First day of official 4-week campaign for October 26 state election

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Queensland LNP leader David Crisafulli says the battle lines have been drawn. He's also been campaigning in southern Queensland focusing heavily on crime.

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00:00I'm here at Bundaberg, Queensland's most marginal electorate.

00:06Now this is the business of a victim of crime who was attacked by a group who also burnt

00:13out several of his car rental vehicles.

00:16Now clearly David Christopher Lee is keen to make this election a referendum on crime.

00:22Both his press conference today and yesterday was fronted by victims of crime and he's committed

00:27$140 million already to prevention programs and also security measures.

00:33Now Bundaberg is held by Labor's first time MP Tom Smith on a margin of just 0.02%.

00:41It's one of several regional seats the LNP is going to need to win if it wants to oust

00:46Labor.

00:47Now David Christopher Lee says he is the underdog despite opinion polling suggesting otherwise

00:52but he's taking nothing for granted.

00:55He'll spend the next four weeks travelling the state trying to prove he is the best person

01:00to lead it as Premier.

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