Major parties eyeing up inner Brisbane seats held by the Greens

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Queensland is home to some high profile politicians including the Opposition leader, Nationals leader and treasurer. The major parties are hoping to make electoral gains in the sunshine state eyeing off the three inner Brisbane seats held by the greens.

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00:00Queensland is a Liberal National Party stronghold, with the coalition holding 21 of the state's

00:0930 federal seats.

00:11Labor has just five seats, the Greens have three, and Catter's Australian party has one.

00:18The major parties are hoping to wrestle back some seats this campaign, eyeing off the three

00:24inner Brisbane seats won by the Greens at the last federal election.

00:29It was a historic result for the minor party, which picked up Brisbane, Ryan and Griffith

00:34at the 2022 poll.

00:36Proving it will be a tight contest, opposition leader Peter Dutton's first press conference

00:41of the election campaign today was held in the suburb of Albion, in the federal seat

00:47of Brisbane.

00:48The LNP held the seat for four terms from 2010, before losing it in 2022, after voters

00:55swung away from the Morrison government.

00:58The coalition will also be trying to win back Ryan, while the Labor Party has its

01:03sights set on Brisbane and Griffith.

01:05Griffith is currently held by the Greens' Max Chandler-Mather, but it was previously

01:11a safe Labor seat when held by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

01:16The Greens are expected to put up a tough fight, with leader Adam Bandt saying the party

01:22has launched its biggest campaign ever, and it's confident it can win more seats from

01:28Labor this campaign.

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