Steven Miles and David Crisafulli clash over crime, taxes, abortion laws in second debate ahead of Queensland election

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Queensland's leaders have faced off in a second debate in the penultimate week of the election campaign. Steven Miles went point-for-point with David Crisafulli, with the pair clashing over crime, taxes, and changes to abortion laws.

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00:00A handshake between leaders, pleasantries exchanged.

00:07At the top table, at the top of their game, the two men vying to lead Queensland, Stephen

00:13Miles and David Chrisofulli.

00:15Even the coin toss used to make a point.

00:21The opposition leader perhaps hoping the win was a sign, the first to lay out his pitch.

00:27After 10 years of this government, are things better or worse when it comes to youth crime,

00:32health, housing, cost of living and who's got the right plan for Queensland's future?

00:37I said at the outset that this campaign would be about two things, who you trust most to

00:43address the cost of living and to deliver a plan for our state's future.

00:48They pushed each other on crime, health, mining royalties and taxes, the first real spark

00:54coming on the question of GP's payroll tax.

00:58People don't believe you anymore, the AMA asked you to stop saying that, the AMA have

01:05put out a statement saying what a wrecking ball this would be for their industry.

01:09But abortion laws continue to dog Mr Chrisofulli, asked again whether terminations could become

01:16illegal under an LNP government.

01:19It's not part of our plan and there won't be changes, I would suggest to you if there

01:23were changes to that, I wouldn't be a very popular person amongst Queenslanders.

01:28It was his strongest answer yet.

01:30I can't possibly have been more direct and I want to be really clear, those protections

01:39will remain in place, no change.

01:42On being small target.

01:43I just say that's four years of discipline, not making mistakes.

01:47Salad full of carefully rehearsed slogans that don't mean anything and then what I like

01:54to call foolonomics.

01:56The cost of housing has been a key issue.

01:59Yes they're too high.

02:00David?

02:01They are because of the, well that's a yes, but I do have the intellectual rigour to answer

02:08as well.

02:09The opposition leader also left the door open to repealing the ban on property developers

02:14making donations in state elections.

02:18Because it's fundamentally and philosophically an electoral financial gerrymander.

02:22Since 2018 it's been illegal for political parties to accept donations from developers.

02:29In the crowd, some of Brisbane's most powerful and influential, it came down to final words.

02:36A word of a government should count for something and unfortunately time's up for this government.

02:42With me, what you see is what you get.

02:46Now it's up to the masses.

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