In pre-COVID Queensland, the state was in trouble. Treasury debt was heading towards $100bn, the public service wage bill was soaring and nobody in government had any idea of how to breathe life into a moribund economy. That’s not going to cut it anymore, writes Mike O’Connor.
The LNP is beset by a bunch of lazy, incompetent and irrelevant members who are clueless about the hard work required to beat Labor at a Queensland election. The fundamental difference between the two parties couldn’t be more stark, writes Steven Wardill.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has again taken aim at Annastacia Palaszczuk in the wake of her election victory, saying the popular decision isn’t always the right one.
After former LNP heavyweights were spotted cruising the Brisbane River with Clive Palmer on election night, support is mounting for Deb Frecklington’s most-favoured replacement.
Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deb Frecklington will claim every day from now until polls close on October 31 that they won’t do deals to gain minority government. Don’t believe either of them. They’re both telling fibs. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Queensland’s next premier might not be a party leader at this election, with both Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deb Frecklington refusing to rule out quitting if they can’t form majority government. VOTE IN OUR POLL
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.
With 200,000 Queenslanders out of work and facing economic crisis, I believe this election is about who has a plan to get Queensland working again: Deb Frecklington.
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.
I have two priorities: Keeping Queensland safe and keeping people in work. QLD Premier shares statement ahead of state 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?
Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington says Queenslanders deserves a majority government as she again ruled out doing any deals with minor parties in the event of a hung parliament.
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