Australia Qld Labor blasts Palmer over 'fake news'

Labor are seething about Clive Palmer's "fake news" texts to voters claiming they will introduce a death tax if elected in Queensland.

Mr Palmer's text messages warned voters on Monday that Labor would bring in a death tax.

The premier, cabinet ministers and party members all called it out as a lie.

Labor state secretary Julie-Ann Campbell sent an email to party members titled "Clive Palmer is a liar" late in the afternoon.

She claims Mr Palmer is working on behalf of the Liberal National Party leader Deb Frecklington.

"Clive Palmer is a liar, and he's using his billions to broadcast his fake news across the state," Ms Campbell said in the email, seen by AAP.

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A record number of political parties and candidates are running in this month's Queensland election — offering voters more choice than ever and threatening to undercut traditional party support. In the inner-city seat of South Brisbane, former deputy premier Jackie Trad admits she is in the fight of her political life.The electorate has been in Labor hands for decades, but rising Greens support has plunged Ms Trad into peril.The polarising MP — who has been cleared of two Crime and Corruption Commission investigations — is facing stiff competition from Greens candidate Amy MacMahon.

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"If Deb Frecklington and the LNP don't answer to Clive Palmer, they need to call out his blatant disregard for the truth."

Labor released their costings on Monday, revealing they will need to save $270 million annually from the health budget until 2024 to meet their election commitments.

Treasurer Cameron Dick insisted that staff would not be cut to improve efficiency.

He also has another $317 million available for further stimulus or further election promises before Saturday's vote.

The release of costings five days out from the state election is designed to ratchet up the pressure on the LNP.

The opposition have insisted that they will not jump the gun on costings before they have made all their election pledges.

The LNP have also said they will not reveal their funding source for election promises either.

Clive Palmer's company tips another $1.7 million into his party's Queensland election campaign

Clive Palmer's private company Mineralogy has donated a further $1.7 million to the businessman's United Australia Party as voting gets underway in the Queensland election, a month after the firm contributed $2 million to the party.That brings Mineralogy's total contribution to the party's campaign since early September to $3,765,188 — more than the declared donations over the same period for both the LNP and Labor combined.

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"Sounds like Labor's run out of ideas and run out of puff," Ms Frecklington chuckled.

"I'll release our costings when all of our announcements have been made, but before the leaders' debate and I've said that numerous times."

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is campaigning in the ultra-marginal seat of Whitsunday, held by former LNP MP Jason Costigan, on Tuesday morning.

Ms Frecklington will start her day on the hustings in Cairns.

The Electoral Commission of Queensland says 760,000 people have already voted.

Along with 880,000 postal voters, it means that almost half of Queensland's 3.3 million voters will case their ballots before polling day.