Less than a decade after abortion was decriminalised, the debate this time would be about whether to reinstate it as a criminal offence, writes Matt Eaton.
LNP leader David Crisafulli has faced repeated questioning over KAP leader Robbie Katter's vow to raise abortion in the next parliament.Abortion will almost certainly become an issue in Queensland parliament again if an LNP government is elected later this month.
Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie Katter says his party will put an abortion repeal bill back into Queensland parliament "quick as you like" after the election. In an LNP-controlled parliament, a conscience vote could get a KAP repeal bill over the line — no matter how strongly Mr Crisafulli tries to argue it's not part of the plan.While the topic clearly matters to a lot of people on both sides of the debate, former Liberal Party strategist Tony Barry doubts abortion is a vote-changer for many.
"It's incredibly important not to be distracted by these issues which, important as they might be to people on both sides of the debate, they're not moving votes."Mr Barry, now director of corporate affairs and communications at Redbridge polling, said the salient election issues for Queenslanders are the economy, cost of living, crime and health.Mr Crisafulli insists the LNP remains the underdog because Queenslanders don't like to change governments very often.
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