Tanya Plibersek has been touring Queensland with the election race well and truly underway in key battleground seats in the Sunshine State.

The Shadow Minister for Women and Education says she keeps hearing the same thing from voters.

“What people are telling me, is that their biggest concern is that they can’t make ends meet, their wages have been flatlining or going backwards, and the cost of everything is going through the roof,” she told Scott Emerson.

She said people are telling her that “life isn’t getting easier under Scott Morrison”.

Asked about Labor’s stance on coal mines, she said they had a plan to get more jobs in more sectors of the economy by providing cheaper energy for customers.

“We’ve been very clear about that, if coal mines get the environmental approvals they need, and peopel want t invest in them, that’s up to them.”

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