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)

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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00:00He's already known to be a dab hands at making school lunches.

00:06Sandwiches and burgers.

00:08Stephen Miles putting some meat on the bones of his plans to provide free lunches for all primary kids if re-elected.

00:15Now this is a cheeseburger.

00:17But there's been a healthy dose of scepticism about the logistics of rolling out such a bold plan.

00:22If schools can't do it, the Premier says other groups like Meals on Wheels can.

00:27Those schools will be able to decide whether to outsource them or how much to outsource them

00:32and they'll be able to do that for $8 a meal.

00:35This is Labor's lunchbox lunacy.

00:38The Premier says he wants these free lunches to kick off from week one of school next year

00:42but he concedes it could take some time to ramp up.

00:46We'll work with every school community to design programs that suit them and their resources.

00:53More than 600,000 people have already cast their vote.

00:57Neither side wants to attract controversy.

01:00But LNP candidates continue to be quizzed over their personal stance on abortion laws.

01:05We're asking candidates about their position on abortion.

01:08Can you tell us now today what it is?

01:11There will be... we're sticking to our plan.

01:14It's not part of our plan.

01:16The topic gaining momentum after threatened LNP candidate Freya Ostapovich

01:21told a voter at pre-poll that she was pro-life but couldn't say anything until in government.

01:27We as a team are ruling out changes to abortion.

01:31And Freya's committed to that.

01:34There's going to be no change.

01:35I know he's lying.

01:37You know he's lying.

01:39He is lying to get through the election.

01:42He knows he cannot stop a change to the state's abortion laws even if he wanted to.

01:49Let me be categorically unequivocal.

01:52There will be no changes to abortion laws.

01:54And that is the position, not just of me, of my team.

01:58The LNP was on the Sunshine Coast talking security cameras in its bid to beat crime.

02:03Former police officer and candidate Marty Hunt also questioned given his previous opposition to abortion laws.

02:10I'm part of this team and I'm committed to what the Leader said, no changes to the abortion laws.

02:15That's my commitment.

02:16The LNP is back in Brisbane tonight while Stephen Miles is in the state's most marginal seat.

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