00:00The LNP leader with his game face on.
00:08David Chrisofulli courted the locals in Yippoon before pivoting to health, where he promised
00:14to fund youth mental health services in the regions.
00:17If elected, we will invest $50 million to create two step-up, step-down facilities for
00:24mental health.
00:25The short-stay clinics provide around-the-clock care for children needing intensive support
00:30for conditions such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders.
00:35The LNP is promising to build two more, one in Rockhampton, the second to be announced.
00:41There's currently no facilities for young people between Cairns and Caboolture.
00:46That's a very, very big area.
00:48Regional GPs say the situation is dire.
00:52It's absolutely critical that we get mental health services into rural and regional Australia.
00:58It is a huge unmet need.
01:01The Premier was meeting power station workers in his second visit to the electorate of Moorani
01:06in just 24 hours.
01:08But he drew a blank when asked to name his Labor candidate, Susan Tedder.
01:13I don't have that detail in front of me.
01:15You don't know the name of the candidate that's running for your team in the seat that you're
01:19in today?
01:20Susan?
01:21Of course, it's Susan.
01:22Yeah.
01:23He was making more energy price promises at the state-owned Stanwell power station.
01:28A government I lead will guarantee that prices in Queensland will always be lower than elsewhere
01:35in the electricity market.
01:37So much to say about power, yet his energy minister was missing.
01:42Mick Debrenny was down in Brisbane attending federal court to give evidence about the 2021
01:48explosion at the Callide power station in central Queensland.
01:53He maintains he was not aware of any maintenance issues nor any funding restraints.
01:59Those are matters that are subject to the examination, the questions I responded to
02:03in the courtroom.
02:04But I've been consistent in my response.
02:06The issue a thorn in the side for Labor after an independent review found the state's power
02:12company CS Energy failed to implement effective safety practices in the lead up to the catastrophic
02:18failure.
02:19Both the premier and opposition leader have now returned to Brisbane for the first of
02:24three debates.
02:25The leaders will go head to head and will also get to ask each other questions in a
02:30bid to convince voters why they have what it takes to lead the state.
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