Queensland Treasurer Jackie Trad has defended extra taxes introduced by the Labor government during budget estimate hearings on Tuesday.
Liberal National Party Shadow Treasurer Tim Mander went through all five new taxes and levies introduced by Labor following the last election, querying whether the government had done any modelling about the effect they would have on Queenslanders.
Ms Trad admitted the taxes would raise money but said they were "modest" measures which would generate money to fund infrastructure which would benefit all Queenslanders.
Under-Treasurer Jim Murphy admitted no modelling was done on the impact on households of the government's $70-a-tonne waste levy but said there didn't need to be because the government was funding councils 105 per cent of their costs relating to the new tax.
Mr Mander also accused Ms Trad of filibustering, with the treasurer's answers regularly topping five minutes and including very detailed breakdowns of budget papers.
Ms Trad said she was merely answering the questions as accurately as possible.
It came after the LNP accused the government of trying to bury contentious announcements by releasing the information on days when people are distracted by other matters.
LNP Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington grilled Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk during the morning session on Tuesday about the timing of the release of a number of different reports.
However most of the opposition's questions were ruled out of order or saw the premier respond by attacking the LNP for things it did during its term in office between 2012 and 2015.
In particular Ms Frecklington questioned the premier about the decision to release the Queensland Family and Child Commission report during the Commonwealth Games this year, after it had been given the report in October last year.
In that case, Ms Palaszczuk said the report had been transferred to the Attorney-General's department in March, ahead of its release during the Games a month later.
Ms Frecklington also asked about the timing of the release of information about an incident where heart donor tissue potentially contaminated with cancer cells was given to three babies and a person in their 20s last month.
Ms Palaszczuk said the families of those involved had to be contacted first before a public statement was made, meaning two days went by between when the government found out about the issue on June 20, and the chief health officer holding a media conference on Friday June 22.
The session saw a lot of interjecting by Ms Frecklington and the LNP members of the estimates committee, leading to committee chair, Labor MP Linus Power, calling for an unscheduled recess to clarify the standing orders.
State budget estimates is an opportunity for ministers and their department heads to be grilled about their portfolios and how taxpayer money is being spent.
