Voter frustation could see swing towards minor parties

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A separate North Queensland state, 'castle law', and more youth detention centres are some of the policies being put forward by the Australian Katter Party and One Nation.

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00:00Flying home to his vast electorate, Mount Isa, is Kattah Country.

00:07Robbie Kattah has been the local member for 12 years, and with a safe margin of nearly

00:1225 per cent, this is his kingdom.

00:17The conservative Bushman is campaigning on Christian family values, while also calling

00:23for the right to kill intruders who break into your home.

00:27Law is required, Bush sentencing is required, I think parents need the right to smack again,

00:32that's required.

00:33His party also wants a separate North Queensland state.

00:38We're absolutely over-endowed with resources, but we're all constrained by policy that's

00:43made from 2,000 kilometres away.

00:45For him, politics is local.

00:47Well, he's here, and he knows what's going on here.

00:51His family's been here forever, and they know what it's like to live remotely.

00:55Further south, the coastal seat of Keppel is marginally held by Labor.

01:01One Nation's James Ashby is campaigning to restore Keppel Island to its former glory.

01:07It's just gone to rack and ruin.

01:09There are plenty of great businesses doing the very best they can over there, but when

01:13you've got the state government working against you, it's very difficult to succeed.

01:19He also wants tougher penalties for criminals.

01:23We've got to increase the number of juvenile detention centre beds.

01:27The LNP is expected to win more than the 47 seats it needs to form a majority government.

01:33But political analysts believe there will be a swing towards minor parties.

01:38The Catters are counting on it, hopeful to increase their number to five in the next

01:42parliament.

01:44The state's only current independent MP, Noosa's Sandy Bolton, says she'll work with whichever

01:51party wins government.

01:53I've seen a lot of discontent with the major parties, so I would hope that that discontent

01:59will actually translate into more votes going towards independents and minor parties.

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