LIVE DEBATE: Bonney candidates Sam O’Connor and Rowan Holzberger in the battle for Gold Coast seat Bonney
IT’S the Gold Coast seat that potentially holds the key to who wins this weekend’s State Election. Tonight, the two candidates went head-to-head in the battle for Bonney.
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IT is the Gold Coast seat that potentially holds the key to who wins this weekend’s State Election.
Tonight, the two candidates have gone head-to-head in the battle for new electorate Bonney during a debate beamed live from the Gold Coast Bulletin newsroom.
In one corner is Labor’s Rowan Holzberger and in the other corner is the LNP’s Sam O’Connor.
Watch the live debate in the video player above.
Please note: The Facebook live download has made the audio slightly out-of-sync
Mr Holzberger has accused the LNP of bowing to One Nation by delaying the Cross River Rail project.
LNP Leader Tim Nicholls today announced the project would be delayed at least three years due to funding.
Mr Holzberger, during the Gold Coast Bulletin’s Bonney candidate forum tonight, accused the LNP of making the move because of demands from One Nation.
“Already he is delivering for Pauline Hanson,” Mr Holzberger said.
One Nation have previously said they will not go into a minority government with a party which supports the Cross River Rail Project.
Mr Holzberger said the project was something that was vital for Gold Coasters, despite being a Brisbane-based project.
“The Cross River Rail means that Gold Coasters are going to get to Brisbane 15 minutes earlier,” he said.
“That's half an hour a day more to spend time with their families.”
A Galaxy Research poll commissioned by the Gold Coast Bulletin cannot split Labor and the LNP in Bonney, meaning preference votes will almost certainly decide the winner.
Bonney, which takes in Labrador, Arundel and Biggera Waters and parts of Parkwood and Southport, is seen as a critical seat in the race to win power, with Labor on the nose in regional Queensland and the LNP struggling in Brisbane.
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The Galaxy poll of 657 Bonney voters found LNP’s Sam O’Connor was in front with 45 per cent of the vote. Labor’s Rowan Holzberger had 39 per cent. Both parties are pumping resources into the region.
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