Qld election 2024: Steven Miles admits winning voters over ‘a tough ask’

Premier Steven Miles concedes it’s a “tough ask” to get Queenslanders even thinking about voting Labor at the October election.

Premier Steven Miles (centre) with Treasurer Cameron Dick (left) and Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner this week. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen

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Premier Steven Miles concedes it’s a “tough ask” to get Queenslanders even thinking about voting Labor despite his work ethic two months out from the state election.

Polling indicates the third-term state government is heading for a convincing defeat on October 26, with the Northern Territory’s rejection of Labor at the weekend adding to fears.

Mr Miles, responding to questions at the Tourism and Transport Leadership Summit in Brisbane on Thursday, said he would continue battling until election day.

“My job every day is no different, no matter what the polls say,” he said.

“I’m going to get up every day and work really hard for Queensland.

“If I do that every day, then they’ll give me at least a look come October.”

Asked about a seeming lack of confidence, Mr Miles said it was a “tough ask” for long-term governments to win re-election.

“That’s clearly one of the things, we saw in our local government elections and elections elsewhere, that the times are difficult for incumbents,” he said.

“What I’ve tried to do is set out a real ambitious agenda and do some of that now, immediately, and put some of them to the people if we’re re-elected in October.”

Mr Miles and Health Minister Shannon Fentiman announced a new satellite hospital would be built at Beenleigh if the government is returned.

It is the second satellite hospital Mr Miles has pledged to build if re-elected and would mean 15 of 16 are located in Labor-held electorates.

Originally published as Qld election 2024: Steven Miles admits winning voters over ‘a tough ask’