Ready or not: More than a year out from state election, campaigning has begun
Queensland has entered election mode more than a year out from polling day after the state government and opposition launched major campaign pitches.
Australiaās longest-serving sitting premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will seek a fourth term when voters head to the polls on October 26 next year.
Palaszczuk has touted her governmentās agenda and appealed to voters in a campaign-style, taxpayer-funded video uploaded the same day Opposition Leader David Crisafulli unveiled the LNPās Right Priorities brochure.
āWe are building a better Queensland ā one the world is only just discovering,ā she said in the video.
āLetās keep going as our best days are still ahead of us.ā
One of the last Covid-era leaders still in office along with ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, Palaszczuk posted the video after hosing down recent leadership speculation in the wake of a string of negative polls.
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Crisafulli, who took over as LNP leader almost three years ago, said Queenslanders were desperate for change and had identified safer communities, easier access to health care and secure housing as priorities.
Flagging home ownership as a pillar of his partyās campaign, Crisafulli said shadow treasurer, trade and investment spokesman David Janetzki would become the stateās first minister for home ownership if the LNP won office.
āThe great Australian dream of owning a home has become an unattainable nightmare for too many Queenslanders ā and we must end that,ā Crisafulli said as he launched the blueprint.
Palaszczuk said the opposition blueprint had the āwrong prioritiesā.
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āWhat we know very clearly is that they will cut and sack and sell,ā she said on Monday.
āThere is no mention there about supporting our Queensland energy and jobs plan.
āThere is no commitment to keeping our electricity assets in public hands.
āThere is no commitment to keeping those cost of living rebates to Queenslanders.ā
Katterās Australian Party leader Robbie Katter accused the government and the opposition of ātrying to second guess the opinion pollsā and lead by Survey Monkey, particularly on the path to treaty process.
āI think both sides of this parliament have been absolutely gutless,ā he said.
āSay what you think and walk the walk.
āIf youāre going to take a position, donāt wait to see public opinion polls and be a weather vane.ā
Katter said Queenslanders were ācrying out for people that make some value-based judgmentsā.
āThe government has proven time and time again theyāre incapable of doing that ā¦ and the LNP have just really damaged their credibility in flip-flopping all over the place,ā he said.
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