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Queensland election campaigns continues as early voting opens
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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10/14/2024
Early voting has kicked off in Queensland as the election campaign ramps up. Both leaders started the day in the south-east of the state, continuing to make their cases -- including Labor's offer of free school lunches.
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Well, as you can imagine, it really is kicking off into election mode here in Queensland.
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We've seen promises from both political parties.
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So today, we're expecting both leaders, the Premier and the opposition leader to remain
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here in Brisbane for the start of the day, as you mentioned, as early voting gets underway.
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Now, we're expecting nearly 4 million Queenslanders to head to the ballot box between now and
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October 26.
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But it really was all yesterday's announcements that have sort of set the tone and really
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been major policy reforms in terms of schooling.
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We saw the Premier, Stephen Miles, who officially launched Labor's bid for re-election at an
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event in Brisbane's north.
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Now, this was a notable event.
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So there were a number of former premiers that were invited, including the likes of
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Peter Beattie, who served as Queensland Premier from 1998 to 2007.
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But notably absent, interestingly, was Stephen Miles' predecessor and former Premier, Anastasia
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Palaszczuk.
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Now, this has been a hot topic, and the Premier was quick to suggest that conflicting schedules
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were the reason for her absence.
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But it really was all about that $1.4 billion package that was announced to deliver free
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school lunches at every state primary school across Queensland.
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It's an announcement that's already been met with mixed reviews.
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We've heard from the Greens, who've said that this is basically an iteration of their own
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policy to deliver free breakfast and lunch across every school around the state.
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The LNP have been quick to say that this is effectively a desperate grab for votes.
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There's also concerns raised about the impact of inflation.
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The Premier was quick to deny this.
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There's no evidence that this will have an impact on inflation.
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In fact, the Australian Bureau of Statistics credited Queensland's cost of living measures
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with driving inflation down below that 3% mark.
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They singled out our $1,000 energy rebates and our $0.50 public transport fares.
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So our cost of living packages have been designed to support families while also creating room
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for the RBA to move on interest rates.
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Now, as you can imagine, the Premier, Stephen Miles, has really spent the last 10 months
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sort of setting the tone of his agenda, which is all on cost of living.
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Meanwhile, the opposition leader spent yesterday in the electorate of Gavin on the Gold Coast,
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where he was detailing the LNP's plan for the first 100 days if they are elected into office.
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Largely, David Crisofulli's campaign has been centred around youth crime.
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He's had that slogan, adult crime, adult time, but certainly as we get closer to the countdown
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of the election with less than 12 days to go, we are expecting a raft of more policy
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announcements to sway constituents' votes as we get closer to October 26.
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