Living in a tin shed and running a word of mouth campaign on little more than a few hundred dollars, independent candidate Duncan Scott is contesting his ninth election, this time for the state seat of Callide. Here’s why he does it.
Early exit polling has revealed another Labor seat in Qld could fall, as Pauline Hanson joined her local candidate to mingle with frustrated voters.
Taxpayers were billed $8300 for a jetsetting MP to charter a plane from her electorate to Rockhampton as part of an eye-watering $81,000 travel bill paid for by Queenslanders.
Former long-time mayor Margaret Strelow is facing a knife-edge battle to win the seat of Rockhampton in the Queensland election, according to exclusive exit poll results. Preference swaps with be key if the independent is to win.
The Wondai Regional Art Gallery and Kingaroy fire station could be set for significant upgrades, with $7.6 million in funding pledged for both projects.
He’s arguably the most powerful politician in Queensland, yet to many voters Premier Steven Miles’ electorate north of Brisbane say they know little about him or what he stands for, and a lot of them are doing it tough.
He’s standing in a South East Queensland seat of more than 40,000 voters, but this enigmatic LNP candidate won’t say where he works, nor even what he does for a living, writes Des Houghton.
An ALP scandal in which election signs were criminally damaged, has resurfaced to overshadow the Lytton election campaign, already made colourful when a US porn star entered the contest.
David Crisafulli has declared, responding to a question from a Courier-Mail reader, that if the LNP wins goverment at the October 26 election, he can get the Bruce Hwy fixed.
A major Queensland hospital has been forced to declare nine times in a three-month period it could not cope with patient demand, with one election candidate declaring the region is in a ‘health crisis’.
Steven Miles has ruled out deals with minor parties saying Labor players to “test its numbers” on the floor of parliament should Queenslanders vote against him later this month.
Redland city’s three state seats have become battlegrounds as election candidates entice voters with solutions to five key issues: living costs, housing, crime, Olympic venues, and hospital parking.
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