Robbie Katter's outback Queensland electorate is full of young voters, many of whom are reconsidering their vote after his controversial abortion policy was announced.
In outback Queensland, young voters are looking at their options more closely following comments made by current MP Robbie Katter about abortion.MP Robbie Katter holds the seat of Traeger with a convincing 24.7 per cent margin, but many young people say they're concerned about his plan to repeal abortion laws.
"I've learned about Robbie Katter and really value that he puts Mount Isa people at the centre of his campaign and thinking about what the people need," she said."He would benefit society out here immensely, however, his views on abortion outweigh that for me, which is sad," Ms Brilley said. "Liberal are pushing adult crime, adult time. I don't personally believe that is the answer, I want to see a diversion policy, that's what I'll be looking at when making my decision," she said.Kosta Kelley, 25, has lived in Mount Isa for the past four and half years and in that time has voted for the Katter's Australia Party both state and federally.
Mr Katter plans to introduce a private member's bill in the next term of Queensland parliament to repeal abortion laws.After that point, two medical practitioners need to sign off on the procedure. "Living in a rural area, education is really important to me, the lack of teachers makes it hard to do specialised subjects," she said."I've seen the LNP dodging questions or just Katter's opinion is swaying me... so I'm considering the Labor Party, but still researching."Lifelong Mount Isa resident Dannielle Haylan said while she believed Robbie Katter had done a lot of good for the community, his recent comments on abortion made her look into the other parties.
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