The big promises in the Qld election

THE MAJOR ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE LNP AND LABOR PARTIES

LIBERAL NATIONAL PARTY

JOBS

- Jobs for Tomorrow policy to create 26,000 new training positions by offering incentives to employers. Worth $91 million.

INFRASTRUCTURE

- $148 million in "congestion-busting" road projects in the state's southeast

- Duplicating 17km of rail line on the Sunshine Coast to ease congestion on the line between Beerburrum and Landsborough. Worth $532 million over four years

- $150 million in funding for a new stadium complex in Townsville

- $170 million for M1-Gateways merge, extension of bus lane, 350 park-and-ride spaces

- $375 million to create a major highway in regional Queensland, to upgrade and widen existing roads to create an inland alternative to the Bruce Highway

- Extra $500 million for the regions to go towards 47 projects including the upgrade of 11 airports, a road and a truck wash down facility.

EDUCATION

- $1 billion for 22 new schools and existing school upgrades

- $90 million innovation fund and 500 scholarships for education degrees

TOURISM

- $80 million for tourism, including a $60 million Queensland First fund to attract world-class events and $20 million to encourage visitors to see the regions

LAW AND ORDER

- $7.5 million for three new police rapid action hubs, 5400 more iPads for officers on the beat and $22 million to improve intelligence capacity.

LABOR

- Advance Queensland Policy: $50 million over three years to support research, give a tax holiday to companies involved in that research, offer 20 university scholarships per year to post-graduate students and support female researchers advance their careers

JOBS

- To reintroduce the Skilling Queenslanders for Work program

- $40 million for fresh business ideas under Business Development Fund

MINISTERIAL

- Cut the number of ministers from the current 19 to 14 and assistant ministers down from 12 to one to save the government $27 million.

INFRASTRUCTURE

- Building Our Regions Policy: $390 million over three years to fund infrastructure for regional centres, remote areas, mining communities and general transport

EDUCATION

- $9 million for 45 new guidance counsellors for state schools with over 500 students.

- Hiring 875 new teachers in the state schools, bolstering new hires to 2500, including 275 specialist high school teachers. Worth $139 million over three years.

HEALTH

- $110 million to employ 400 extra nurses over four years

- $111 million to employ 1000 graduate nurses a year for four years

ENVIRONMENT

- Scrap a $300m LNP pledge to fund the controversial rail link between the Carmichael coal mine and the Abbot Point terminal at Bowen

TOURISM

- An extra $40 million over four years to help grow Queensland's tourism industry

LAW AND ORDER

- Backflipped on promise to overturn the bikie laws. Will have a review instead.