The Premier and Opposition leader will tonight test each other’s knowledge when they face off in the first debate of the campaign. Steven Miles will be hoping his memory does not fail him, as it did this morning when asked the name of his local candidates. Both leaders were in central Queensland where David Crisafulli promised 50 million dollars for mental health.
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00:00The LNP leader with his game face on.
00:08David Chrisofulli courted the locals in Yippoon before pivoting to health, where he promised
00:14to fund youth mental health services in the regions.
00:17If elected, we will invest $50 million to create two step-up, step-down facilities for
00:24mental health.
00:25The short-stay clinics provide around-the-clock care for children needing intensive support
00:30for conditions such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders.
00:35The LNP is promising to build two more, one in Rockhampton, the second to be announced.
00:41There's currently no facilities for young people between Cairns and Caboolture.
00:46That's a very, very big area.
00:48Regional GPs say the situation is dire.
00:52It's absolutely critical that we get mental health services into rural and regional Australia.
00:58It is a huge unmet need.
01:01The Premier was meeting power station workers in his second visit to the electorate of Moorani
01:06in just 24 hours.
01:08But he drew a blank when asked to name his Labor candidate, Susan Tedder.
01:13I don't have that detail in front of me.
01:15You don't know the name of the candidate that's running for your team in the seat that you're
01:19in today?
01:20Susan?
01:21Of course, it's Susan.
01:22Yeah.
01:23He was making more energy price promises at the state-owned Stanwell power station.
01:28A government I lead will guarantee that prices in Queensland will always be lower than elsewhere
01:35in the electricity market.
01:37So much to say about power, yet his energy minister was missing.
01:42Mick Debrenny was down in Brisbane attending federal court to give evidence about the 2021
01:48explosion at the Callide power station in central Queensland.
01:53He maintains he was not aware of any maintenance issues nor any funding restraints.
01:59Those are matters that are subject to the examination, the questions I responded to
02:03in the courtroom.
02:04But I've been consistent in my response.
02:06The issue a thorn in the side for Labor after an independent review found the state's power
02:12company CS Energy failed to implement effective safety practices in the lead up to the catastrophic
02:18failure.
02:19Both the premier and opposition leader have now returned to Brisbane for the first of
02:24three debates.
02:25The leaders will go head to head and will also get to ask each other questions in a
02:30bid to convince voters why they have what it takes to lead the state.