The Queensland election campaign official begins today, with fewer than four weeks to go before the sunshine state heads to the polls.
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00:00This morning, we've seen the Premier Stephen Miles, who's actually just moments ago left
00:06from Government House behind me.
00:08Now, in true Queenslander style, he actually caught a public bus from Brisbane's CBD all
00:12the way here to Government House, utilising his party's 50 cent public transport fees.
00:18He went to Government House and met up with the Governor, Dr Jeanette Young, to officially
00:23sign off the writs, hand them over, and what that means is effectively the 57th Parliament
00:28here in Queensland has now officially been dissolved.
00:31It not only marks the start of the official election campaign for both parties, all parties,
00:36but it also highlights that State Parliament is now in caretaker mode, so that's for the
00:40next four weeks.
00:41But of course, as you can imagine, in the last 10 months, we've seen raft after raft
00:45of policies being announced by both the major political parties, as well as the Greens,
00:49so this has really been a long time coming.
00:52Now, we spoke with the Premier Stephen Miles on the bus earlier this morning.
00:56Here's a little bit of what he had to say.
00:59David Crisafulli is playing small target politics.
01:02He's hoping to sneak into government with just slogans and soundbites, but he hasn't
01:07learned from history.
01:08He was a minister in Campbell Newman's government, and at the end of the day, that means it was
01:13him who cut those healthcare workers, him who closed those schools, him who cancelled
01:19those projects.
01:20Right now, when we're on the cusp of recovery, we can't afford to be taken backwards by David
01:26Crisafulli and the LNP.
01:28Neither of those political leaders have really waited at the starting line for the official
01:32campaign to launch, so so far we've heard from the LNP, who've been running on a platform
01:36of youth crime.
01:37They've touted that slogan, adult crime, adult time.
01:41They're also looking to add additional housing stock to address the state's housing crisis,
01:45as well as additional rental stress ease as well.
01:49And they've also said and touted that they would continue the Labor policy of 50 cent
01:54public transport fees, so that is quite interesting.
01:57Meanwhile, in the Labor camp, they've pledged to deliver one million homes by 2046.
02:02That's to address the housing crisis here in Queensland.
02:05They've also said that they would further invest into two youth detention centres here
02:10in the state to combat crime.
02:12Certainly quite interesting as well, but it is shaping up to be quite a bit of an election
02:17race.
02:18Now, we did hear from the opposition leader, David Crisafulli, who spoke on ABC News Breakfast
02:23earlier this morning.
02:24He says it is time for a change.
02:27The battle lines for this election is after 10 years of this government, are things better
02:31or worse when it comes to youth crime, health, housing, cost of living, and who's got the
02:35right plans to do something about it.
02:38And that's our focus.
02:39And the state does need a fresh start.
02:43Now, what's really interesting about this state election is that it's really shaping
02:46up to be some of the key seats are in the far north of the state, as well as the regions.
02:52Proving to be some of the most crucial seats that either party are going to have to either
02:55gain or retain to win government.
02:57And as you can imagine, after the Premier finished speaking this morning, he got on
03:01a bus and he's heading straight for Townsville right now, while the opposition leader, David
03:05Crisafulli, is in Cairns today.
03:07So it is certainly heating up, not just weather-wise here in Queensland, but also politically.