Qld election 2020: Annastacia Palaszczuk makes last visits to Brisbane electorates
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is attempting to paint the town red in the final hours of the election campaign.
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, hoping for re-election to her third time, has spent election day painting the town (Brisbane) red, in a multi-seat blitz across Brisbane.
Having spent a significant chunk of the election campaign in and around regional Queensland, Ms Palaszczuk has dedicated the last few hours before polls close to the Brisbane seats she’s desperate to hold on to in order to win a majority government.
Her first stop of the day was Aspley State School, in the Aspley electorate in Brisbane’s north.
The electorate is currently held by Labor’s Bart Mellish with a margin of just 1.2 per cent.
The latest Sportsbet figures have Mr Mellish almost neck-and-neck with his LNP opposition Amanda Cooper, with Mr Mellish the favourite at $1.85, and Ms Cooper at $1.90.
Ms Palaszczuk elbow-bumped voters and Mr Mellish.
Kicking off Election Day in the electorate of Aspley with Bart Mellish, his wife Vivienne and their adorable baby Oscar. Bart’s such a hard working local member who cares about his community 🙌 #qldvotes #teamqld pic.twitter.com/GMrnStqb8f
— Annastacia Palaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) October 30, 2020
She then made a trip to the inner-city seat of McConnel, held by Labor stalwart Grace Grace, who is at risk of losing her seat to the Greens.
Ms Grace holds the seat with 7.9 per cent, and the seat is therefore not considered marginal, but the latest Sportsbet figures have Greens candidate Kirsten Lovejoy in front.
The favourites for Ms Lovejoy are $1.80, while Ms Grace is at $2.
Ms Palaszczuk and Ms Grace visited a cafe in Fortitude Valley, where they snapped a socially distanced happy snap with a young family while picking up a coffee.
Jamie’s Cafe Fortitude Valley. Quick Election Day coffee with baby Ariadne. #QLDvotes2020 pic.twitter.com/MS5exclWKl
— Annastacia Palaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) October 30, 2020
The pair then headed around New Farm to meet and greet with voters.
Lovely meeting locals with @gracextwo in New Farm☀ï¸#QLDvotes2020 pic.twitter.com/JbgiR7QHRX
— Annastacia Palaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) October 31, 2020
Ms Palaszczuk then headed to her own electorate of Inala, which her father Henry held before her, to cast her own vote and possibly pick up a democracy sausage.
.@AnnastaciaMP arrives in her electorate to vote with her father @9NewsQueensland #qldpol #qldvotes pic.twitter.com/EShm02fWHD
— Ebony Cavallaro (@ebonycavallaro) October 31, 2020
More to come.
Originally published as Qld election 2020: Annastacia Palaszczuk makes last visits to Brisbane electorates