Queensland’s two major political parties have spent almost $2 million each in their attempts to win over – or simply get the attention of – voters in the country’s largest council before polls close at 6pm on Saturday.
Jonathan Sriranganathan , Tracey Price and Adrian Schrinner making their pitches to Brisbane’s 850,000 voters at last week’s candidates’ debate.Labor, which holds five of the councils 26 wards, started its spend across the last half of 2023, passing the $1 million mark in mid-December and adding another $820,000 since.) as a serious third contender, had poured just shy of $263,000 into the Brisbane campaign, according to electoral commission data.on how much candidates could spend, set at $1.
All three parties have been putting money into their Brisbane campaigns since before that date. A separate scaled cap, based on voter numbers, exists for all other councils statewide.While other councils such as Logan, the Sunshine Coast and Townsville had surpassed $200,000 in declared political donations to candidates as of February 27, Brisbane had only seen $501.
More than 225,000 Brisbane voters have already cast ballots or postal votes for their pick of lord mayoral and councillor candidates since booths opened on March 4.“I think they are trying to take the council off ,” he said. “I think that’s where the fight is, but even then, I think it’s a long shot.”
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