One-time Newman government MP Chris Davis has launched a scathing TV ad campaign urging Queenslanders not to trust his former colleagues.
Dr Davis, rearing his head as the election campaign enters its final fortnight, has teamed up with the Wilderness Society to take the Liberal National government to task before the January 31 poll.
“Trust is the cornerstone of good governance. It creates jobs, builds economies, protects the environment,” Dr Davis says in the ad.
“My experience is that you cannot trust this government.”
The spot concludes with Dr Davis imploring voters to restore “balance” to the state parliament.
He said the LNP government had broken its trust with voters by betraying public servants, winding back political scrutiny of donor influence and demonstrating contempt for the professionalism of doctors and judges.
“We need a government that can help us earn and innovate our way out of debt … rather than cannibalising our assets,” he said.
Voters should also heed studies that suggest sociopaths rise to the top in the political arena, he added.
The former Australian Medical Association Queensland president was sacked as assistant health minister last May after clashing with colleagues over changes to the state’s corruption watchdog and new individual contracts for doctors.
But Dr Davis denied his appearance for the environmental lobby was a case of a rejected MP getting even.
“I’m standing here as a concerned Queenslander, rather than there being anything in it for me,” he said.
TV Ad featuring Dr Chris Davis, former Assistant Health Minister in the Newman LNP Government, expressing a scathing assessment of the LNP on several grounds, and calls for voters to not trust the LNP in the 2015 Queensland election will air in Brisbane on Saturday night: http://youtu.be/-3FrF7z76b8