Queensland haspassed the midway point of its political cycle after a pandemic-tinged first halfsince 2020,with political eyes shifted to the next state vote on October 26,2024.
Labor’s election primary vote of 39.57 per cent has dipped to 37 per cent,the first Queensland-specific Resolve survey shows. The LNP has shed one percentage point to 35 per cent.
But the survey shows a lift in support for the Greens from 9 per cent to 11 per cent,and the idea of anindependent candidate from 2 per cent to 7 per cent. The share of voters handing their first vote to the right-wing One Nation or Katter’s Australian Party has slipped.
The survey of 924 registered voters was carried out between August 21 and December 4,with a margin for error of 3.2 per cent.
Resolve director Jim Reed said while the shift from major parties was a pattern seen across other states and the May federal election,the results would likely see state Labor returned to power — though perhaps on a slimmer margin.
“It looks like some of the paint has come off Palaszczuk this term,but it remains to be seen how Crisafulli will fare against her in an election campaign because he’s not well known right now,” Reed said.