Premier Steven Miles has ditched the time-worn tradition of taking a chauffeur-driven car to government house to call the election. Instead, he's jumped on a public bus, hoping to secure the Labor government a fourth term. Meanwhile opposition leader David Crisafulli broke the starters gun, heading to the regions early to promise more funds for fighting crime.
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00:00Waiting at a bus stop like any other passenger, but the folder marked confidential shows this
00:08was no ordinary commute.
00:09Well, I thought it was probably the first time a Premier had caught the bus to Government
00:14House to dissolve the Parliament and issue the writs.
00:16It was a deliberate move to highlight the 50 cent public transport fares his government
00:21has introduced, now backed by the LNP.
00:24This election is all about who do you trust most to tackle the cost of living and to take
00:29our state forward.
00:31Not a chauffeur driven limousine in sight, instead a brisk walk to Government House,
00:36emerging a short time later to declare the campaign officially underway.
00:40I have a vision for our state's future.
00:43Make no mistake, the battle lines for this election have been drawn.
00:47Nearly 400 kilometres north, in Bundaberg, the state's most marginal seat.
00:52I'm standing in a city that was decided by nine votes.
00:57The man who wants to be Premier, determined to drive home his pitch.
01:01Youth crime, health, housing, cost of living.
01:04You know, everyone's struggling, bills, food, everything's going up.
01:08I think just more relief for people in general.
01:11Definitely crime, yeah.
01:12Touring a car and truck rental business smashed and burnt.
01:16That vehicle is 72,000 to replace.
01:18David Crisafulli announced another $40 million in grants for small business and councils
01:24to upgrade security.
01:26He also defended the fact he lives in Brisbane, while representing the seat of Broadwater
01:31on the Gold Coast.
01:32We've taken a conscious decision as a family for me to spend more time with my kids who
01:38are both being educated in Brisbane.
01:41Stephen Miles was on the defensive too, after seemingly leaving the door open to forming
01:46a minority government.
01:48We won't be doing any deals, but I'm not ruling out testing our numbers on the floor.
01:52His attention was on Townsville, an afternoon stopover where local issues are key.
01:57The North is proving crucial territory.
02:00Labor holds three seats here in Townsville, each is on a margin of below 4% and considered
02:06must-holds.
02:07It's where Stephen Miles has zeroed in on the city's beleaguered mayor, his government
02:12issuing a show cause notice as a final act this morning before Parliament was dissolved.
02:17Troy Thompson has been under a corruption watchdog investigation since May, accused
02:23of misleading the public over his military, business and education credentials.
02:27Labor wants him suspended for a year.
02:30These are very specific powers under the Local Government Act and I do not take those powers
02:35lightly.
02:36Given three weeks to respond, Mr Thompson has already hit back, describing the move
02:41as a political hit job and demanding any action to be deferred until after the caretaker period.
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