Five seats in doubt as ballot count continues
The political future of two former Labor ministers remains uncertain as the electoral race in a several Queensland seats runs red hot.
Mackenzie Scott
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Democracy sausage wasted as 2 million Queenslanders vote early
Almost two million Queensland voters have cast their ballots ahead of Saturday’s election and possibly dulling the impact of premier Steven Miles and opposition leader David Crisafulli’s final sprints to the polls.
Top Labor bureaucrat prepares for LNP government
Mike Kaiser orders the Queensland public service to plan for a Crisafulli LNP government, and an ALP MP turns green as he tries to fend off an advance by the minor party.
Leaders go all out to get in
Tick, tick, tick. Suddenly there weren’t enough hours in the last day of a dramatically altered Queensland election as Steven Miles and David Crisafulli both pitched for late votes that could make all the difference.
No cash for energy in LNP costings
Queensland’s planned renewable energy transition will be delayed under a LNP government, with David Crisafulli failing to budget a single dollar to his promise of building smaller pumped hydro projects to meet the state’s baseload power needs.
Rope-a-dope: Miles to hit 36 seats in 36-hour blitz
The Queensland premier’s planned blitz, which started on the Sunshine Coast at 7am, will beat Anna Bligh’s 2009 record of 30 seats in 30 hours.
Labor’s renewables company yet to build a single project
The publicly owned renewable energy company created by Queensland’s Labor government six years ago is yet to construct a single project as delays on two pumped hydro projects threaten the state’s environmental targets.
Crisafulli evasive on abortion backflip
David Crisafulli has refused to explain why he voted against 2018 abortion reforms despite declaring on Tuesday night that he now believed that a woman had a right to choose whether to continue a pregnancy.
Abortion row: Crisafulli backs right to choose
In the final debate of the campaign, David Crisafulli came out swinging at Premier Steven Miles and his ‘silly little wedge questions’.
Reverse truth-telling plan, mayors urge LNP
A Liberal National Party Queensland government will ignore the pleas of the state’s Indigenous mayors and shut down a landmark truth-telling and healing inquiry.
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