WEBVTT - It’s crunch time in Queensland

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<v Speaker 1>From The Australian. Here's what's on the front. I'm Claire Harvey.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Wednesday, October twenty four. Treasury Jim Chalmers is off

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<v Speaker 1>to Washington, DC for meetings of the World Bank and

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<v Speaker 1>the International Monetary Fund. He'll spend time with top us

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<v Speaker 1>economic officials who are forecasting trouble ahead for Australia when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to inflation and growth. Former nine Entertainment chairman

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<v Speaker 1>Peter Costello has made his most high profile appearance since

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<v Speaker 1>departing the company. He blasted former Victorian Premier Dan Andrews

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<v Speaker 1>at a conference in Sydney, saying the state's COVID nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>restrictions were moronic. Those stories alive right now at the

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<v Speaker 1>Australian dot com AU. Three sleeps to go until Queenslander's

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<v Speaker 1>design to kick out a long term labor government and

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<v Speaker 1>give the LNP a go Today, how the big issues

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<v Speaker 1>are shaping up as the polls titan.

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<v Speaker 2>Here in Queensland. For about a year there was no

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<v Speaker 2>changes to the polls. Really, it wasn't looking good for labor.

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<v Speaker 2>In the last few weeks we've seen in the published

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<v Speaker 2>poll by Resolve the two party preferred scenes to be tightening.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Lydia Lynch, one of the Australian's reporters in Queensland.

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<v Speaker 2>It still suggests that David Christophiley and the LMP will

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<v Speaker 2>pull through with a majority government on Saturday, and some

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<v Speaker 2>of the internal polling from Labor suggests the same thing

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<v Speaker 2>that the race is tightening in Brisbane.

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<v Speaker 1>Lydia and our bureau in the Sunshine State have been

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<v Speaker 1>churning out the scoops for weeks now in what's turned

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<v Speaker 1>out to be an action packed election campaign. The vote

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<v Speaker 1>is this Saturday, October twenty six. The accepted wisdom is

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<v Speaker 1>this the long serving Labor government has done its dash

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<v Speaker 1>and won't get another term. The Premier, Stephen Miles had

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<v Speaker 1>the job land in his lap when the former Premier

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<v Speaker 1>Anastasia Palichet quit just before Christmas.

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<v Speaker 3>I have given it my all and I've run a marathon.

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<v Speaker 3>Standing here today and standing up for the people of

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<v Speaker 3>Queenslane has been an honor of my life. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>believe anyone who comes after me well know how humbling

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<v Speaker 3>it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Miles is up against it. He's got major problems delivering

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<v Speaker 1>his ambitions for renewable energy projects. He came up with

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<v Speaker 1>a plan to give free lunches to primary school kids,

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<v Speaker 1>but had to admit it would add one point four

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollars to the state's debt. He's dealing with widespread

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<v Speaker 1>perceptions that he's beholden to the powerful union movement, which,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks to political donation laws, is able to spend much

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<v Speaker 1>more than the parties themselves to influence votes in individual seats.

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<v Speaker 1>But the campaign has also seen the opposition leader, the

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<v Speaker 1>Liberal National Party's David Chris a fully struggle at times.

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<v Speaker 1>One of his battles has been abortion policy. Chris Afuley

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<v Speaker 1>does not want to be talking about abortion.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to join the campaign conversation about this

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<v Speaker 2>because I've made more.

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<v Speaker 3>Positions very clear, and my position is here will be

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<v Speaker 3>no change.

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<v Speaker 1>David chris Afuley, like most other members of his party,

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<v Speaker 1>voted against decriminalizing abortion back in twenty eighteen, and during

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday night's leader's debate, Miles goaded him into making his

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<v Speaker 1>stance and his personal position clear. Give a straight answer.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, there will be no change, none at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Are your protress or not.

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<v Speaker 2>There will be no change.

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<v Speaker 4>The legislation is there and women will have access to

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<v Speaker 4>that legislation.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you believe in a woman's right to choose? Yes

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<v Speaker 1>or no?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, it probably won't work for his TikTok.

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<v Speaker 1>But yes, Oh that got you, didn't it.

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<v Speaker 4>Why do you vote against?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes? Why you vote against?

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<v Speaker 3>My question to you, Bremier.

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<v Speaker 1>He also doesn't want to talk about his record in business.

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<v Speaker 1>Here he is with another of our reporters, Sarah Elks,

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<v Speaker 1>a few days back, why did you leave Southern Edge

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<v Speaker 1>Training on April one in twenty sixteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Because my promise capital didn't come true?

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<v Speaker 3>I was in the business performer and I met every

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<v Speaker 3>single one of my old bats.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris A Foley knows the key to winning this election

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<v Speaker 1>is painting labor as tired, bloated and out of ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>and to tell Queensland is what he's going to do

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<v Speaker 1>about the cost of living, the price of energy and

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<v Speaker 1>youth crime. David Chris A Foley has just got a

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<v Speaker 1>gift one of his bugbears. Abortion polar might have disappeared

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<v Speaker 1>as an issue.

