Thank you for supporting the Make Queensland Fair campaign.

In the 2024 election year, the Make Queensland Fair campaign played a crucial role in advocating for much needed cost-of-living relief for Queenslanders.

Together, we achieved once-in-a-generation, bipartisan action to help struggling Queenslanders with household bills and emergency relief, more support for families, and more support for the frontline services helping to keep people safe, fed and supported.

Highlights included:

BILL AND FOOD RELIEF

MQF campaign partners provide frontline food and bill relief. They see firsthand the impact of rising prices on Queenslanders who are now struggling to afford basics like food, rent, electricity and petrol. We won:

☑ $1000 Energy Bill rebate

☑ 50c Public Transport trips

☑ Cheaper car registration

☑ $15 Million

School and Community Food Relief Program, including taskforce

☑ Extra $3.3 Million

For OzHarvest & SecondBite, $2.9m Foodbank QLD

☑ Extra $1.7 Million

For emergency relief, including in discrete First Nations communities

☑ Extra $1.2 Million

For Meals on Wheels Queensland

HOUSING

Every campaign partner has seen how a lack of accommodation and rising rents are impacting Queenslanders. Queensland’s housing crisis is destabilising communities across the state.
We won:

☑ 53,500 Social Homes

☑ 1,000,000 Homes by 2046

☑ Agreed 22-year housing plan

☑ $5.8 Million

Towards safer housing for First Nations Families.

SUPPORT FOR SERVICES

Queensland’s community service sector is there for Queenslanders when they need it the most. Right now, our sector is facing unprecedented demand, but low wages and unstable conditions in our predominantly female sector are making it increasingly difficult to attract and retain staff. Make Queensland Fair fought to change this. We won:

☑ Improved contract provisions

Default, 5-year service agreement terms
Six months’ notice in writing of a contract’s end with wind-down periods
Guaranteed 3-month notice of any renewed contract
Pursuing possibility of multiple contracts managed by one lead agency

☑ Increased funding for Services

Including Specialist Homelessness Services.

SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

Our campaign partners, understand how well supported families and early years help for children can positively impact the trajectory of a life. We won:

☑ Putting Queensland Kids First $500M Package including

extended free kindy
enhanced child health development checks and
$20m for family and early years school-based hubs in Aurukun and Kowanyama

These extraordinary outcomes were achieved by the Make Queensland Fair campaign in just 10 months!

This was only possible because of the work of our members, supporters and partners.

Thank you for your support.