Polling in the 2020 Queensland election has entered its final hour ahead of the 6pm deadline, with voters battling wild weather and major power outages as wild weather lashed the southeast.
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Queenslanders are heading to the polls to decide if Labor will win another term or if the LNP will topple them from power in what pundits expect will be one of the most closely fought elections in decades.
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The Greens are on track to record 40-plus per cent of the primary vote in South Brisbane and the Indooroopilly-based seat of Maiwar, the party’s Queensland strategist, Max Chandler-Mather, says.
The party should clinch 39-43 per cent in South Brisbane and up to 42 per cent in Maiwar, based on field campaign data.
Volunteers at Crestmead, Kingston, Marsden and Burrowes polling booths are telling voters to go elsewhere if possible after booths lost power following the storm.
More than 30,000 homes across the southeast have lost power as a result of the storms.
With less than 40 minutes until polls close, late betting money is backing a Labor minority to rule Queensland after Saturday’s election.
Betting agency Sportsbet at lunchtime on Saturday had a Labor minority at $1.95 – days after the odds were just $1.73 for a Labor majority, compared to $4 for a Labor minority.
The odds for an LNP minority stand at $2.75, whereas that of an LNP majority is at $10.
Punters have Labor as the next government either way, with odds of $1.20 compared to the LNP’s $4.
That's it! The polls have closed for the 2020 Queensland election, and the vote counting can begin in earnest.
Switch to our ELECTION NIGHT LIVE coverage here, to follow the results as they come in.
That's it! The polls have closed for the 2020 Queensland election, and the vote counting can begin in earnest.
Switch to our ELECTION NIGHT LIVE coverage here, to follow the results as they come in.
A tree has come crashing down onto a car outside a major Gold Coast polling booth as severe storms battered the Gold Coast on election afternoon.
A photo posted to social media shows the large tree on top of the vehicle outside the Palm Beach-Currumbin State High polling booth.
Followers of the Palm Beach Locals Facebook page expressed shock and said they hoped no-one was hurt.
“I couldn’t see anyone in the car when we drove past,” Jemma West wrote.
One of the page’s followers, Rebecca Selby, posted: “Drove past no-one in the car. Apart from smashed windscreen and damage to bonnet it appears to be very little other damage.”
With less than 40 minutes until polls close, late betting money is backing a Labor minority to rule Queensland after Saturday’s election.
Betting agency Sportsbet at lunchtime on Saturday had a Labor minority at $1.95 – days after the odds were just $1.73 for a Labor majority, compared to $4 for a Labor minority.
The odds for an LNP minority stand at $2.75, whereas that of an LNP majority is at $10.
Punters have Labor as the next government either way, with odds of $1.20 compared to the LNP’s $4.
Polling in the 2020 Queensland election has entered its final hour ahead of the 6pm deadline, with voters battling wild weather and major power outages as wild weather lashed the southeast.
Volunteers at Crestmead, Kingston, Marsden and Burrowes polling booths are telling voters to go elsewhere if possible after booths lost power following the storm.
More than 30,000 homes across the southeast have lost power as a result of the storms.
The Greens are on track to record 40-plus per cent of the primary vote in South Brisbane and the Indooroopilly-based seat of Maiwar, the party’s Queensland strategist, Max Chandler-Mather, says.
The party should clinch 39-43 per cent in South Brisbane and up to 42 per cent in Maiwar, based on field campaign data.