Tourism industry sources suggest up to 20 per cent of Queenslanders could be on holidays in the days leading up to the close of enrolments. Tourism industry estimates suggest 20 per cent of Queenslanders aren't home this week, making it unlikely some of them will enroll to vote. Greens Senator Larissa Waters said the move was aimed at discouraging traditionally non-Liberal National Party voters. "I think it's a deliberate strategy from the Newman government to try to exclude new voters and younger voters from the roll, because history shows us new and younger voters tend to vote progressive," she said. "Mostly that's the Greens and other parties that aren't the LNP.

"So no doubt Premier Newman knows how dire the polls are for him and is trying to take every opportunity to stack the odds in his favour." But Senator Waters said would-be voters away on holidays would still be able to enrol via the Australian Electoral Commission website. "Thankfully, we can do things online now, so I'll be encouraging everyone to do the online enrolling, which is much easier than the old traditional filling out the stack of forms," she said. "So let's hope young people are still connected to the internet. "I'm sure they are, even while on their holidays, probably particularly so, and can just take that 30 seconds or 60 seconds to enrol."

Youth disenfranchisement was also of concern to online activist group GetUp's communication director Matt Levinson. "Calling a snap election while Queenslanders who turned 18 since the last election are at the beach smacks of desperation," he said. "Most of us are on our mobiles all year round now, so we're getting a Facebook app out asking GetUp members to remind their young friends and family to enrol." An LNP spokesman said Mr Newman urged anyone eligible to vote to enrol as soon as possible and pointed to comments the Premier made earlier on Tuesday. "Queenslanders don't want, and they certainly don't need, months of endless politicking and uncertainty as people jostle up to an election date," Mr Newman said.