Prime minister to make jobs and infrastructure promises as high profile independent prepares to challenge treasurer Josh Frydenberg
Scott Morrison will kick off a four-day Queensland electoral sortie with a pledge to oversee the creation of 1.25m jobs over the next five years, as he attempts to claw back support for the Coalition ahead of the 2019 election.
But the government will be hit with a fresh political challenge as it attempts to steady its fortunes ahead of the election, with another high profile independent, Oliver Yates, the former chief executive of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, preparing to run against the treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, in the Melbourne seat of Kooyong.
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