Queensland election's 'parallel with Warringah': why independent Claire Richardson could topple LNP incumbent

A controversial $1.3bn project brings together angry voters from across the political spectrum in Mark Robinson's electorate of Oodgeroo

This week residents in Cleveland, a bayside community south of Brisbane, received a letterbox flyer from their local MP, the ultraconservative Liberal National Mark Robinson, talking up his environmental credentials.

All things being equal, the election campaign in Robinson's safe seat of Oodgeroo would be a foregone conclusion. The born-again evangelical, who employs former Australian Christian Lobby head Lyle Shelton in his local office, won the seat with 52% of the primary vote in 2017.