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Miles’ school lunch program gains traction and LNP members are questioned over abortion stance in lead-up to Queensland’s state election
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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10/18/2024
The two leaders are winding their way back down the state tonight after a day of pressing the flesh and pushing their policies. For Labor it was free school lunches, while the LNP was once again honing in on crime.
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He's already known to be a dab hands at making school lunches.
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Sandwiches and burgers.
00:08
Stephen Miles putting some meat on the bones of his plans to provide free lunches for all primary kids if re-elected.
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Now this is a cheeseburger.
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But there's been a healthy dose of scepticism about the logistics of rolling out such a bold plan.
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If schools can't do it, the Premier says other groups like Meals on Wheels can.
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Those schools will be able to decide whether to outsource them or how much to outsource them
00:32
and they'll be able to do that for $8 a meal.
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This is Labor's lunchbox lunacy.
00:38
The Premier says he wants these free lunches to kick off from week one of school next year
00:42
but he concedes it could take some time to ramp up.
00:46
We'll work with every school community to design programs that suit them and their resources.
00:53
More than 600,000 people have already cast their vote.
00:57
Neither side wants to attract controversy.
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But LNP candidates continue to be quizzed over their personal stance on abortion laws.
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We're asking candidates about their position on abortion.
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Can you tell us now today what it is?
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There will be... we're sticking to our plan.
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It's not part of our plan.
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The topic gaining momentum after threatened LNP candidate Freya Ostapovich
01:21
told a voter at pre-poll that she was pro-life but couldn't say anything until in government.
01:27
We as a team are ruling out changes to abortion.
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And Freya's committed to that.
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There's going to be no change.
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I know he's lying.
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You know he's lying.
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He is lying to get through the election.
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He knows he cannot stop a change to the state's abortion laws even if he wanted to.
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Let me be categorically unequivocal.
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There will be no changes to abortion laws.
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And that is the position, not just of me, of my team.
01:58
The LNP was on the Sunshine Coast talking security cameras in its bid to beat crime.
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Former police officer and candidate Marty Hunt also questioned given his previous opposition to abortion laws.
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I'm part of this team and I'm committed to what the Leader said, no changes to the abortion laws.
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That's my commitment.
02:16
The LNP is back in Brisbane tonight while Stephen Miles is in the state's most marginal seat.
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