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<v Speaker 4>They're scrambling. So it happens with liberal and labor. It's

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<v Speaker 4>happened with Liberal this time. They've been found ty rot

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<v Speaker 4>two horses at once.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Robbie catter An independent talking on Sky News Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>He's the son of one of Queensland's most famous fire brands,

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<v Speaker 1>Bob Catter. Earlier in the campaign, Robbie Catter flagged that

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<v Speaker 1>if he's reelected, which he will be, he'd introduced legislation

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<v Speaker 1>to the Parliament, effectively banning abortion in Queensland. As in

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of Australia, abortion is basically safe, legal and rare.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty eighteen, the Queensland Labor government removed abortion from

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<v Speaker 1>the Criminal Code, but the then opposition gave its MPs

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<v Speaker 1>a conscience vote on the issue. The vast majority of

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<v Speaker 1>them voted to keep abortion as a criminal offense. This

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<v Speaker 1>is why it's hot for David Chris A Fuley. Many

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<v Speaker 1>of his own MPs hold strong anti abortion beliefs and

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<v Speaker 1>want him to take action, and the wild card is Catter,

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<v Speaker 1>a Cross bencher who's determined to get this issue back

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<v Speaker 1>on the table. Kata says the L and P is

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<v Speaker 1>trying to ride two horses at once. That is, MPs

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<v Speaker 1>are concerned about what conservative regional voters think and Chris

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<v Speaker 1>A Fooley is trying to make sure he doesn't get

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<v Speaker 1>obliterated in the more progressive Brisbane seats. Chris Afooley didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want this election to turn into a referendum on abortion.

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<v Speaker 2>He did not want to talk about it. We asked

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<v Speaker 2>him dozens and dozens and dozens of questions about his

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<v Speaker 2>personal position on abortion, why he decided to vote against

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<v Speaker 2>removing it from the Criminal Code back in twenty eighteen,

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<v Speaker 2>and asking him whether he would allow his MPs a

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<v Speaker 2>conscience vote if there was a bell brought to the

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<v Speaker 2>Parliament in this next term, assuming that they won the election.

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<v Speaker 2>He repeatedly refused to answer those questions. The thing that

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<v Speaker 2>really kicked it off with some of his MPs were

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<v Speaker 2>out there in the community at public forums speaking about

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<v Speaker 2>their wish for or abortion access to be restricted, and

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<v Speaker 2>some about legislation to be repealed. And then we had

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<v Speaker 2>a Cross bencher, Robbie Catter, who holds one of the

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<v Speaker 2>safest seats in the state, coming out saying he planned

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<v Speaker 2>to introduce legislation to the next parliament to restrict access

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<v Speaker 2>to abortion or to even repeal about legislation.

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<v Speaker 4>What I'm determined to do is put back in the

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<v Speaker 4>Baby's Born Live Bill, which is really just micking what

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<v Speaker 4>is the Code of Practice code in Queens and health

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<v Speaker 4>right now, what you're saying, if the babies planned abortion

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<v Speaker 4>comes out breathing the heartbeat, I'm probably going to struggle

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<v Speaker 4>for life, but that they can just give us some

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<v Speaker 4>care and dignity. It's a human rights issue. It's not

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<v Speaker 4>an abortion issue.

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<v Speaker 1>To me. Katter's bill is about babies who after a

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<v Speaker 1>termination procedure show signs of life. There's not a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of evidence about how often this occurs, if at all,

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<v Speaker 1>but it would require doctors and nurses to give the

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<v Speaker 1>same level of care in this instance as they would

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<v Speaker 1>to any other patient. There have been some harrowing claims

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<v Speaker 1>that fetuses have showed signs of life after an abortion.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was actually just on the phone to Robbie

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<v Speaker 2>and what he said to me is that some of

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<v Speaker 2>the operating guidelines in hospitals changed about a year or

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<v Speaker 2>two years ago. And his concern is that when a

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<v Speaker 2>woman has an abortion and the fetus is still viable

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<v Speaker 2>or still alive after that abortion, that there's not enough

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<v Speaker 2>medical intervention happening or comfort given to that child. But

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<v Speaker 2>he is quite passionate about the fact that there should

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<v Speaker 2>be some changes around this or tightening of these guidelines.

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<v Speaker 2>He says to me, this is his first priority and

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<v Speaker 2>it is a test for him to see if he

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<v Speaker 2>would be willing to put in more legislation. So say

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<v Speaker 2>he puts this bill to the Parliament and no lmpmps

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<v Speaker 2>come out to support it, he says he's not going

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<v Speaker 2>to hammer a moot point. He will pursue other issues

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<v Speaker 2>that are important to him and the Cutters Australia Party

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<v Speaker 2>around crocodiles and whatnot. But if there is some signaling

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<v Speaker 2>of support around this, he's willing to go further in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of looking at counseling arrangements, maybe lowering the gestation

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<v Speaker 2>limit of when an abortion can be accessed on request

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<v Speaker 2>and that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and it's that broader legislation which creates an issue

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<v Speaker 1>for David Chris A Fuley, isn't it, because he'd then

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<v Speaker 1>be under pressure to offer his MPs a conscience vote

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<v Speaker 1>on that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, and so this does take the heat out

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<v Speaker 2>of it because we saw when the Catters put this

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<v Speaker 2>bill into the last Parliament, it was killed off in

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<v Speaker 2>the committee process and nothing really ever came about and

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<v Speaker 2>then we went into a campaign. So it could be

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<v Speaker 2>the case that David Christophiley won't actually have to address

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<v Speaker 2>the issue of abortion during his first term if he wins.

