“If I can get my message out to all Queenslanders,once they hear this,I will get 450,000 votes,” says the little-known Senate candidate.
While some politicians are leveraging different mediums to reach new audiences ahead of the election,others are sticking with the signs of their times.
Almost half of all Australian voters are expected to vote early,and possibly even more in Queensland,where election day falls on a long weekend.
“I welcome it … They’re just going to be really pissed off when we win,” sitting member Stephen Bates says.
Much of the LNP’s mostly small-target pitch,detailed before the election,will be ticked off in months. What then for a party wanting “generational” power?
Parliamentary debate has begun over the government’s controversial proposed laws,with Labor trying – and failing – to have key parts delayed until early 2025.
Premier David Crisafulli’s election campaign was plagued by unanswered questions about how he would manage differing views in his party,and the parliament.
While those elevated to chair parliamentary committees may get less attention than ministers or opposition frontbenchers,they wield a lot of influence.
When the month-old government named its expert team to put Brisbane back on track for 2032,some Olympic stakeholders were hearing about it for the first time.
In his first major speech,Treasurer and Energy Minister David Janetzki has painted the clearest picture yet of the new LNP government’s power plans.