Queensland state election 2020: tourism funding and local business contracts in focus

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has promised to put an additional $74 million into the tourism industry should she be re-elected, while the LNP Opposition is pledging to mandate that government contracts go to Queensland businesses.

Ms Palaszczuk made the announcement at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast with Tourism Minister and outgoing MP Kate Jones, Caloundra candidate John Hunt and the Irwin family by her side.