The Channel 10 reporter turned politician is campaigning for the Queensland state election on October 31. MAIWAR. 'People consistently tell me they're sick of politics and I think childish name-calling only makes that worse, which is why I've deliberately avoided dirty politicking throughout this campaign. Ms Day with her son Joseph (left), six, and her daughter Rosie (right), one. 'Fences have now been damaged. Ryan Young LNP. Another sign vandal had drawn faeces and male genitalia on Ms Day's face, labelling it 'ScoMo's d**k' and labelling her as 'ScoMo's w***e'. She will start anchoring on Monday, June 10. 'I'm a mum of two kids and I don't think this is the right example for our children,' she said about the sign graffiti. Ms Day was preselected, unopposed, on February 18 and is tipped to make incumbent Michael Berkman fight very hard to retain his seat. Mother-of-two Lauren Day, 38, is the LNP candidate for the Brisbane electoral district of Maiwar, which has been held by the Greens since 2017. The other material was a 16 page booklet, with front cover headlines on Economic Recovery, Essential Services, Neighbourhoods, and Funding. The LNP’s candidate there, the former journalist Lauren Day, was backed by the Christian right and endorsed by anti-abortion campaigners. Maiwar was created for the 2017 election, as a merger of the seats of Indooroopilly and Mount Coot-tha. Lauren Day has been married to Matthew Day since 2010. LNP Leader Deb Frecklington has welcomed the selection of journalist Lauren Day as her party’s candidate for Maiwar. Day is a local girl—born and raised. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Her husband Matthew is a police officer and together they are raising a boy and girl in the western suburbs of Brisbane. I'm a Graphic Designer on the Gold Coast. Brendan O’Malley. LNP Party President David Hutchinson welcomed Lauren Day to the LNP team. 5 June 2020 Lauren Day, Candidate for Maiwar Opposition Staff Meeting 5 June 2020 Lauren Day, Candidate for Maiwar Business Owners Opposition Staff Meeting 6 June 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff Meeting 7 June 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Authorised by N. Savanh, Liberal National Party, 66-68 Bowen St, Spring Hill Q 4000 Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington with candidate Lauren Day. Her husband Matthew is a police officer and together they are raising a boy and girl in the western suburbs of Brisbane. Let's be better than this as an electorate. Ms Day posted a Facebook video showing two signs that had been graffitied with paint covering her face. Trad and Day have nothing much in common. But this week, they have both become the subject of foul sexist slurs. Lauren Day is a driver for Meals on Wheels, a member of Red Cross and volunteers for the Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network in Maiwar. Calling all fashion victims! Lauren Day - LNP for Maiwar . Opening the booklet I read about Manufacturing, Public Hospitals, and State Schools. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. They have two children. She revealed on Friday many of her signs have been defaced. Hey babe! “Lauren joins a growing list of quality LNP candidates ahead of the state election on October 31. Maiwar livestream debate replay: Michael Berkman, Lauren Day. They had also blacked out her eyes and wrote 'Blind to the truth' and rewrote LNP to read 'PNP: Penis National Party'. The vandalism mirrors attacks on corflutes promoting LNP candidate Lauren Day in Maiwar, where she is up against Greens MP Michael Berkman. “Maiwar can’t afford to waste another four more years with the Palaszczuk Labor Government and weak local representation.”. Cars line up at Mackay COVID testing clinic 0:13. Lauren Day, 38, is the LNP candidate in the Greens-held electorate of Maiwar Ms Day’s campaign signs have been graffitied with drawings of male genitalia She has also been labelled a ‘racist’ and ‘ScoMo’s w***e’ in some graffiti attacks It was great making memories with Toowong Rotary as their first online guest speaker - ever - in the history of the club! A Liberal candidate running in a Greens electorate has been targeted by sexist graffiti which labelled her 'ScoMo's w***e'. Sitting MP. Ms Day said building a stronger economy, busting congestion, delivering better schools and improving health services were her priorities for Maiwar. The Greens already hold the seat of Maiwar, a hop, skip and jump away. Former Network 10 crime reporter Lauren Day was pre-selected as the LNP's state candidate for Maiwar, which takes in the inner-west suburbs of Bardon, Indooroopilly and Fig Tree Pocket, on Tuesday night. The comments below have not been moderated. The first is Maiwar, where the anti-abortion lobby has spent significant money and time campaigning against the Greens MP, Michael Berkman. This is other people's property. Lauren Day is a driver for Meals on Wheels, a member of Red Cross and volunteers for the Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network in Maiwar. In her Facebook video, Ms Day said she