"This is no reflection upon any other celebrations that other groups may have." Member for Southern Downs James Lister said schools were becoming more politically correct. "There is no better way to piss off the mainstream than to cancel Christmas," he said. However, delegate Nat Hutton said it was unnecessary to pass a resolution to protect Christmas. "Make it incumbent upon them to prise it out of my cold, dead hands ... All the rights I have are mine until the government takes them from me," he said.

The resolution, encouraging all LNP MPs to ensure there were "no impediments to traditional Christian celebrations such as Christmas and Easter", was carried. In 2016, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton called for Australians to "rise up" to defend Christmas against what he labelled "political correctness gone mad". Mr Dutton was angered by a talkback radio caller to 2GB radio's Ray Hadley, who said his grandchild's school – Kedron State School – had "not one Christmas carol" at a ceremony. However, the school had in fact revelled in festive cheer, with a Christmas stall and Christmas concert, which featured carols, and the offending song — which substituted the words "happy holiday" — was sung at an end-of-year concert. The state convention, held at the Brisbane Showgrounds on Sunday, also voted to call on a future LNP government and federal coalition government to ensure protection for freedom of religion, conscience and speech was recognised in government policy and as a legislative principle in drafting laws.

Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson said faith-based schools were facing a threat of not being able to employ people of that faith. "Currently they have a very limited protection under discrimination laws exempting them ... But it really should be a right for them to employ people with their faith and values not an exemption they have to argue for," she said. Delegate Philip Guerin said the federal government needed to pass laws to protect freedoms, arguing the Ruddock review into religious freedoms may not be enough, but an amendment calling for explicit legal protections failed. "If you want a real change, and you want it now, and you want to repair the damage, like the QUT students or the abortion safe zones that just got passed in NSW," he said. "If you really want to do something to protect freedom of speech then you need to get a statute as soon as you can."

Successful resolutions are passed to the parliamentary arm of the party for consideration as future policy. The convention also voted to support nets on beaches to protect against sharks. Loading "As we all know in this room, guns don't kill people, sharks kill people," Young LNP vice president Alec Pokarier joked, prompting laughter. "Support the life of a human over a marine predator."