Premier defends health scare campaign his own MPs have rejected
Premier Steven Miles has defended a union-led campaign falsely claiming hospitals would be privatised, saying the LNP has ‘form when it comes to healthcare’.
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LNP’s health academy promise to deliver Central Qld’s homegrown clinicians
The LNP, if it wins government, is promising to establish a $95 million academy for health sciences in Rockhampton to provide a pathway to a medical career for high school students.
Qld election: No city visits from leaders confirmed as campaign kicks off
Premier Steven Miles and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli have yet to reveal if, or when, they plan to campaign in Toowoomba, as fears grow about the city securing vital government funding.
Redland city candidates knock on 20,500 doors as election heats up
Redland city’s three state seats have become battlegrounds as election candidates entice voters with solutions to five key issues: living costs, housing, crime, Olympic venues, and hospital parking.
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Leaders’ last-minute dash through swing seats
As insiders from both parties grapple with a growing list of seats they could lose, Queensland’s two opposing leaders have mounted a last-gasp blitz of crucial battlegrounds.
Powerbroker to pariah: The rise and fall of Jackie Trad
How former Queensland deputy premier Jackie Trad went from powerbroker to outcast and “99 per cent” likely to lose her seat.
Greens growing confident of Labor triple tragedy
As a new poll reveals the Greens are on track to unseat former deputy premier Jackie Trad in South Brisbane, the minor party is growing confident about its chances in other nearby electorates.
Palaszczuk stands firm on minor parties despite Trad scare
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is standing firm on her stance over deals with minor parties, despite a Newspoll survey that has revealed her former deputy Jackie Trad’s ultra-marginal seat of South Brisbane is under threat. SEE THE POLL RESULTS
Minor party vote collapse to flip ultra-marginal seat
An incredible collapse in votes for one of the minor parties is set to cause a reversal in fortunes for the two major parties in a must-win marginal southeast Queensland seat.
Where the Qld election will be won
With more than 30 marginal seats, the Queensland election could be anybody’s. These are the seats that could make or break either major party.
Mum forced to set traps after repeated break ins
A mother of three has been forced to take crime prevention into her own hands, setting traps around her home every night over fears that young criminals will attempt to break in again.
Electoral roll breach investigation dropped
As a senior legal figure says an alleged leak of private personal voter data from Labor to a union requires a serious investigation, the Australian Electoral Commission has said it will not refer the matter to the AFP.
Campaign cut ahead of LNP powerbrokers’ French feast
Relations between LNP HQ and leader Deb Frecklington remain fraught after those ill-fated efforts to oust her a few months back, with a powerful committee voting to cut the party’s campaign contribution, writes Steven Wardill.
Palaszczuk: State could open on November 1
Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland’s border with NSW could still open on November 1. It comes as she said the Federal Government was responsible for stopping a plane carrying vulnerable Aussies from Laos from landing at Cairns.
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