The price of power: Labor spent $10 million to secure a third term

Friday February 12, 2021

With a 26-day campaign, across 93 seats, Labor was willing to spend up to win four more years in power at last year’s state election.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her father Henry Palaszczuk enjoy a Democracy Sausage after she cast her vote in the state election, at the Inala State School. (AAP Image/Dan Peled, Pool)

As reported by InQueensland, the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party recently submitted its expenditure return for the October 31 election. It revealed the party HQ spent $7,817,350.78 on the campaign, keeping it…

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