Polls predict the LNP will take the sunshine state at the next election – but a fallback strategy is already taking shape
Labor volunteers are out doorknocking even in historically ‘safe’ Queensland seats, attempting to shore up support in what could be a painful state election.Labor volunteers are out doorknocking even in historically ‘safe’ Queensland seats, attempting to shore up support in what could be a painful state election.But out on the hustings, with polls suggesting Labor is on track for a heavy defeat, a fallback strategy is already playing out.
“It’s like we have sandbags but just no one to put them out,” says one campaign worker who was doorknocking in the inner Brisbane suburbs this week. Labor sources believe the party is likely to lose up to a dozen seats in regional Queensland – alone enough to hand the LNP a majority – including former strongholds like Mackay and Rockhampton.
After the success of the Greens’ field campaigns at recent federal and state elections, Labor MPs have been advised to go back to basics and knock on doors. Some have spent months on the ground with only a handful of local volunteers, even putting up election signs themselves; Miller MP Mark Bailey says he’s been to more than 8,000 homes.Another says Miles was “popular among young men, but young women seem to be more likely to support the Greens”.
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