State election candidates in Warrego 2024
Voters in Warrego can expect to see seven names on their ballot paper on October 26. With candidates from multiple parties, and an independent, get to know your options before voting opens.
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Ahead of the state election slated for October 26, voters in Warrego can expect to see seven names on the ballot, from major parties, a range of minor parties, and an independent.
Candidates from the two major parties - the Liberal National Party and the Australian Labor Party - are joined on the ballot by candidates from the Queensland Greens, One Nation, Legalise Cannabis Queensland party, Family First party, and an independent, all running on a slew of campaign promises.
Ann Leahy - Liberal National Party
Incumbent Member of Parliament for Warrego, Ann Leahy, is seeking a fourth re-election in 2024.
Ms Leahy was first elected as the MP for Warrego in 2015, but the seat has been held by the LNP for about 50 years.
Ms Leahy has said despite the LNP’s comfortable margin, she would not be resting on her laurels.
With close to a decade of experience as an MP under her belt, Ms Leahy said she would continue to fight for the needs of the region.
Jack Hargreaves - Queensland Labor Party
Jack Hargreaves is running as the ALP candidate for Warrego in the state election.
According to his profile on the Queensland Labor website, Mr Hargreaves is a tradesperson in aviation, and “understands how important it is to back local and secure jobs for regional Queenslanders”.
Mr Hargreaves said the Miles Labor government has plans to enhance community safety, healthcare and cost of living in the region, through investment in infrastructure like a police facility in Cunnamulla, and the Tara Hospital, as well as electricity rebates.
Ian Mazlin - Queensland Greens
Ian Mazlin is the Queensland Greens’ candidate for Warrego.
His profile on the party’s website highlights the Greens’ top priorities of ensuring that “big corporations and billionaires” pay their fair share, so that all Queenslanders can access affordable housing, free childcare, education and healthcare.
Hayley Titmarsh - One Nation
As the One Nation candidate for Warrego, Hayley Titmarsh said she would help protect farming communities.
On her profile on the One Nation website, Ms Titmarsh said: "Farmers need more than lip service from politicians—they need practical policies that safeguard their livelihoods and water resources."
Christopher Schenk - Family First
Christopher Schenk is also running for MP for Warrego, as a candidate for the Family First party.
Mr Schenk is a Dalby local, with close to 15 years of experience in primary and secondary school teaching.
According to his bio on the Family First Queensland website, Mr Schenk endeavours to “fight against the destructive far left agenda and restore prosperity and freedom, and to hold to account those that have caused the erosion of both of these in our culture”.
He is opposed to “radical far-left ideologies such as transgenderism, abortion, euthanasia and climate change”.
He
said it didn't take much encouragement for him to put his hand up to run as a candidate, but said he was still not sure the politician's life was for him.
“I think that’s a good thing,” he said.
“I genuinely want to create change.”
He said he was motivated by what he said were “attacks” on the conservative Australian’s way of life.
“I really see the destruction of the family being the prime mover of our culture at the moment,” he said.
Among his personal views that make up his platform, Mr Schenk said he does not believe a pregnant person should have a right to terminate a pregnancy under any circumstances, does not believe that gender-affirming care should be available to transgender people, and that coal, gas, and nuclear were the best options for energy.
In his view, the belief that abortion is “murder” is a belief which “the entire Western world has held for thousands of years”.
He said another top priority was to support traditional family units, which he said would help the youth crime crisis.
“We would like to put a lot more support into helping children and helping youths,” he said.
Mr Schenk said he did not agree that providing abortion healthcare might help prevent children being born into disadvantage, and instead said the onus was on the parents to not conceive in the first place.
Mr Schenk also said a lot of “misinformation” was fed to the public regarding renewable energy.
“Immediately we would like to put a halt to the net-zero green agenda,” Mr Schenk said.
Angela Adams - Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party
Angela Adams, running for MP for Warrego with the Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party, is standing on a platform of ending cannabis prohibition in Queensland.
According to her candidate profile on the party’s website, after years of persecution due to her cannabis use, she decided to run for parliament to help invoke change.
Ms Adams
said legalising cannabis in the Sunshine State could generate “billions” of dollars for the economy.
As a result, Ms Adams said the Queensland economy would have more capacity to fund schools, hospitals, roads, welfare and agriculture - all through legalising cannabis.
Ms Adams said this was part of the party’s “one policy for many issues” approach.
When asked to cite where she sourced the billion dollar figure, she said she “was not too sure,” but said cannabis legalisation in some US states has had billion-dollar ripple effects for the economy.
She conceded the US has a much higher population than Australia, but said her point still stood that legalising cannabis would be a positive.
She pointed to the Queensland judicial system, which she said was under a lot of pressure, which would be eased if cannabis were made legal.
She said her own experience with the Queensland criminal system made her all the more passionate for the cause.
Daniel Gill - Independent
A Roma resident since 2015, Daniel Gill is campaigning to become the Warrego member of parliament as an independent. According to his own website, Mr Gill said he is running for parliament because he is “deeply concerned about the agenda that is being pushed in our country, from the top down”.
He lists his beliefs to include that “abortion is murder”, “fossil fuels are sustainable”, “government is not god” and that “crime must be punished.”
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