LNP signals extension of coal power on day one of Queensland election race

Premier Steven Miles visited the governor on a 50 cent bus fare to start the election campaign, while David Crisafulli pushed controversial coal power plan

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David Crisafulli signalled he would extend the life of a coal-fired power station, as Steven Miles spruiked the government's green credentials, on the first day of the official Queensland election campaign.

While Miles visited the governor, Jeannette Young, on Tuesday, to formally call the election, Crisafulli was in Bundaberg, the state's most marginal seat, making a second youth crime commitment in as many days.

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