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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has refused to guarantee Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe will keep his portfolio if the latest Queensland Rail timetable does not succeed.
Ms Palaszczuk met with Mr Hinchliffe and QR acting chief executive officer Neil Scales on Wednesday, following repeated dramas at the operator after opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula Line.
There will be 330 fewer train services each week in 2017 with Queensland Rail re-introducing a cut back timetable from last November. 7 News Queensland
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But when asked if it was Mr Hinchliffe's last chance, Ms Palaszczuk would not be drawn.
"I have commissioned Stirling to fix the mess that Queensland Rail has created," she said.
"This sustainable timetable needs to work."
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When asked what would happen if the timetable did not work, Ms Palaszczuk then repeated: "It needs to work" four times.
"Stirling has the clear instructions from me and from the cabinet that we need a sustainable timetable going forward, now I am not going to pre-empt the Philip Strachan inquiry, let's wait," she said.
When asked what would happen if the timetable did not work, the Premier repeated: "It needs to work" four times. Photo: Robert Shakespeare
"Stirling knows this timetable needs to work, he knows that.
"I made it very clear to both of them, that the timetable, they have assured me that it's sustainable, I had a lengthy briefing and it must work for the travelling public."
Describing it as a "very lengthy meeting" on Wednesday, Ms Palaszczuk said she was satisfied QR had come up with a sustainable timetable.
On Wednesday, Ms Palaszczuk also said she would seek more than just verbal reassurances that the timetable would work, but did not elaborate on whether she received that on Thursday.
"I had a very lengthy briefing," she said.
"We had a very discussion yesterday about the timetable that's coming in next week and I want to thank Neil Scales as the acting CEO and the minister and all his team for working on this timetable," she said.
"They are 100 per cent focused on delivering a sustainable train timetable."
Ms Palaszczuk said she would receive the Philip Strachan report on January 31, and would be releasing it publicly.
Shadow Treasurer Scott Emerson asked how many warnings Mr Hinchliffe needed.
"In reality, he should have been sacked months ago," Mr Emerson said.
The next QR timetable will come into effect on Monday and be in place for the remainder of 2017.
It is the same timetable that was introduced on November 7.Â
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