The Queensland Premier has pledged tens of thousands new staff for its health workforce, if Labor is re-elected when the state heads to the polls.
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00:00I'm here at Kenmore in Brisbane's West, where Premier Stephen Mars has made a major announcement
00:08to expand the workforce.
00:10If Labor is re-elected, it aims to add more than 42,000 new health staff to the workforce,
00:16which would include almost 16,000 frontline staff in the next four years, all at a cost
00:23of more than $330 million.
00:26Now health has been a key focus for both major parties this week, and the Premier has
00:31used today's announcement to criticise the LNP's funding and note that early voting opens
00:36soon in Queensland.
00:37Now LNP State Leader David Christopher-Lee says his plans are fully funded and fully
00:42costed.
00:43We're here in the electorate of Moggill, a marginal LNP seat held by Shadow Education
00:49Minister Dr Christian Rowan.
00:51Now while his margin is below 4%, it's considered the LNP's safest Brisbane seat and is unlikely
00:58to lose it, with the LNP holding it since its inception in the 80s.