Mr ANDREW: My question without notice is to the Treasurer. Concerning supply chain
constraints and skyrocketing building costs and cost blowouts on nearly all Queensland key
infrastructure projects, will the Treasurer advise what extra cost increases this will have on the 2032
games and has Treasury obtained updated business cases on the financial viability of the games’
projects?

Mr DICK: I thank the member for Mirani for his question—the One Nation member in this
parliament. He would be better off paying attention to getting rid of Mark Latham from his party as we
got rid of him rather than worrying about building costs. He is the most disgraceful politician in this
country who you found a home for in the New South Wales parliament—the most shameful politician in
this country.
I will say this to the member for Mirani: we have a long path to building the Olympics. I know the
member for Mirani does not support the Olympics. That is completely inside that question. This is a
person who will not support the most transformative event, along with our Energy and Jobs Plan, in the
history of this state. The Olympics will transform this state like no other event in the history of this state.
The truth of the matter is that everyone in the world will know the word ‘Queensland’ by the time those
games are finished.
It is no surprise that the cost of construction has increased in this country. One only has to look
at the most basic Australian Bureau of Statistics data to tell us that. Construction steel has gone up
70 per cent in the year. Timber products have gone up 40 per cent. The cost of fuel for construction
companies has gone up by multiples—I think more than 60 per cent in the last year. That is going to
have an impact.
I will give the member for Mirani a guarantee: our government will back in and build every single
infrastructure project we have promised to the people of Queensland, unlike the Leader of the
Opposition, who we know has an infrastructure hit list. We are not going to cut projects. Maybe that is
One Nation’s policy. I do not know what One Nation’s policy is. Perhaps the member for Mirani can
address the parliament on whether he will cut or whether he will build.
Mr Lister interjected.

Mr ACTING SPEAKER: Member for Southern Downs, you can leave the chamber for one hour.
You were already warned. It is not a laughing matter, members. From the member for Southern Downs’
experience, he should know that when you are warned you should maintain decorum.
Whereupon the honourable member for Southern Downs withdrew from the chamber at
11.10 am.

Mr DICK: Maybe the member for Mirani could make a statement to the House on whether he
supports infrastructure or whether he would cut infrastructure. There are all of those projects we are
building in the north of our state. There is CopperString, which will benefit his constituents who will be
working on the single biggest transformative project for the north of our state since the arrival of the
steam locomotive—a 1,100-kilometre powerline that will transform the north of Queensland. Maybe he
could tell the House whether he supports it or not. We know the LNP will cut. They do not support
royalties, so all those projects will go.

Mr ANDREW: Mr Acting Speaker—
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Mr DICK: We know the member for Chatsworth wants to cut payments to workers. He wants to
cut proper pay to workers in this state—construction workers. That is what he wants to do.

Mr ANDREW: I rise to a point of order, Mr Acting Speaker.
Mr DICK: That is the LNP plan but—

Mr ACTING SPEAKER: Pause the clock. Apologies. I was taking advice from the Clerk. What is
your point of order?

Mr ANDREW: I just wanted to know whether we did a business case on the expenditure going
forward.
Mr ACTING SPEAKER: No. That is not a point of order. That is an additional question.

Mr ANDREW: Sorry, on relevance under standing order 118, did we do an actual business case?
Can we go back to the question that was asked?

Mr ACTING SPEAKER: Order! Taking points of order is not an opportunity to debate or add to
the debate. I am listening to the Treasurer’s response. He is being relevant to the question asked. I call
the Treasurer to complete his answer.

Mr DICK: We will build roads and rail and energy and the Olympics and we will be proud to do
so. We will not back one step away from doing that for Queensland.