While Wednesday’s debate was streamed to the public,the leaders’ performances were aimed at the high-profile paying guests within the packed room.
The LNP has ramped up its rhetoric on economic management,including a pledge to upskill public servants – not sack them – to save money on consultants.
After its logo and quotes were used in what Labor has described as a ‘misinformation’ campaign,the peak doctors body has been forced to clear the air.
Promising a “fresh start” across four key issues,David Crisafulli has detailed the LNP’s goals for the first week,month and 100 days if it wins power.
The high-profile pledges land with early voting set to open Monday,and LNP efforts to beat the third-term Labor government to only its third win in 35 years.
With 11 days down,and voting about to open,Queensland’s major party leaders are just two weeks from polling day – and the unrelenting spotlight has narrowed.
Peter Dutton’s nuclear power ambitions have split his party in Queensland. Labor Premier Steven Miles says it may be a battle worth having in court.
An LNP government could keep Queensland’s coal-fired power stations operating beyond 2035. Experts say this would cost the climate and the Queensland budget.
The LNP leader has brushed off a third day of questions about abortion laws,while the premier has promised to grant Labor MPs a conscience vote.
The LNP leader again insisted there would be no change to abortion or assisted dying laws if he were premier. But it might not be up to him.
LNP leader David Crisafulli has promised greater accountability,but will not say whether he would sack a health minister for failing to meet new targets.