Australians have begun casting pre-polling day votes in the country's national election this Saturday 3 May, with voters in the state of Queensland, home to conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton, sharing their thoughts on the issues swaying the contest. Cost of living has emerged as a key issue, as has Australia's relationship with the United States in the wake of President Donald Trump's return to office.
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00:28The cost of living, it's extremely high at the moment, so taxes as well is also another
00:37really big thing, petrol prices, all the basic stuff, day-to-day living for Queenslanders
00:45I think is, or all Australians really, is important.
00:49Those are definitely key items for myself and my family.
00:54In terms of cost of living, I would say the biggest issue would be inflation, definitely.
01:00Our grocery shops are definitely way more expensive than they were a couple of years ago.
01:05While I am not a homeowner, I've got plenty of friends that are homeowners, so mortgages
01:12and stuff like that, but even rent, our rent has just skyrocketed in the last couple of
01:17years.
01:18Let's go.
01:25Jen in the purple.
01:27Come down towards Jen in the purple.
01:30Number three, please.
01:34I think we always knew that Trump was going to do a whole lot of issues before he came
01:55into power and he hasn't won any votes from most of the countries that he actually deals with and
02:05Canada's been the first one to actually you know make that message sent across to the world that
02:14you know the countries aren't going to tolerate it