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"Who's that on my head?" Steven Miles in the rough-and-tumble of the election campaign. "Are you putting sand down my pants?" No, he's covering your foot" The Premier slid from one photo opportunity to the next dropping into a medical centre in Mackay to reveal more details about Labor's re-election pledge for 50 new bulk billing G-P clinics. “38 of them will be regional 6 of them in the Mackay/Whitsunday region” LNP leader David Crisafulli was on the hustings in Hervey Bay. "Brandy (the dog) will you shake hands?" Before flying back to Brisbane, where he wanted to talk about local government. “Equal partners, it's time to return this relationship to a level footing” But he was on the back foot over his plan to scrap the truth telling and healing inquiry a group of Indigenous mayors pleading for it to continue. “It's sad for us to walk away from our people” “I respect their point of view and I need them to know I'm serious about helping in their communities” Last year the LNP withdrew its support for the state's path to treaty laws following the Voice referendum. “I saw the division, and I don't want to go down the same path for Queensland” The inquiry has already begun hearings with more planned. But Mr Crisafulli is adamant that an LNP government would axe it. “We will Jack but our focus is going to be on doing good things for Indigenous communities setting KPIs particularly around education and housing” “It's incredibly sad the way David Crisafulli has turned his back on our First Nations people” The inquiry's chair says abolishing it would be devastating for the community. “This is the last generation of people who grew up under the protection era legislation, that really tough legislation which removed people from their families” “and when they're gone that direct evidence that an inquiry like these needs will be lost” It's not clear when the LNP would introduce new laws to abandon the hearings.

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00:00Stephen Miles in the rough and tumble of the election campaign.
00:09Are you putting sand down my pants?
00:11No, he's covering your foot.
00:13Ah, covering my foot.
00:15The Premier slid from one photo opportunity to the next,
00:19dropping into a medical centre in Mackay to reveal more details
00:23about Labor's re-election pitch for 50 new bulk-billing GP clinics.
00:2838 of them will be in regional Queensland,
00:31six of them in the Mackay-Whitsunday region.
00:34The LNP leader, David Crisafulli, was on the Hustings in Harvey Bay...
00:39Ready with your shake hands? Shake hands.
00:42..before flying back to Brisbane,
00:44where he wanted to talk about local government.
00:47Equal partners.
00:50It's time to return this relationship to a level footing.
00:53But he was on the back foot
00:55over his plan to scrap the truth-telling and hearing inquiry.
01:00A group of Indigenous mayors pleading for it to continue.
01:04It is sad, you know, for us to walk away from our people.
01:10I respect their point of view and I need them to know
01:13that I'm serious about helping in their communities.
01:15Last year, the LNP withdrew its support
01:18for the state's Path to Treaty laws following the voice referendum.
01:22I saw the division and I don't want to go down the same path for Queensland.
01:26The inquiry has already begun hearings with more planned.
01:30But Mr Crisafulli is adamant that an LNP government would ax it.
01:35We will, but our focus is going to be on doing good things
01:38for Indigenous communities, setting KPIs to lifting them,
01:41particularly around education and housing.
01:43It's incredibly sad the way David Crisafulli
01:46has turned his back on our First Nations people.
01:50The inquiry's chair says abolishing it would be devastating for the community.
01:55This is the last generation of people who grew up
01:58under the Protection Era legislation.
02:00You know, that really, really tough legislation
02:03which removed people from their families.
02:05When they're gone, that direct evidence that an inquiry like this needs
02:08will be lost.
02:09It's not clear when the LNP would introduce new laws
02:13to abandon the hearings.

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