With six-months to go until the next state election, the premier says he is determined to win, but has conceded the Liberal National Party (LNP) is most likely to succeed. As another opinion poll suggests trouble for Labor. Steven Miles made the comments while on his latest blitz of regional Queensland, touting more ‘community safety’ announcements, in the hope that treading the thin blue line will lead to another Labor victory.
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00:00 Press conference after press conference.
00:04 The charm offensive rolls on.
00:06 I'm listening to Queenslanders on spending time in the regions.
00:10 Sticking to this week's strategy of community safety, more meetings with police and another
00:14 police chopper, this time for the Sunshine Coast.
00:17 More choppers in the sky and more boots on the beat.
00:21 Today marks six months from the next state election.
00:24 The Premier's race around the regions looked and felt like a pseudo-election campaign.
00:29 And if he needed another reminder about the countdown, a new opinion poll.
00:33 If I was in the LNP side of politics I would be thinking about what types of furniture
00:37 I'm going to save because at the moment it's hard to see how they will be re-elected in
00:42 October.
00:43 Today's YouGov poll commissioned by News Corp showing the LNP's primary vote is 44% while
00:48 Labor's is 27.
00:50 Six percent of those surveyed were undecided and excluded from the poll.
00:55 It also shows the LNP leading Labor 56% to 44, two party preferred.
01:01 The Premier says he's not surprised.
01:03 We've known for some time that David Christopherle and the LNP are ahead and most likely to win
01:11 the next election.
01:12 Following that concession, he later refined his message.
01:15 I am campaigning and working just as hard as I can and we are determined to win this
01:22 election.
01:23 He's a political opponent though downplaying the polling.
01:26 We've got a massive mountain to climb.
01:28 We still need to win 14 seats and that is a Herculean task.
01:34 Now opinion polls are just a snapshot in time but the signs are looking increasingly worrying
01:40 for Labor.
01:41 The Premier again trying to heap pressure on David Christopherle and the LNP to outline
01:46 more details for their plans with six months to go.
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