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<v Speaker 1>Labour says the bill is unnecessary as medical practitioners already

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<v Speaker 1>have a duty of care to everyone, and the Royal

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<v Speaker 1>Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists actively

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<v Speaker 1>opposes Katter's bill, saying it would reduce access to abortion

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<v Speaker 1>because doctors would be afraid of prosecution. On Tuesday, Katta

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<v Speaker 1>walked back his position, saying he'd reintroduce this bill to Parliament,

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<v Speaker 1>but he wouldn't immediately attempt laws that would recriminalize abortion.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, he indicated he was doubtful even the Babies

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<v Speaker 1>Born Alive bill would get through parliament.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what we've determined to put back in. We've put

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<v Speaker 4>it in the last parliament. It didn't even get that

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<v Speaker 4>didn't even get support from Lebel and Labor in the

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<v Speaker 4>committee system. I want to put that in first into

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<v Speaker 4>the next parliament and we'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're not expecting any progress here.

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<v Speaker 4>No, we're definitely going to put the Babies Born Lie

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<v Speaker 4>but I think unlikely given that the committee from Middle

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<v Speaker 4>Light they both hadn't supported.

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<v Speaker 2>Even then, abortion was a really intense issue in the

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<v Speaker 2>sort of middle two weeks of the campaign, something that

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<v Speaker 2>Labor really seized on and David Chrysophial he really didn't

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about. But now it seems that the

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<v Speaker 2>heat has come out of the issue and it's something

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<v Speaker 2>that David Chrysophally might not actually have to deal with

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<v Speaker 2>during his next term if he wins.

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<v Speaker 1>After the break, Why labor is worrying about seats it's

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<v Speaker 1>held for more than a century. More than a million

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<v Speaker 1>Queenslanders have already cast their votes, so what does that mean.

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<v Speaker 2>Lots of people have been voting early. We saw that

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<v Speaker 2>trend really kick off in COVID when people wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>get their votes out of the way and try to

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<v Speaker 2>socially distance from people. So we've had more than a

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<v Speaker 2>million people cast their votes ahead of Saturday's election. One

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<v Speaker 2>of the things that political commentators and political brains say

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<v Speaker 2>is that a big turnout in early voting suggests that

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<v Speaker 2>there's a big swing on against the government. People are

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<v Speaker 2>so mad they just can't wait to go in and

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<v Speaker 2>punish them at the ballot box. That's just some people's theory,

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<v Speaker 2>but it could be the case.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a bit of a last minute scramble for both

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<v Speaker 1>leaders now Stephen Miles seems to be attempting to consolidate

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<v Speaker 1>some of the Labor seats that have been held by

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<v Speaker 1>the party for a very long time. What's David Chrysophalli's

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<v Speaker 1>strategy in the last few days of the campaign.

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<v Speaker 2>We've spent the last two days up in North Queensland

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<v Speaker 2>and Central Queensland visiting seats in Townsville which are really

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<v Speaker 2>key to David Christofully's final push for government. There's three

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<v Speaker 2>seats in Townsville, all held by Labor. He is pretty

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<v Speaker 2>confident he'll be able to pick those up. We stopped

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<v Speaker 2>into Rockhampton, which is surprisingly become one of the most

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<v Speaker 2>interesting seats to watch of this campaign. And the reason

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<v Speaker 2>I say it's interesting is because it's been in Labor

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<v Speaker 2>hands for one hundred years, this seat, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>I've been to Rockhampton maybe four times in the last

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<v Speaker 2>month with both leaders. There's an independent running there who

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<v Speaker 2>a former Labor mayor. It will be really a three

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<v Speaker 2>way race in rock Hampton as well as MacKaye. That's

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<v Speaker 2>another century seat as they call them, for Labor. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been held by the ALP for one hundred and fifteen years,

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<v Speaker 2>I think, but the LMP is increasingly confident that it

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<v Speaker 2>will be able to win MacKaye from Labor. So we're

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<v Speaker 2>seeing Stephen Miles running an incredibly defensive strategy up and

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<v Speaker 2>down the coast, sandbagging safe labor seats or seats once

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<v Speaker 2>considered to be safe for Labor, and David Christop fully

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<v Speaker 2>really hitting those regions hard.

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<v Speaker 1>Lydia Lynch is a reporter in the Australian's Queensland Bureau.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of elections. In less than two weeks, Americans will

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<v Speaker 1>vote for a new president. You can keep up to

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<v Speaker 1>date with all the latest scoops and analysis on the

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