- Bligh unveils 20-year infrastructure plan
- Torres Strait pleads for climate change action
- Overcrowding in parliamentary precinct worsens, Opposition says
- Minister apologises for 'boisterous' comment
- Junee senator questions Australian Quarantine rules
- Carbon price 'disastrous' for mining companies
- Local MP urges PM's carbon tax tour to visit Riverina
Four new candidates at declaration of candidates
At the declaration of polls on Friday, four new candidates appeared. These are:
- Victor Waterson, for One Nation
- Lorraine Markwell, for Family First
- Yusuf Tahir, Independent
- Margherita Tracanelli, for the Climate Change Coalition
This brings the total for this year's election to 13, with a broad range of candidates covering almost the entire political spectrum.