Last minute election guide: Everything you need to know about voting in Brisbane’s north

Find out where to vote, who your candidates are and what’s at stake this state election in Aspley, Nudgee and Sandgate electorates.

It’s the day of the state election and should you have woken up feeling ill-prepared to help choose your government representatives this morning, Quest Community News has you covered with a brief guide on everything you need to know to make your vote count in Brisbane’s north.

WHERE TO VOTE

Aspley electorate

The Aspley electorate encompasses the suburbs of Aspley, Bridgeman Downs and Carseldine.

Church of Resurrection Hall, 30 Ridley Rd, Bridgeman Downs

Aspley Special School Hall, 751 Zillmere Rd, Aspley

Aspley East State School, 31 Helena St, Aspley

Zillmere State School Library, Zillmere

Aspley West State School hall, Horn Rd, Aspley

Craiglea State High School auditorium, 685 Hamilton Rd, West Chermside

McDowall State School, 1018 Rode Rd, McDowall

Sandgate electorate

The Sandgate electorate includes the suburbs of Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Deagon, Brighton, Bracken Ridge, Fitzgibbon, and Taigum.

Brighton State School Sports Hall, 2 North Rd, Brighton

Nashville State School Hall, Douglas St, Nashville

Bracken Ridge Uniting Church, 7 Pellinore Rd, Bracken Ridge

Norris Road State High School, Pritchard Pl, Bracken Ridge

Bracken Ridge State School, Denham St, Bracken Ridge

Fitzgibbon Community Centre, 545 Rogham Rd, Fitzgibbon

Taigum State School Hall, 266 Handford Rd, Taigum

Sandgate District State High School Hall, 1 Braun St, Deagon

Shorncliffe State School, Signal Row and Yundah St, Shorncliffe

Sandgate State School Hall, Keogh St, Sandgate

Nudgee electorate

Those who live in Nudgee, Nudgee Beach, Boondall, Banyo, Virgina, Northgate, Wavell Heights and parts of Zillmere, Geebung and Nundah will be voting in the Nudgee electorate.

Boondall State School, Sandgate Rd, Boondall

Zillmere Community Centre, 54 Handford Rd, Zillmere

Nudgee School of Arts, 61 Hayden St, Nudgee

St Oswald’s Anglican Chuch, 9 Froude St, Banyo

Earnshaw State College, Earnshaw and Tunfell Rds, Nudgee

Virginia State School, Sandgate Rd, Virginia

St Francis of Assisi Anglican Church, Cavendish St, Nundah

Northgate State School, 128 Amelia St, Northgate

St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Atthow Pde, Nundah

Nundah State School, 1 Bage St, Nundah

Holy Spirit Anglican Church, Olive St, Nundah

WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES?

Aspley electorate

HARDY, Walter. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

SKILBECK, Neil. Civil Liberties & Motorists Party.

HANSEN, James. The Greens.

MORRISON, Joshua. Clive Palmer’s UAP.

MELLISH, Bart. Australian Labor Party.

COOPER, Amanda. LNP.

Sandgate electorate

MILES, Rodney. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

SIEMSEN, Clark. LNP.

MILHAM, Todd. Independent.

HINCHLIFFE, Stirling. Australian Labor Party.

LE ROY, Miree. The Greens.

Nudgee electorate

PRITCHARD, Dane. Informed Medical Options Party (IMOP).

HALLIWELL, Carrol. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

DAVIES, Jim. The Greens.

LINARD, Leanne. Australian Labor Party.

SHAW, Ryan. LNP.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

Aspley electorate

Aspley is a marginal Labor seat which could go either way this state election.

The two frontrunners are incumbent MP Bart Mellish from the Labor Party and former Brisbane City Councillor Amanda Cooper form the Liberal National Party.

Cooper is going all out with her election promises, including a $90 million overpass at Beams Rd, across Gympie Rd, $100,000 in funding to help the Aspley Memorial Bowls Club, $200,000 to upgrade the Bald Hills Memorial Hall, $500,000 for the Bald Hills State School and $500,000 for a cycle and pedestrian pathway on Albany Creek Rd.

Mellish brought out the big guns with his own promise to build a $50 million Beams Rd overpass, with construction slated to begin in 2021. He’s also promised to build noise barriers along Gympie Rd in Bald Hills, $100,000 to help the Aspley Hornets FC join the East Coast competition next year and $10 million to build a volleyball centre at the Craigslea State High School.

Sandgate electorate

Sandgate is considered to be a safe Labor seat this election, with incumbent MP Stirling Hinchliffe expected to reclaim the seat this election.

Should he be re-elected he’s promised residents $128 million towards the Beams Rd overpass in Fitzgibbon, $28.9 million to build a robotics and advanced manufacturing centre on the northside, $5 million for a performing arts hall at Sandgate High and $500,000 for Bracken Ridge State High School.

He’s up against Clark Siemsen from the LNP, who has strongly pushed his party’s promise for a $300 rego rebate, and Miree Le Roy from Greens, who has promised $44 million to go towards Sandgate schools.

Nudgee electorate

Incumbent MP Leanne Linard is the favourite to win the Labor stronghold seat of Nudgee. Linard has promised the community a $500,000 boost to out-of-school-hours care at Boondall State School, a $200,000 commitment for the feasibility study into the Banyo Road intersection upgrade, $150,000 to upgrade play equipment at Virginia State School as part of a $450,000 investment in new, modern school facilities in the electorate and $300,000 towards an upgrade to the admin space at Northgate State School.

Her closest competitor is expected to be Ryan Shaw from the LNP, who announced a $60,000 commitment to the Norths Rugby Club to help fund new change rooms and bathroom facilities for female players, a focus on police resourcing and a plan to get hoons off our streets, including covert CCTV cameras located in hooning hot spots with a direct feed to police stations and officer iPads, and tyre-shredding antiskid road treatment.