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Queensland’s LNP state council has called on the Crisafulli government to abolish payroll tax by 2032, among a series of resolutions up for debate at a weekend party gathering.

The motion was among 26 on the agenda for party members at the LNP’s state council meeting, kicked off with a Friday evening welcome function featuring former prime minister Tony Abbott.

One of the top-listed resolutions ahead of the meeting came from former federal Liberal MP turned Crisafulli government assistant finance minister Amanda Stoker’s Oodgeroo branch.

The resolution called for the state to enact a “phased reduction” of payroll tax from a maximum of 4.95 per cent to 2.5 per cent in this term, before abolishing it in a second term if re-elected.

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