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Premier suffered lowest approval rating on record in recent poll but message at Queensland Labor state conference was about unity

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The first day of the Queensland Labor state conference was as rehearsed as the government probably hoped, with little infighting or division on display.

In the sugar city of Mackay, where Labor has held the state seat for more than a century, MPs were keen to portray the government as a united front ahead of next October's election and to keep the focus on three key pressure points: cost of living, health and youth crime.

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