donate up to $500,000 to campaigns.
The premier says he’s “completely wrong”.
“The Australian Labor Party was started by the trade union movement and they are affiliated to us but they cannot donate any more than a company can and that is a $5000 limit,” she said.
Ms Bligh’s latest election promise targets parents.
She has announced more than $77 million for up to 400,000 children aged under four to get ten free swimming lessons over the next three years.
The plan would start on July 1 and help prevent child drownings, the leading accidental cause of death for children aged one to four years.
“In much of Queensland being able to swim well is just about important as learning to walk,” Ms Bligh said.
The initiative will be funded from GST allocations.
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