The issues that matter most to Qld voters – and how MPs plan to address them
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Queensland votes

The issues that matter most to Qld voters – and how MPs plan to address them

Both major parties have set out the key issues in their sights as the formal election campaign readies for lift-off. But what are yours?

  • byMatt Dennien

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Would you vote for a 19-year-old? These Gen Zs hope you will

Would you vote for a 19-year-old? These Gen Zs hope you will

One has been elected unopposed already,while the rest are hoping to win you over at Saturday’s local council elections.

  • byKayla Olaya
Former right-wing senator,Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power,MP suggests

Former right-wing senator,Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power,MP suggests

Although denied by leader David Crisafulli,speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.

  • byMatt Dennien
Whistleblower set to oversee DNA lab reform if LNP wins election

Whistleblower set to oversee DNA lab reform if LNP wins election

A whistleblower who exposed a state-run forensic lab’s failures has claimed the Queensland government rejected her offer to help,describing it as “attacking the messenger”.

  • byFraser Barton andSavannah Meacham
LNP seeks mandate to pass youth crime laws this year

LNP seeks mandate to pass youth crime laws this year

With just two parliamentary weeks due after October’s election,David Crisafulli’s new youth justice laws would be subject to only brief oversight,if he were to be elected premier.

  • byMatt Dennien
Crisafulli gains more ground with voters as Labor support slides again

Crisafulli gains more ground with voters as Labor support slides again

Primary vote support for Queensland Labor has fallen to more than 20 percentage points below the LNP before October’s election,new Brisbane Times polling shows.

  • byMatt Dennien
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Adult crime,adult time:Responsibilities can’t come without rights
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Crime

Adult crime,adult time:Responsibilities can’t come without rights

We can’t have it both ways. If young people are to be treated like adults in the criminal justice system,how can we deny them the right to vote?

  • byCameron Atfield
LNP promises public register for some child sex offenders if elected

LNP promises public register for some child sex offenders if elected

Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has pitched a long-touted – and questioned – idea as part of his crime-focused election campaign.

  • byMatt Dennien
Public transport tops pre-COVID levels as election train builds steam

Public transport tops pre-COVID levels as election train builds steam

The Miles Labor government has hailed the first month of its 50¢ flat fare trial as a vote of confidence with just seven weeks to the statewide poll.

  • byMatt Dennien
Queensland senator Gerard Rennick quits LNP for crossbench

Queensland senator Gerard Rennick quits LNP for crossbench

The move reduces the number of Coalition senators to 30 and increases the crossbench to 10 members.

  • byShane Wright
Compulsory preferential voting to be scrapped if LNP takes power

Compulsory preferential voting to be scrapped if LNP takes power

The minority Palaszczuk government reintroduced compulsory preferential voting in 2016. David Crisafulli has vowed to once again make it optional.

  • byCameron Atfield