The stakes of Labor’s bid for re-election are writ large in Central Queensland, where two nominally safe Labor seats are expected to be up for grabs on October 26, writes Matt Eaton.
The stakes of Labor's bid for re-election are writ large in Central Queensland , where two nominally safe Labor seats are expected to be up for grabs on October 26.
She says the community told her she's "worked hard for them", but she knows she has work to do to be re-elected. Steven Miles is about to hit the campaign trail to sway voters, but the polls suggest he's still got a lot of convincing to do, writes Leonie Mellor. "Our beds are just totally chockers, people are sitting on trolleys in emergency, the ramping is appalling — it's just been a lack of housekeeping and care for our electorate.
"While there's money being spent here, a lot of it's on projects that actually take our future opportunities away — either the ring road, which is effectively a bypass, or a pipeline that takes water out of our river and sends it down to Gladstone for their industries," she said.
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