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Police budget blowout won't affect front line: premier

A $116 million blowout over a bungled lease for a new Queensland police station won't affect frontline services, Premier Steven Miles says.

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Queensland is at a crossroads – but a Labor defeat won’t guarantee an easy run for the LNP

David Crisafulli’s frontbench may find government more challenging than expected, especially if voters expect crime, inflation, hospitals and housing to be quickly fixed

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LNP lead reduced as Queensland election approaches; US election remains very close

The Queensland state election is this Saturday, with polls closing at 7pm AEDT. There are 93 single-member seats, with Queensland having no upper house. At the 2020 election, Labor won 52 of the 93 seats, the Liberal National Party (LNP) 34 and all others seven. Labor won the two-party statewide…

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Queensland election abortion debate: it’s what David Crisafulli is not saying that matters most

There is a contradiction between the Liberal National party leader’s steadfast defence of the right to a conscience vote a year ago, and his continued refusal to make a clear statement about it these past few weeks

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Thorpe rebuffs Indigenous leaders’ criticism of protest – as it happened

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Labor looks set for a resounding defeat in Queensland. But the state’s elections have long thrown up surprises

On Saturday October 26, Queensland Premier Steven Miles’ Labor is vying for a fourth consecutive term in government, up against David Crisafulli’s Liberal National Party (LNP).

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Off the scale: intruder crashes campaign crime pitch

Accused of being a policy chameleon, Queensland's opposition leader has stared down a scaly interloper while talking tough on crime on the campaign trail.

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Mayor set to challenge government move to remove him

A controversial mayor has responded to a show cause notice issued by the Queensland government, challenging a plan to remove him from office.

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Heat still on opposition despite abortion law backtrack

A crossbencher has backtracked on abortion law changes before the Queensland election but the premier is maintaining pressure on the opposition over the issue.

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Premier looks to stop election slide in final debate

Premier Steven Miles hopes to arrest a worrying slide after going toe to toe with the opposition leader in the final debate ahead of Saturday's state election.

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LNP leader should vow to fight Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan in high court, Queensland premier says

Steven Miles has accused David Crisafulli of using ‘weasel words’ by failing to directly commit to a legal challenge over Dutton’s Queensland nuclear sites

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Opposition on song ahead of Queensland election

Premier Steven Miles has rubbished the LNP's kids' health care commitment, calling the opposition leader a "dill" for announcing a policy that already exists.

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Premier blasts LNP's 'fresh start' youth justice reform

Crime is making headlines again on the Queensland election campaign as the Labor government hits back at the LNP's planned youth justice reforms.

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LNP is set for an easy win in Queensland, but its first term may pose a much greater challenge

It’s long been assumed the Queensland election of October 26 – to elect the state’s 58th (and second fixed, four-year) parliament – would be a tough ask for a tired-looking Labor government seeking a rare fourth term.

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Abortion debate erupts again after 'secret recording'

A colourful Queensland election campaign has taken another twist with allegations a "secret recording" reveals the opposition's intentions on abortion laws.

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‘Put them in a coffin’: could debate over Queensland’s ‘youth crime crisis’ take a dangerous turn?

While data suggests youth crime rates are at near-record lows, it’s become a totemic issue in the election campaign and that has Indigenous academics worried

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LNP candidate attacked in 'political shakedown'

A regional LNP candidate in the upcoming Queensland election was attacked just 20km from home, in what is being described as a political shakedown.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: ‘It’s going to be a bad result for Labor’ - Antony Green and Michael McKenna on the Qld election

Queenslanders vote on October 26 when, according to the polls, the almost decade-long Labor government is expected to be defeated.

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Premier seeks to defy polling and govern in own right

The leadership road hasn't been straight for Steven Miles as he hopes to defy the odds and win a fourth consecutive term for Labor in Queensland.

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'Slogan salad': Barbs exchanged at Qld election debate

The Queensland premier and opposition leader have butted heads in their second leadership debate, with abortion laws emerging as a key issue ahead of the poll.

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Queensland Premier Steven Miles is promising to hold a vote on nuclear power. Here’s why

Queensland Premier Steven Miles this week declared his party would hold a plebiscite on nuclear power if it returns to office at the forthcoming state election.

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Morning Mail: Labor to axe debit card fees, survey exposes unsafe toys, Trump unleashes on biopic

Government will also instruct the ACCC to investigate excessive card costs; Choice finds all 15 items from website Temu were dangerous

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Australia ‘appalled by the unacceptable deaths of innocent civilians’ in Gaza, Wong’s office says – as it happened

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Albanese backs Queensland premier’s opposition to nuclear power as early voting in state election opens

PM says Steven Miles’s plan to hold plebiscite on nuclear if Labor wins 26 October poll is a ‘matter for Queensland’ but he supports the stance

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Premier touts nuclear plebiscite as PM joins campaign

Queenslanders could vote twice at the next federal election with nuclear in the mix, after Premier Steven Miles vowed to hold a plebiscite if re-elected.

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