Yet another election lockout for Australian PM 'Scotty From Marketing' Morrison?

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic Queensland holds a state election from Monday 19 October 2020 to Saturday, 31 October 2020 and, now the Australian Electoral Commission will also be obliged to hold a by-election in the federal seat of Groom in south-east Queensland.

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However, the man who is out to convince his own political party and the world that only he wins elections in Australia across the first two tiers of government, Australian Prime Minister and Liberal MP for Cook Scott Morrison (left), will apparently not be able to campaign on the ground. 


NZ Herald, 18 September 2020:

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will be banned from entering Queensland for the duration of the state election campaign unless he is prepared to pay A$2800 ($3046) to quarantine for 14 days in a government facility. 

Nearly seven weeks after he last entered the sunshine state, there is no sign that the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will lift the border bans before the October 31 election. 

Queensland's border ban will effectively stop the Prime Minister, Labor leader Anthony Albanese and any other frontbenchers from entering the state for the duration of the election unless they are prepared to spend a fortnight in quarantine.....

ABC News, 18 September 2019:

Toowoomba-based federal MP John McVeigh has resigned from politics, effective immediately. 

He said he made the difficult decision to quit politics so he could concentrate on caring for his wife Anita, who has been suffering from a major illness. A federal by-election will now have to be held in the Groom electorate. 

Groom (Toowoombah & Darling Downs) has been held by the Liberal-Nationals Coalition since 1984 and is currently considered a very safe Liberal Party seat. 

The result of this forthcoming by-election will probably come as no surprise, but expect Scott Morrison to up his attacks on Labor, increase his media appearances and indulge in more scaremongering ahead of the by-election polling day. 

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John McVeigh (right) lost his post as federal  Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government in 2018 when Scott Morrison became prime minister and been a backbencher ever since. 

Like many other Coalition federal MPs, Mr. McVeigh has been the subject of allegations concerning improper allocation of federal government funding.