Queensland Premier Steven Miles has visited the Sunshine Coast announcing funding for expectant mothers as abortion issues dominate this week’s election news cycle.
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00:00I'm here at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, north of Brisbane.
00:07Premier Stephen Miles has pledged an additional $20 million for services for pregnant women
00:13if Labor is re-elected.
00:15That money would be used to expand services at hospitals like this one and in Townsville
00:20and Logan, and to hire additional health practitioners and sonographers.
00:24There's also been money pledged to expand services for termination of pregnancy, which
00:30is a timely announcement, with abortion hogging the news cycle this week.
00:35The LNP has fielded many questions over whether they will repeal abortion laws in Queensland,
00:41with State Leader David Christopher Lee saying it's not part of his plan.
00:45However, Premier Stephen Miles has seized on the opening again today.
00:49We are expanding services that we know the LNP and the Kata Party and One Nation Party
00:55all think should be illegal.
00:57They're all services that those parties don't believe women should have access to.
01:03Now we're here in the electorate of Kiwana.
01:05It's held by Deputy LNP Leader Jarred Blay and is a safe LNP seat.
01:11The candidate for Kiwana for Labor wasn't at the press conference today.
01:15Last week, Premier Stephen Miles forgot his candidate in another electorate, and the same
01:19has happened again today.
01:21Take a look.
01:22Ah, that's a good question.
01:27We'll get that for you.