QLD Election results: Labor’s Duncan Pegg claims Stretton
Labor MP Duncan Pegg, LNPs Peter Zhuang, Greens’ Andrea Wildin and one other candidate duked it out for the multicultural seat in Brisbane’s south: find out what the winner has promised you.
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Labor’s Member for Stretton Duncan Pegg has romped over in a boilover, aided by a few own goals by the LNP candidate Peter Zhuang.
Mr Pegg increased his margin from 9.9 per cent to 14.3 per cent, a swing of 4.4 per cent, with 24.4 per cent of the votes counted, at the time of publication.
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This will be Mr Pegg’s third term representing Stretton, the most multicultural seat in Queensland.
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Mr Zhuang, a Chinese Australian, courted controversy during the campaign when it emerged he placed advertisement’s in the Queensland Chinese Times imploring voters of that ethnicity to “vote for our own”.
This prompted the Moreton Young LNP and Gold Coast Young LNP to request all voters place Mr Zhuang last on the ballot.
Mr Zhuang also earned the ire of multicultural groups by placing the One Nation candidate Alexey Chekhunov second on his how-to-vote cards.
Here’s what Mr Pegg and Labor have promised the voters of Stretton:
Education
- $500,000 to increase the capacity of Runcorn Heights State School Outside School Hours Care service.
- Completing airconditioning in all schools by 2022.
- $100 million in funding to upgrade TAFE campuses and training programs across the state. This includes $32 million towards robotics and advanced manufacturing specifically at Brisbane TAFEs.
- $21 million to make TAFE qualifications and apprenticeships free for all Queenslanders under the age of 25. Free Certificate IIIs will be available in 26 priority skills areas such as mining and engineering, electrical, healthcare and early childhood education. Free apprenticeships will be provided for a further 139 priority qualifications, such as carpentry, mechanics, chefs.
- Funding for 6,190 new teachers and 1,139 new teacher aides.
- $700,000 for new security fencing at Moorooka State School.
Roads/transport
- $30 million to upgrade the busy Beaudesert Rd, Algester Rd and Illaweena St intersection, which is a major sticking point for school traffic. This will create extended right turns, additional slip lanes and an overhaul of pedestrian crossings. Beaudesert Rd to become six lanes between Illaweena St and the Logan Motorway.
- Upgrade to the Altandi Railway Station Park ‘n’ Ride, which will see an additional 50 parking spaces installed, a new covered walkway linking the station to Mains Rd, a new Kiss ‘n’ Ride facility, additional lighting and CCTV cameras, and upgrades to the existing car park and bicycle parking facilities. This is yet to be costed by TMR.
Crime
- $624 million investment over five years for 2,025 new police personnel. Of those 1,450 will be deployed to the frontline, including 150 for the South Brisbane Police District. This money will also fund 25 new ‘mobile police beats’.
- $77 million investment over five years in extra police resources. This includes 5,000 additional QLiTE iPads for frontline police officers (taking the total fleet size to 12,000); 250 additional police patrol vehicles (taking the total fleet size to almost 3,000); 4,500 additional body-worn video cameras to bring the total fleet to 12,000; and 12,000 new integrated load bearing ballistic vests to protect police.
Industry/jobs
- $27 million funding towards recycling projects expected to create 303 jobs State-wide and support businesses in the resource recovery sector while reduce the amount of rubbish sent to landfill. According to Treasurer Cameron Dick, the investment will see more than 957,000 tonnes of rubbish diverted from landfill each year and result in $126 million in additional capital investment into the economy from the industry.
Health
- Hiring 9,475 more health staff in Queensland including 5,800 nurses, 1,500 doctors, 475 and 1,700 health professionals.
- $265 million to deliver seven new innovative ‘Satellite Hospitals’ across southeast Queensland to help take the pressure off emergency departments and provide hospital care closer to home. One will be located on Brisbane southside, although its exact location is yet to be revealed.
Sport
- $250,000 to the Souths Sunnybank Rugby League Club to help with the upgrade at their premises.
- $55,000 to the Sunnybank Saints Football Club to install a fire hydrant which is required under the building code.