Former federal Assistant Attorney-General Amanda Stoker is on track to win a spot in the Queensland parliament as the votes are counted in the safe Liberal-National Party seat of Oodgeroo.
With counting underway after polls closed Stoker is on track to enter the parliament, saying she was hopeful of a political comeback.
During her time in the federal parliament Stoker was a staunch opponent of LGBTIQA+ rights, particularly transgender rights.
It’s the first time Stoker has gained a spot in parliament via an election. She entered the federal parliament in 2018 through a casual vacancy created by the resignation of George Brandis. She lost her spot at the 2021 election when the party relegated her to the unwinnable third spot on their senate ticket.
During her break from politics Stoker joined Sky News and hosted her own political commentary show Sunday with Stoker.
Speaking to Nine News earlier this evening Stoker said she was “hopeful”.
“I’m hopefully we can get a good result in Oodgeroo today.” Stoker said, before adding, “what would be even better would be to see success in the seats of Redlands, Spingwood and of course Capalaba.”
Stoker said she’d spent the last year campaigning in the seat, and she hoped that she’d shown the local community that she was prepared to work hard.
The politician has an awkward moment when she appeared on the ABC and was asked about her stance on nuclear power, something which she’s previously been an enthusiastic supporter of.
Stoker told the ABC’s David Speers that the state party were “agnostic” regarding the issue. Something that Speers challenged, noting that leader David Crisafulli has been quite vocal in his opposition to the plan for nuclear power.
Stoker said the reality is there are many stages to be cleared at a federal level before the issue would even be considered by the state parliament.
