Day 4 of Queensland’s election campaign has seen both leaders in the state's south-east.
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00:00After spending the first few days of the campaign touring north and central Queensland, Premier
00:07Stephen Miles is today focusing on the southeast, making a trip to a marginal electorate on
00:13the Sunshine Coast that Labor's hoping to hold onto.
00:16Mr Miles visited an electric bus depot in Caloundra, a seat currently held by Labor
00:21on a margin of 2.5 per cent.
00:24Caloundra was won by the LNP at 10 elections, then swung to Labor in 2020.
00:29The Premier used the visit to continue talking up his energy policies and also announced
00:33funding for a new local school hall if re-elected.
00:37Earlier his Deputy and Treasurer Cameron Dick gave an update on the state's books.
00:41He says the figures for last financial year are rosier than was estimated in the June
00:45budget.
00:46Debt has reduced from $12.2 billion estimated at budget to $6 billion.
00:53So debt is $6 billion lower than at the delivery of the budget in June.
00:58Our surplus, I'm also pleased to say, has also increased by $1.1 billion.
01:05The surplus for 23-24 is now $1.7 billion.
01:10The opposition leader has also spent day four of the campaign in the southeast visiting
01:14two electorates.