QLD Election 2020 results: Labor’s Corrine McMillan wins Mansfield
Labor’s Corrine McMillan MP, LNPs Janet Wishart, Greens’ Rob Walter and four other candidates stood for the must-win marginal seat. Now there’s a winner, find out what you’ve been promised.
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Labor’s Member for Mansfield has won a second term in parliament, after she increased her margin slightly in the face of a strong LNP challenge which saw significant time and resources devoted to flipping the seat.
Ms McMillan grew her margin from 1.6 per cent to 3.4 per cent.
She collected 45.62 per cent of the vote, ahead of LNP’s Janet Wishart with 35.97 per cent.
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Ms McMillan was first elected in 2017, ousting former Minister Ian Walker in a tight contest.
There have been no signature big-money announcements in Mansfield, rather a significant number of smaller commitments.
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Here’s what Ms McMillan and Labor have promised the voters of Mansfield:
Education
– $7.5 million for new classrooms at Wishart State School.
– $12 million for a multipurpose hall at Rochedale State High School.
– $2.2 million to light every school oval in the Mansfield electorate.
– Completing airconditioning in all schools by 2022.
– $100 million in funding to upgrade TAFE campuses and training programs across the state. This includes $32 million towards robotics and advanced manufacturing specifically at Brisbane TAFEs.
– $21 million to make TAFE qualifications and apprenticeships free for all Queenslanders under the age of 25. Free Certificate IIIs will be available in 26 priority skills areas such as mining and engineering, electrical, healthcare and early childhood education. Free apprenticeships will be provided for a further 139 priority qualifications, such as carpentry, mechanics, chefs.
– Funding for 6,190 new teachers and 1,139 new teacher aides.
Community
– $1.5 million for development at the Mt Gravatt Youth & Recreation Club Sports Complex.
– $92,000 for the Rochedale Scout Group.
– $50,000 for the Mt Gravatt Men’s Shed.
– $70,000 for the Mt Gravatt Vultures AFC.
– $90,000 for the Mt Gravatt Hawks FC.
Roads/transport
– $500,000 for a Priority Safety Upgrade for Mansfield State High School congestion.
Crime
– $624 million investment over five years for 2,025 new police personnel. Of those 1,450 will be deployed to the frontline, including 150 for the South Brisbane Police District. This money will also fund 25 new ‘mobile police beats’.
– $77 million investment over five years in extra police resources. This includes 5,000 additional QLiTE iPads for frontline police officers (taking the total fleet size to 12,000); 250 additional police patrol vehicles (taking the total fleet size to almost 3,000); 4,500 additional body-worn video cameras to bring the total fleet to 12,000; and 12,000 new integrated load bearing ballistic vests to protect police.
Jobs/industry
– $27 million funding towards recycling projects expected to create 303 jobs State-wide and support businesses in the resource recovery sector while reduce the amount of rubbish sent to landfill. According to Treasurer Cameron Dick, the investment will see more than 957,000 tonnes of rubbish diverted from landfill each year and result in $126 million in additional capital investment into the economy from the industry.
Health
– $12 million for a new ward with 24 beds at QEII Hospital.
– Hiring 9,475 more health staff in Queensland including 5,800 nurses, 1,500 doctors, 475 and 1,700 health professionals.
– $265 million to deliver seven new innovative ‘Satellite Hospitals’ across southeast Queensland to help take the pressure off emergency departments and provide hospital care closer to home. One will be located on Brisbane southside, although its exact location is yet to be revealed.
Originally published as QLD Election 2020 results: Labor’s Corrine McMillan wins Mansfield