With signs of floodwater still visible, the LNP’s hold on Brisbane may be in doubt

Climate change and cost of living are two issues voters in the seat of Brisbane are concerned with. Photograph: Dan Peled/Guardian Australia

There are places in Brisbane where you can still see the tide mark; parts of the city where business remain closed and where temporary fences still surround kids’ playgrounds.

“Given that people here are visibly, physically witnessing and experiencing what are most likely the effects of man-made climate change, it would bring it to the forefront of people’s minds when they go to vote,” says John Pittendreigh, a bike shop owner from Rosalie in Brisbane’s northern suburbs.