was 'really upset and disappointed' that her signs and her supporter's properties had been damaged by the graffiti. There goes another 100,000 viewers! “The LNP will slash hospital waiting times by working with private healthcare providers to ease the pressure on hard-working nurses and doctors. “Only the LNP has the team and the plan to get Queensland working again.”, Copyright © 2021 Deb Frecklington MP – Member for Nanango. LNP candidate for Maiwar Lauren Day is disappointed at the slurs painted on her campaign signs for the Queensland election. “The LNP’s plan to declutter the curriculum will ensure teachers and kids can concentrate on the basics – reading, writing and maths. “I’m passionate about building a stronger economy to not only create more jobs, but higher-paid local jobs here in Maiwar. The LNP unveiled Ms Day as their candidate today to take on incumbent Greens MP Michael Berkman at the October poll in the western Brisbane electorate. This is the Greens' first seat in the Queensland Parliament but Ms Day is looking to take it for the LNP at the next election. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Deliveries with a NASTY bill from Europe: More and more shoppers are being hit by hidden import fees - even... 'Every little victory feels momentous': Sarah Harding reveals her tumours 'have shrunk' as her cancer... 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In 2020, he will contest the seat with Labor candidate Palani Thevar and LNP candidate Lauren Day. LNP candidate for the seat, Lauren Day, said the party would also rehabilitate significant environmental sites in and around Indooroopilly, St Lucia and Fig Tree Pocket, if elected on October 31. Holidays are back on! Revealed: Vile message 'cop sent to seven officers' from Sarah Everard crime scene is sick parody of the... Met Police backed over handling of Sarah Everard vigil: Half of women and 56% of men support force's actions... 'Go f**k yourselves': Patsy Palmer launches into extraordinary rant after being slammed for 'doing a Piers'... McDonald's launches a week of deals starting TODAY with a Quarter Pounder with Cheese for 99p. The candidate on the flyer was Lauren Day, LNP for Maiwar. Amanda Stoker is continuing to miss the point – she just mentioned what a loss to Queensland not having Lauren Day, the Maiwar LNP candidate Ben … You can see down here for example this beautiful white fence has now got red paint all over it, which we will obviously fix - I don't want this person to be punished,' she said. The LNP has preselected well-known Channel 10 TV reporter Lauren Day for the Indooroopilly-based state seat of Maiwar, which returned Queensland’s first Greens MP in a knife-edge contest at the last election. The FA put children at risk by FAILING to ban two serial predatory paedophiles - and explosive 700-page... Oxford academic, 63, who was forced to take 'humiliating' anti-harassment training after he tried to kiss... LA District Attorney plans to 'severely downsize' or dissolve Hardcore Gang unit that prosecutes the city's... Knifeman, 30, who told police he was on an SAS mission when he repeatedly stabbed NHS worker, 56, on... Top Gear's Sabine Schmitz, 51, dies after three-year cancer battle: Racing world bids farewell to 'Queen of... What happened to Blessing Olusegun? FORMER television journalist Lauren Day will fly the flag for the LNP at the looming election as their candidate in the must-win electorate of Maiwar. 'This is not what democracy is. G'Day! Mother-of-two Lauren Day, 38, is the LNP candidate for the Brisbane electoral district of Maiwar, which has been held by the Greens since 2017. She is now counting on the changes that COVID-19 has brought to help her regain the seat for the LNP. ', Michael Berkman from The Greens (pictured) said his supporters were not responsible for the graffiti and said his own signs had been graffitied with 'homophobic slurs'. Former Channel 10 crime and political reporter Lauren Day decided to throw her hat in the ring in Maiwar after reporting on Labor’s appalling failures in child safety and crime prevention. “As a mum of two kids, I am passionate about health and raising education standards,” Ms Day said. But former TV journalist and new LNP star Lauren Day has had a big impact inside the party, and LNP chiefs expect to count that seat in their tally on October 31. View Lauren Day’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. “Lauren is an outstanding candidate who is determined to work hard for Maiwar and Queensland,” Mr Hutchinson said. LNP candidate Lauren Day (pictured), 38, standing next to a campaign sign that has been graffitied with the word 'racist' in the Brisbane state electorate of Maiwar on Friday. Lauren Day - LNP for Maiwar . It's Queensland's largest building plan in decades. On the election campaign this week, Chris enticed Lauren Day, LNP candidate for Maiwar on to her bike for the first time in about three years for a ride around the electorate. “Only an LNP Government can cut hospital waiting times, deliver congestion-busting transport projects and improve education results, because only an LNP Government can build the strong economy that Queensland needs. Welcome to my website. The official page for the Ryan Young LNP Branch of the Liberal National Party, Queensland. “The people of Maiwar need a representative who will preserve what we love about our westside lifestyle while tackling the problems holding it back. Say ‘Aloha!’ to Lauren Day, KHON2’s new anchor for the 7 p.m. (KHII) and 10 p.m. shows. Piers Morgan's replacement Ben Shephard calls for the Royals to 'share... STEPHEN GLOVER: How on earth will lobbing yet more grenades help heal the Royal family rift? Queensland FINALLY opens its borders... 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ALL over-50s in England are now eligible for a Covid vaccine as NHS expands roll-out towards final stage. Daily Mail Australia has contacted Ms Day and Queensland police for comment. 'Don't punish people because they believe in a certain opinion.'. Held by the Queensland Greens by a margin of 1.6%. Lauren Day Designer is a digital design studio and branding boutique on the Gold Coast, Australia. Ms Day has never met Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Maiwar was first contested at the 2017 election, formed from those parts of Indooroopilly north of the Brisbane River, and parts of the abolished Labor seat of Mt Cooth-tha. New Bradfield Scheme to secure our water. Lauren has 7 jobs listed on their profile. Ms Day said her supporters should not be punished for supporting a certain political party as it is anti-democratic. Lauren Day, Self: AM Agenda. 'I'm confident none of our team would be involved in such horrible personal attacks, especially these gendered slurs,' he told The Courier Mail. Lauren empowers women owned businesses with creative and clever branding for social media. Watch the replay of the Maiwar debate between Michael Berkman - The Greens and Lauren Day – LNP as they go head-to-head ahead of 2020 QLD election. “Building a stronger economy will allow an LNP Government to invest in new roads and transport projects and we’ll work with Brisbane City Council to bust traffic bottlenecks and cut congestion across the city’s west. Ms Day is running against Michael Berkman from The Greens, Palani Thevar from the Labor party and Jacob Rush representing United Australia in the Maiwar electorate. Ms Berkman said his supporters were not responsible for the graffiti and said his own signs had been graffitied with 'homophobic slurs'. The former Channel 10 reporter said she has reported the graffiti to the police. Ms Frecklington said Lauren Day would make an outstanding Member of Parliament. What an honour to be part of such a milestone, where this lovely group has embraced change. “Congestion is another major issue in the western suburbs and traffic on our major roads is grinding to a standstill. It had an LNP margin of 3.0% compared to 6.7% for Indooroopilly. Ms Day, her daughter Rosie, her son Joseph and her police officer husband Matthew Day. Published: 10:11 GMT, 3 October 2020 | Updated: 10:11 GMT, 3 October 2020. “Queensland also has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation under Labor. 271 likes. “The congestion crisis is costing southeast Queensland billions and it costs westside residents time away from their family or work. Here is every candidate contesting a seat in Maiwar, Miller, Cooper and Moggill. Retired British... Ex-teacher, 63, trampled by COWS while walking her dog spent eight days in coma and needed 17 titanium... Shamima Begum tells British people to 'give me a second chance and put aside everything you've heard about... Should YOU be worried about your partner's porn habit? Liberal candidate and mum-of-two Lauren Day targeted with sick graffiti after daring to stand for a Greens seat Maiwar in Queensland. Mr Berkman has held the seat since the 2017 state election, which is when Maiwar was formed as a merger of the Indooroopilly and Mount Coot-Tha seats. Ms Day said she has reported the matter to the police. 'I really feel for the volunteers who have to deal with this – my own team has spent the week cleaning and replacing Greens signs that were vandalised with homophobic slurs in Bardon. “Maiwar needs a representative who actually delivers for the electorate and only Lauren and an LNP Government can do it.”. “Lauren’s priorities are the same priorities of the people of Maiwar, which is why she will be a strong voice for them in Parliament,” Ms Frecklington said. Tracey Cox reveals the reasons men turn to explicit... Schools urged to teach boys how to treat women and girls with respect on Britain's streets. The LNP candidate in the Greens-held western suburbs seat of Maiwar, Lauren Day, was backed for preselection by the party’s rightwing. The candidate was Michael Berkman, Greens for Maiwar. The new challenger in the seat of Maiwar, Lauren Day, is a former Channel Ten journalist. Ms Day posted a Facebook video showing two signs that had been graffitied with paint covering her face, one of which also said 'racist' in red paint. 'I don't want my children seeing this kind of thing going on in Maiwar.