Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman has claimed LNP Leader David Crisafulli's hesitance to nip Labor’s abortion scare campaign in the bud had opened the door for Premier Steven Miles's resurgence in the polls.
Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman blames close election race on David Crisafulli 's failure to immediately shut down abortion scare campaign
The former LNP premier, who lost in a landslide in 2015 to Annastacia Palaszczuk, said Mr Miles's ability to claw his way back into the campaign had driven him “absolutely bonkers”., Opposition Leader Crisafulli is on track to win with a two-seat majority in parliament, but Mr Miles has significantly closed the gap between the two candidates.
Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman has attributed the state election tightening to a razor thin margin on LNP Leader David Crisafulli’s failure to immediately shut down Premier Steven Miles’s abortion scare campaign. Picture: Sky News Australia “Just a straight answer at the time on a critical issue would have would have dealt with it,” Mr Newman said.Mr Crisafulli has been relentlessly questioned on his personal stance on abortion after voting against 2018 abortion reforms which removed the procedure from the Criminal Code.
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