Abbott in demand from candidates

FORMER Prime Minister Tony Abbott has received multiple requests from LNP candidates to help them campaign in the Queensland election.

It is a turnaround from the 2015 state election when he notably remained absent from Queensland amid fears his unpopularity at the time would hurt the LNP. A spokesman for Mr Abbott said there were no “imminent” plans for him to head to Queensland before the November 25 poll.

In September, the former prime minister launched the campaign of the party’s Nudgee candidate Debbie Glaze.

Ms Glaze is running in the safe Labor seat of Nudgee which is held by a notional 9.2 per cent following electoral boundary redistribution.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who has a negative popularity rating in the polls, is yet to confirm if he will join state LNP Opposition leader Tim Nicholls on the campaign trail.