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Money and power: Labor spent $7.8 million campaigning for re-election
Monday February 01, 2021
Queensland Labor spent about $7 for every primary vote it received in the October state election. Achieving a third term would have cost even more.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk led Labor to a third term in power. (Photo: AAP Image/Darren England)
The Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party has submitted its expenditure return for the October 31 election. It reveals the party HQ spent $7,817,350.78 on the campaign, keeping it under the caps introduced by the Palaszczuk government.
While Labor is the first major party to submit its return, the figure…
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