Tomorrow, voters in the Australian electoral district of Groom are scheduled to go to the polls in a by-election following the resignation of Liberal National MP John McVeigh for family reasons. Groom is located in the state of Queensland, and is centred around the city of Toowoomba. At the last federal election, the Liberal National Party, Queensland's dominant conservative party, won this seat by over 70% of the two-party-preferred vote, and since the seat's creation in 1984, it has been held by conservative political parties. 
Some political analysts considered this a foregone conclusion, with analyst Kevin Bonham having declared it on his blog as "Australia's most boring by-election", however Bonham noted the size of the swing may have been indicative of the dominant centre left Labor Party's general performance in Queensland. There was a 4.2% swing against the Labor Party in the state of Queensland at the previous federal election.
Wikinews spoke to one of the four candidates running in the by-election, Craig Farquharson, who is running for the Liberal Democrats.  Liberal Democrats describes itself as standing for "individual liberty, free markets and small government". The party has two elected officials, who sit in the Victorian Legislative Council. Farquharson is a former military contractor and owns the King Vapealot vape store in Toowoomba.
: Why are you running to be Groom's local MP?
((WN)) : The Liberal Democrats are a party of small government and cutting "red tape" – what's one particular law you think needs revising?
But one of the big issues for Groom is actually "green tape" rather than "red tape". It is essential for jobs in the region for Acland Mine to receive environmental approvals to extend the mine. This is both a Federal and a State issue.
((WN)) : You own a vape store in Toowoomba. Do you think that there's reforms that need to be made in regards to e-cigarette laws and drug laws as a whole?
((WN)) : Why did you decide to join the Liberal Democrats?
((WN)) : The Liberal Democrats have not ever been successful in winning a seat in the House of Representatives and have never run in the seat of Groom. What is your goal as a candidate this election?
((WN)) : How have COVID-19 restrictions impacted your ability to campaign?
((WN)) : What's one key issue in Groom that you think needs acting on?

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Wikinews interviews Craig Farquharson, Liberal Democrat candidate for 2020 Groom by-election