Prime Minister jets into Queensland to boost LNP's campaign
On the first weekend of the state election campaign, the LNP has flown Scott Morrison to Queensland to help boost Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington's profile.
The Prime Minister was allowed to enter Queensland after spending two weeks in the COVID-free ACT.
Scott Morrison will be in Queensland on Saturday.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
The latest polling, released by News Corp last week, shows Ms Frecklington is languishing behind Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk as preferred Premier.
Of the 2000 people surveyed, 48 per cent preferred Ms Palaszczuk as Premier compared with 22 per cent backing Ms Frecklington.
A third of those surveyed remained undecided.
Ms Frecklington and Mr Morrison will hit the hustings in the marginal electorate of Currumbin, which the LNP narrowly won during a byelection this year.
In the Gold Coast seat, former lawyer Laura Gerber replaced long-serving LNP politician Jann Stuckey, who fell out with her party after voting in favour of decriminalising abortion in 2018.
Ms Stuckey's husband, local GP Richard Stuckey, announced this week he would contest the seat as an independent candidate. Ms Frecklington ducked questions at an early Gold Coast press conference on Saturday about whether the move was an embarrassment for the party.
Border issues have been front and centre in the electorate, which covers the southernmost part of the Gold Coast and stretches to the NSW border.
On Saturday, Ms Palaszczuk was also headed to the Gold Coast, while Deputy Premier Steven Miles was remaining in Brisbane to provide a coronavirus update in the morning.
Lucy is the urban affairs reporter for the Brisbane Times, with a special interest in Brisbane City Council.
Lydia Lynch is Queensland political reporter for the Brisbane Times
Matt Dennien is a reporter with Brisbane Times.