Queensland Premier and Opposition Leader face off in the second debate

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Queensland's Premier and Opposition Leader have clashed in the second of three debates of the election campaign less than two weeks before polling day.

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00:00Stephen Miles and David Crisafulli have gone head-to-head for the second time during the

00:06Queensland election campaign.

00:09The debate started with a coin toss, which the LNP leader won, meaning he got to make

00:14the first opening statement.

00:16The two leaders began by outlining their policy platforms.

00:19Mr Crisafulli said voting for the LNP would be a vote for change and a fresh start, while

00:25Mr Miles painted the Labor government as one voters can trust and can take the state forward

00:30for the next four years.

00:32The two leaders clashed on a number of issues, including scare campaigns and the issue of

00:37abortion, which was decriminalised in Queensland in 2018.

00:41There won't be a change and I look forward in four years' time, if I'm given the privilege

00:46of running this state, to remind Queenslanders of the smear that was run.

00:51It has been vitriolic, it has crossed the line, and I have ruled it out.

00:57Premier, your rebuttal?

00:59Any comments?

01:00Any rebuttal?

01:01Oh, well, 132 times he's failed to answer that simple question.

01:11He won't tell Queenslanders what his own views are.

01:16Queenslanders know what I believe.

01:17I was the health minister who decriminalised abortion.

01:21I spoke on that bill.

01:23He voted against it, but did not speak on it.

01:27Queenslanders can trust me because they know my position.

01:31The opposition leader also left the door open to repealing the ban on property developers

01:35making donations in state elections.

01:38Both leaders will go head to head for the third and final time next week, before the

01:44election is held on October 26.

01:47Almost 300,000 Queenslanders have already voted as early voting opened on Monday.

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