Queensland’s two leaders were both campaigned in the same battleground today, but the Premier was whisked away before they could come face-to-face.
If a campaign was ever going to feature a showdown reminiscent of the slightly crazed handshake Mark Latham planted on John Howard or Tony Abbott’s infamous promise to shirt-front Vladimir Putin, it would be in the extremities of Queensland’s tropical north.Flashback: Latham’s infamous handshake with PM John Howard - long before social distancing.If Labor loses in the marginal Townsville seats, Ms Palaszczuk’s chances of ruling with the majority she desperately craves becomes unlikely.
The One Nation boss also announced a preference swap with KAP, both genuine contenders in regional electorates.
At the launch of the LNP’s crime policy in Townsville in July, Ms Frecklington said the region’s youth crime statistics were “frightening”.Mr Doyle will also come up against a fresh Labor candidate after sitting member Coralee O’Rourke resigned for health reasons.“We have to have a wholistic approach with juvenile crime,” he told reporters on Thursday.
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