He famously said in 2017 that he backed Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s re-election campaign but boxing legend Jeff Horn is about to step into a very different political corner in Rockhampton before the October 31 poll.
A radical state election plan has been unveiled to stop shark attacks in Queensland, including giving subsidies to beachgoers as part of a $37 million overhaul of Queensland’s controversial shark control program.
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation created what the Premier calls a “recipe for chaos” after it revealed a preference swap agreement with north Queensland’s Katter’s Australian Party in a move that could impact the result in a handful of knife-edge seats.
It doesn’t matter where you turn in the campaign right now, the controversial minor party, once routinely ignored like a naughty child, is coming up trumps. And they’re doing it without even trying, writes Steven Wardill.
The Queensland Treasurer has accused the LNP of having a secret plan to slash the public service despite previously promising to also cut down Queensland’s bloated bureaucracy to save billions of dollars, but the leader of the opposition has been quick to hit back. VOTE IN THE POLL NOW
The Queensland Greens, who are banking on holding the balance of power after the election, have launched an ambitious $374 million plan that would benefit 570,000 school children.
Candidates from the LNP, Labor and the Greens in the Brisbane seat of McConnel have gone head-to-head in a debate tonight. Watch the replay
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.
It’s one of the biggest issues of the forthcoming election: Which leader will do a better job managing the state’s economic recovery? Now, in The Courier-Mail’s exclusive YouGov Poll, one leader’s dominance on the economy extends to every region across the state. HAVE YOUR SAY – VOTE IN OUR POLL
Watch the replay as incumbent Townsville MP Scott Stewart and three other political candidates go head-to-head on Townsville’s youth crime issue.
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.
One side of politics would emerge as a clear winner if the state election was held today, after a shock turnaround in support from voters, according to an exclusive YouGov poll conducted for The Courier-Mail. SEE THE FULL RESULTS
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.
According to our exclusive YouGov poll, the LNP has suffered a swing against it on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast despite its primary vote climbing. Will it be enough for the party to lose its traditional strongholds? SEE THE FULL RESULTS.
A big jump in support for the Greens in Greater Brisbane and gains by the LNP could mean several prominent politicians are out of a job and key seats change sides in the October election, according to our exclusive YouGov poll. SEE THE RESULTS.
Labor has hit out at Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party for repeatedly accusing them of planning a death tax in a “fake news” style campaign. It comes as Mr Palmer’s wife Anna was announced as the party’s Queensland deputy.
Thousands of new construction jobs would be created under an LNP plan to slash land tax for build-to-rent projects.
The Palaszczuk government has announced a new 10-year plan to expand and protect the state’s national parks.
“There are more pro-lifers than you can possibly imagine,” says the woman marshalling their forces for an assault on marginal seats.
Queensland has lost a possible future premier and another extremely talented minister, and all because of a system that would even have prevented Peter Beattie becoming premier had it been around during his time in politics, writes Steven Wardill.
Less than a month before the Queensland election campaign kicks off, the Labor Government has lost two of its best ministers.
Clive Palmer says he took down Bill Shorten and will do the same to Annastacia Palaszczuk to prevent Queensland becoming an economic basket case. He also says Campbell Newman wasn’t so bad after all.
The Greens have dropped a candidate in one of the key Brisbane seats they’re targeting this state election, after his alleged conduct towards two women. But the disendorsed candidate hit back late on Tuesday night, saying he considered it a “smear” by the party.
A Federal Labor frontbencher has demanded the Australian Taxation Office investigate allegations that the Queensland Greens used a former staffer’s JobKeeper payments to help fund their state election campaign. The Greens have vehemently denied the allegations.
The State Labor Government has amassed itself a $3 billion war chest for pre-election sweeteners, but Queenslanders will have to wait a month after voting to see the full state of the Budget.
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