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MOUNT ISA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 7, 2020. Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick speaks at a press conference during a visit to the Glencore Copper Smelter in Mount Isa as part of her re-election campaign. Queenslanders will go to the polls on October 31.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Is the Treasurer chicken, or just a goose?

Cameron Dick has cemented his place as the “Chicken Little” of the 2020 election campaign, with claims “the sky is falling in”, which are loosely related to some comment or commitment made by his LNP opponent. But if the claims are wrong, people may think he’s just a goose.

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LNP Leader Deb Frecklington at media conference at CaPTA Group in Cairns. PICTURE: STEWART McLEAN

Putting Labor last may come back to bite Frecklington

It’s described by the LNP itself as a “win-at-all-costs” strategic decision, but there are a range of potentially dangerous outcomes that the party’s state executive perhaps should have considered more carefully before endorsing the preference-Labor-last strategy.

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Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington in Townsville to announce her plan to tackle crime. Picture: Alix Sweeney

How LNP can win QLD election

Deb Frecklington’s fight to become Queensland’s next premier looks like a tough task. Here’s exactly how the LNP can win this next election.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos August 17, 2020: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk during a press conference in Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

How Labor Party can win QLD election

Palaszczuk’s quest for another term – and the chance to be Labor’s third-longest serving Queensland Premier – seems simple enough on paper, but what exactly does Labor need to do to win?

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Graphics for regional queensland poll results

Race for regions wide open as one party bombs

One party’s support has bombed in regional Queensland since the 2017 election with another picking up most of the vote they lost. It could mean big changes in a range of key seats according to our exclusive YouGov poll. SEE THE RESULTS.

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The Greens have named 18-year-old Will Simon as the candidate for Redcliffe. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Green teen to contest vital seat

An 18-year-old will go up against one of the state’s most experienced politicians, while another candidate is having a fifth crack at the seat in a hotly contested electorate this Queensland Election.

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (left) and opposition leader Deb Frecklington.

Will Qld voters choose integrity or popularity?

Annastacia Palaszczuk may be popular, but her government has recently set about demonstrating with great aplomb why voters turned off them before COVID-19 came along. So how will this translate come polling day, asks Steven Wardill.

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Mirani candidates Left to right: Shane Hamilton (ALP), Mirani MP Stephen Andrew (ONP), Tracie Newitt (LNP) and Jason Borg (NQ First).

REPLAY: Mirani candidates go head to head

It’s the most important state election since war time and, for the first time, the people we pick will remain in power for four years. The candidates for Mirani have gone head to head in a live debate tonight to answer your questions. WATCH THE REPLAY

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