Qld's backbench debating asset sales The Liberal National Party will debate the report into Queensland's finances, led by Peter Costello. QUEENSLAND'S vast Liberal National Party backbench will get to have their say on whether to sell assets. The party room is meeting on Monday to debate the report into the state's finances, headed by former federal treasurer Peter Costello. The 1000-page report will be released on Tuesday and recommends outsourcing of services and selling electricity and port assets to return the state's triple A credit rating. Premier Campbell Newman says the backbench will be told which options cabinet recommends, but then the floor will be open. "I'm not taking any recommendation forward unless it has a very strong unified level of support from everybody in the LNP," he told reporters in Brisbane on Monday. This one is going to be their decision. Mr Newman is not for selling government-owned businesses which are monopolies, and believes southeast Queensland power company Energex should only be sold as a last resort. He says the party room will be the only forum for MPs to voice dissent and they won't have a conscience vote, nor will they be able to speak publicly against the decision. He isn't concerned about the public backlash he may get from his marginal Ashgrove electorate. "At the end of the day, I'm here to do the right thing and whether I'm here or not in the future, doesn't really concern me personally," he said. Mr Costello will be at the meeting and says MPs have to choose between asset sales or hikes to taxes and service cuts. "I don't think the other alternatives are any better," he told reporters in Brisbane. I think that massive tax rises would be very poisonous. I think cutting back services would be poisonous.