CLAIMS of pork-barrelling and "vote buying" have plagued the final week of campaigning in Redland city's three electorates.
Early predictions the poll could end in a hung parliament or a large swing towards Labor fuelled an LNP campaign targeting marginal or "undecided" seats including Capalaba and Redlands.
In the past two weeks, the Treasurer, Attorney-General along with ministers for health, police, education, transport, sports and the environment have visited the city.
Together they made more than 10 election promises totalling $2.07 million for the three electorates but stipulated they would only come true if the LNP candidates were elected.
Queensland Greens convenor Penny Allman-Payne said the LNP tactic equated to "blackmail" and blamed the party for neglecting safe seats, such as Cleveland.
Ms Allman-Payne, whose daughter is running as a Greens candidate in Capalaba, said the "dirty tactics" resulted in Cleveland District State High School missing out on a promised $6 million for a hall.
Cleveland High and Cavendish Road State High are the only schools in the state that do not have sports halls.
The school and Redlands United Football Club applied for funding, under the Get Playing Plus program, for a hall which could be used for indoor sports, kiosk, office, toilets and change rooms.
Redland City Council was tipped to contribute $1.5 million to match money from the Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing with a further $3 million from Education Queensland.
However, two weeks before the election was called, the football club was advised the $1.5 million was off the table.
"In the meantime, $3 million has been promised to Enoggera State School, which is in the Premier's electorate," Ms Allman-Payne said.
"The Gap State High School was promised, and subsequently received, $6 million for a second sports hall.
"This appears to be a blatant case of pork barrelling as significant capital works and related grants have been promised to schools in the neighbouring Capalaba electorate, where the LNP margin is only 3 per cent."
LNP candidates, Capalaba's Steve Davies and Redlands Matt McEachan denied the claims and said the funding promises were for worthwhile projects.
"We can only make suggestions at the moment as to how the government's money should be spent because it would be pointless to set it in concrete before an election," Mr Davies said.
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