It’s pretty disgusting that the LNP is basically saying “if I don’t get anything out of it, nobody should!” with respect to rural Members not being able to go home of an evening.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The Liberal National Party has signalled it will dump family friendly hours at Queensland parliament if it wins the next state election, in a bid to give MPs more time to debate legislation.

The Labor government brought in family friendly hours in 2018, ensuring the parliamentary day usually finishes at 7.30pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and 6.30pm on Thursdays.

The government insists it still allocates appropriate time to debate key laws under the family friendly hours, but the Opposition has repeatedly hit out at the arrangements.

"We’re down there [in Brisbane] often of a Sunday evening for committee hearings on Monday mornings and we don’t see our families until we get back to the electorate on Friday.

Mr Powell indicated an LNP government would be prepared to make MPs sit longer hours in the chamber to ensure more debate time for bills that go before parliament.

"The parliament’s primary purpose is to introduce new laws that will better the lives of Queenslanders, and the Miles government will always ensure appropriate time is allocated to consider and debate key legislation.

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