The result of the state election campaign, which begins today, will depend on trust in candidates, attitudes on public policy and plans for CoVid-19 recovery, according to Paul Williams, Senior Lecturer at Griffith University.
In late July, Newspoll found 81% of those surveyed approved of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s handling of the pandemic. 57% of respondents preferred her as premier. But in June, a YouGov poll had the LNP in front of Labor, 52% to 48%.
This is Queensland’s first election for a four-year fixed term of parliament since 1893. It’s also the first time the leaders of both major parties, Labor’s Annastacia Palaszczuk and the Liberal-National Party’s (LNP) Deb Frecklington are women.