Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki (centre) delivering the 2025-26 Queensland state budget at Queensland Parliament in Brisbane, Australia on June 24, 2025. AAP Image/Darren England
The Queensland LNP government has backed coal to continue powering the state and bringing down energy prices, while in the process shredding a previous Labor pledge to phase out coal-fired power by 2035.
Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki revealed the long-earmarked five-year Energy Roadmap, which shows the Liberal National Party’s (LNP) will continue leveraging existing energy assets, rather than relying on building new ones.
