As Queenslanders flock to the polls a diverse cross-section of the state’s population was on display casting their votes.
A woman wearing a burqa was among those who turned up at Inala State School in the safe Labor seat of Inala in southern Brisbane.
Accompanying her daughter dressed in an Islamic headscarf, the woman was handed ‘how to vote’ cards by Labor volunteers.
As Queenslanders flock to the polls a diverse cross-section of the state’s population was on display casting their votes (pictured)
A woman wearing a burqa was among those who turned up at Inala State School in the safe Labor seat of Inala in southern Brisbane
Others spotted at the same polling station included a woman wearing a triangular bamboo hat
Others spotted at the same polling station included a woman wearing a triangular bamboo hat.
Opposition leader Tim Nicholls arrived to vote at the St John church in Hendra, and was soon surrounded by anti-Adani protestors.
Deputy Premier Jackie Trad was photographed casting her ballot at West End State School in Brisbane.
Queensland Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls is surrounded by Anti Adani protestors as he arrives to vote
Queensland Labor volunteers hand out ‘How to vote’ cards to voters at a polling booth at Inala State School in Brisbane
Local voters attend the polling booths to place their votes at the Brisbane State High School
Green’s candidate Amy MacMahon running for the seat of South Brisbane with Greens Councillor Jonathan Sri at a voting station
Greens candidate Amy MacMahon was seen casting her vote at the Brisbane State High School.
Queensland One Nation leader Steve Dickson was at a polling station in Buderim on the Sunshine Coast, while ‘Stop One Nation’ signs were spotted in Brisbane.
Cricket fans posed outside a polling station near the Gabba, as the first Ashes Test between Australia and England entered its third day.
After 28 days on the hustings, three million Queenslanders headed to the polls today.
Greens candidate Amy MacMahon running for the seat of South Brisbane at a voting station at West End State School, Brisbane
After 28 days on the hustings, three million Queenslanders headed to the polls today (pictured)
Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad, member for the seat of South Brisbane at a voting station at West End State School
Greens candidate Amy MacMahon votes at the Brisbane State High School during the Queensland election on Saturday
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Liberal National Party leader Tim Nicholls will join the battlers, city slickers and undecided in the fight for their political lives.
But it could be days before a final result is delivered, with counting of booths and pre-polls to be get underway on Saturday.
The calculation of hundreds of thousands of postal and absentee votes begins on Sunday.
It took more than a week before Labor could claim power in 2015, after the LNP was resoundingly dumped after a single term.
Queensland One Nation leader Steve Dickson was at a polling station in Buderim on the Sunshine Coast
Voters in the state election stand by a ‘Stop One Nation – vote Labor’ sign in Graceville, near Brisbane
This time, the resurgence of One Nation and return of compulsory preferential voting will further complicate Labor and the LNP’s chances of winning a majority government.
Ms Palaszczuk and Mr Nicholls are both in for a tough fight, with Labor claiming a narrow lead over the LNP in the latest polling.
A total of 93 seats are up for grabs, up from 89 after electoral boundary changes earlier in the year, the first in 32 years.
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is tipped to perform well in regional seats, but a return to full preferential voting in the state has made predictions difficult.
Cricket fans posed outside a polling station near the Gabba, as the first Ashes Test between Australia and England entered its third day