Stephen Bennett, LNP candidate for Burnett has welcomed today's announcement that an LNP government will end twenty years of Bligh government neglect and buck passing on the Bruce Highway.

The Crisis Action Plan, announced by LNP Leader Campbell Newman, will ensure a proper engineering based plan to fix the Bruce Highway will be completed within six months of being elected. Safety and flood immunity will be the fundamental priorities of the Crisis Action Plan which will see the Bruce Highway trouble spots fixed within ten years.

LNP candidate for Burnett Stephen Bennett has welcomed today's announcement that under an LNP government, National Parks in the Wide Bay Burnett will be better managed with easier access for visitors, delivering real conservation benefits.

The policy, announced by LNP Leader Campbell Newman today, will preserve Queensland's magnificent National Parks for future generations to enjoy.

LNP Candidate for Burnett Stephen Bennett today called on the Labor candidate from Hervey Bay to come clean on the impact of Labor's job destroying carbon tax on the local area.

Mr Bennett said the Queensland Labor Government released modelling this week that showed 21,000 jobs will be lost in Queensland over the next decade because of Labor's carbon tax.

Local farmers will get a far better deal under the LNP, the party's annual conference heard over the weekend.

LNP candidate for Burnett Stephen Bennett said Leader Campbell Newman had made it clear that of the four pillars of the Queensland economy, none was more important than agriculture.