Gordon continued to be dogged by controversies including allegations of unpaid child support payments and violence against a former partner. A woman was later convicted of attempted extortion over an explicit image Gordon sent to her. However, Gordon continued to support the Labor government from the crossbench, a notable exception being his sinking of Labor’s bid to reintroduce a tree-clearing ban last August. Gordon said he fought hard for “the rights and conditions of working-class people and their families” and against “the LNP’s privatisation agenda”. Palaszczuk defended her government’s support of the Adani mine, which drew protests that overshadowed the opening hours of her election campaign in regional Queensland.

Source: The Guardian October 31, 2017 08:15 UTC