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Palaszczuk to fight poll on nightmare budget

Mark Ludlow

Queensland will plunge further into debt – which will top $102 billion this financial year – as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's prolonged border closures before the October 31 election hold back its economic recovery.

With the state's tourism sector in free fall as Queensland remains cut off from NSW and Victoria, taxation revenue has been rewritten down by $6.7 billion in the budget update released on Monday, and coal royalties are expected to fall a further $1.5 billion this financial year.

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Mark Ludlow writes on politics, energy and infrastructure based in Brisbane. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mludlow@afr.com

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