State election guide: Cook candidates, issues and pledges
Meet the candidates running for Cook, including their policy ideas and their vision for the economy and safety of Queensland’s northernmost seat.
Electorates
New King of the North: Katter in the hat crashes LNP’s election party
The LNP is at risk of losing seats to an ascendant Katter party, complicating the Opposition’s path to majority government.
‘Crime prevention school’ to be built in Central Qld under LNP
The Opposition Leader has revealed an elected LNP Government will open one of four ‘crime prevention schools’ statewide in Central Qld. Find out what it means.
‘Cairns is gone’: Analyst explains fears for once safe Labor seat
A healthy margin won’t be enough to save a battling Labor minister from losing his seat this Saturday if a forecast swing to the LNP is in full effect across the Far North, a political analyst says.
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‘Absentee MP’: What electorate thinks of Crisafulli
He may have uprooted his family and moved to Brisbane, but it’s hard to find a David Crisafulli hater in his Gold Coast electorate.
Premier on shaky home turf as constituents do it tough
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.
Labor spruiks energy plan, $17.5m promised for local school
Labor leader Steven Miles has promised a Sunshine Coast school a new $17.5m facility if elected, while spruiking the government’s energy plan in the region.
Meet the LNP candidate who won’t say what he does for a living
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.
What, me worry? MP all smiles as Greens wave looking like a ripple
Premier Steven Miles’s environmental credentials and Jonty Bush’s stance on youth crime could keep her electorate in Labor hands.
David Crisafulli declares he will fix the Bruce Hwy
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.
LNP pledges $50m for two new mental health units
The LNP will spend $50m on building two short-stay mental health units to help young Queenslanders suffering from anxiety, depression and eating disorders.
Premier defends health scare campaign his own MPs have rejected
Premier Steven Miles has defended a union-led campaign falsely claiming hospitals would be privatised, saying the LNP has ‘form when it comes to healthcare’.
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