Queensland election 2024: Live blog of day 5 of state campaign
Political mind games have been played on the Gold Coast with LNP candidate Bianca Stone holding a mobile office outside Premier Steven Miles’s press conference.
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Originally published as Queensland election 2024: Live blog of day 5 of state campaign
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