Q+A on ABC and ABC iview S17E19 on Queensland election – Got a burning question for our panel? Submit your questions via our website.
Q+A returns on Monday from the winner-takes-all political battleground of Queensland.
One week out from a state election, voters seem ready to flip the switch from Labor to the Liberal National Party. That’s bad news for the Prime Minister, who can’t win a second term without key Queensland marginal seats — and facing a growing Greens stronghold in inner Brisbane. While Anthony Albanese has been on the ground to support the Labor campaign, his recent $4.3 million cliff-top home purchase had tongues wagging amid housing affordability woes.
Premier Steven Miles has offered cut-price public transport, power bill discounts and free school lunches to woo voters. But Opposition Leader David Crisafulli’s tough-on-crime pitch has cut through, despite data showing a decline in crime rates. In the second leaders’ debate they traded barbs over health, cost of living, housing, energy and abortion.
The Greens, meanwhile, say neither side is promising enough on housing and demand radical market intervention. And the conservative Katter’s Australian Party are confident of adding to their four seats in the Queensland parliament – and being a real Senate force at the federal election.
At the Brisbane Powerhouse, a panel of local powerbrokers will answer your questions. What are your most pressing concerns? What will decide your vote? Is it time for change – both in Brisbane and in Canberra?
Watch Q+A Monday at 9.35pm AEDT on ABC TV and ABC iview.
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Meet the Panellists
Murray Watt
Murray Watt is the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Brisbane born and bred, he was elected as a Senator for Queensland in 2016 and has family ties in regional Queensland.
Susan McDonald
Susan McDonald is the Shadow Minister for Resources and Northern Australia. Based in Townsville, she was an accountant and ran a chain of butchers before winning an LNP Senate seat.
Larissa Waters
Larissa Waters is a Greens Senator for Queensland and leader of the party’s upper house team. An environmental lawyer by trade, she acts as party spokesperson on women and democracy.
Scott Emerson
Scott Emerson is the co-director of bi-partisan consultancy GXO Strategies. A former state MP for the LNP, he was minister for transport and main roads under premier Campbell Newman.
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Q+A on ABC and ABC iview S17E19 on Queensland election
