Opinion

Queenslanders vote for safe pair of hands

Presented with two parties offering no clear vision of the future, voters opted for certainty by voting for incumbents and voting for border closures.

Graham YoungContributor

Nov 1, 2020 – 4.15pm

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Queenslanders didn’t have a lot of choice this weekend and voted accordingly. They were confronted with two parties, neither of whom had a clear vision for the future, so they voted for certainty in the present.

This manifested itself in two ways – voting for incumbents, and voting for border closures.

Graham Young is the executive director of the Australian Institute for Progress.