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Tune in as Logan candidates go head to head in our online election forum tonight

If you live in the state seat of Logan, don’t miss this exclusive chance to see to how your candidates answered the tough questions in Quest Newspapers’ exclusive live debate. WATCH THE REPLAY

Replay - Logan debate: Candidates go head-to-head ahead of 2020 QLD election

Logan candidates for this month’s state election went head to head in a virtual debate hosted by Quest Newspapers tonight.

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The exclusive live-streamed forum is among 40 being held across the state.

Quest is partnering with The Courier-Mail, Sky News and News Queensland’s extensive network of regional titles to deliver the most comprehensive election coverage across the state.

WATCH THE REPLAY OF THE DEBATE IN THE MEDIA PLAYER ABOVE

Watch the Logan forum tonight at 6.30pm.
Watch the Logan forum tonight at 6.30pm.

The exclusive debate asked candidates tough questions on the issues that matter most to voters before polls close on October 31.

Traffic congestion, over development, the environment, green space, crime, education and health were among the topics addressed.

Albert & Logan News editor Judith Kerr moderated the forum.

The state seat of Logan is being contested by ALP’s Linus Power and LNP’s Clinton Pattinson.
The state seat of Logan is being contested by ALP’s Linus Power and LNP’s Clinton Pattinson.

This is a safe ALP seat which has been held by Linus Power since 2015.

ALP candidate and sitting MP Linus Power holds the seat with a 6.8 per cent margin.
ALP candidate and sitting MP Linus Power holds the seat with a 6.8 per cent margin.

He lost it for a term to Liberal National Party candidate Michael Pucci in 2012, who collected an 18 per cent margin. Mr Power holds it with a 6.8 per cent margin.

The main issues in the seat are how the community is coping with new housing estates and upgrades for the Mt Lindesay Highway.

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A push for more schools to cater for the growing population has also been topical with Yarrabilba State Community College and a primary school for Greenbank.

LNP candidate Clinton Pattinson has run for state, federal and local government before.
LNP candidate Clinton Pattinson has run for state, federal and local government before.

One Nation now has a candidate, Peter Webber, for the seat after that party got 43.2 per cent of the vote (two-party preferred) at the 2017 poll.

Mr Power went head to head with the LNP candidate Clinton Pattinson, who ran for the seat of Algester at the 2017 election.

Other candidates for the seat include Sam Iskander for the Clive Palmer Party, and Liam Jenkinson for The Greens.

Mr Jenkinson also ran for the seat at the 2017 election getting 4.9 per cent of the primary vote.

Originally published as Tune in as Logan candidates go head to head in our online election forum tonight

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