Qld Labor fighting to hold marginal seats – ABC listen

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Annie Guest: 12 days out from the Queensland election and voting’s underway, with tens of thousands of people already casting their ballots. If polls are right, the Liberal National Party will end Labor’s nearly 10 years in power, with seats from the Gold Coast to the far north at risk. One of the seats that could change hands is the Northern Brisbane electorate of Aspley, where Stephanie Smail caught up with the candidates and locals.Stephanie Smail: The North Brisbane seat of Aspley has been Labor’s for two terms.Opinion: Yeah, we’ve been here 10 years or so, it’s a great part of the north side, really keen to continue representing it.Stephanie Smail: But with a slim 5.2% margin and a state-wide swing expected, the Queensland Transport Minister Bart Mellish could be ousted in 10 days.Bart Mellish: We were told in 2017 that we wouldn’t win Aspley, that it was a safe LNP seat. We were told in 2020 we wouldn’t hold it, so it’s no different if we’re up against it, but I’m working…

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