An anti-Adani protestor has disrupted the Queensland Premier’s formal announcement of a state election on November 25.

Annastacia Palaszczuk called on acting Governor, Chief Justice Catherine Holmes, shortly before 11am local time to dissolve Parliament, and left via a separate entrance less than half an hour later.

A short time later, Ms Palaszczuk faced the media at Darra Bowls Club to formally announce the election date.

“I’m calling this election to give business and industry in our great state the certainty they need as we approach 2018,” she said.

“Together we have secured the lowest unemployment rate in four years.”

At this point, an anti-Adani protestor interrupted proceedings, asking Ms Palaszczuk not to “give $1 billion to the Adani mine” and to instead fund jobs in renewable energy.

As the protestor was led away, Ms Palaszczuk replied: “We are delivering renewable energy. There’s over $3 billion in renewable investment in this state creating thousands of jobs in regional Queensland and we will back renewable energy.”

An anti-Adani protestor interrupts Annastacia Palaszczuk’s press conference. Photo: AAP

Earlier in the day, Ms Palaszczuk had called on her grandmother to mark Grandparents Day.

An election became inevitable on Friday when Ms Palaszczuk directed the ALP to disendorse the member for Pumicestone, Rick Williams, over a complaint that he threatened a local constituent.

She acknowledged yesterday it had given her a lot to think about on election timing.

“I took an extraordinary step last night,” she said.

Earlier last week, Ms Palaszczuk had said it would take something extraordinary for her to consider going to an election this year.

The move against Mr Williams leaves Labor and the LNP with 41 seats each, meaning State Parliament was unlikely to sit again in mid-November.

At a media conference on Saturday afternoon, Mr Williams said he had not thought the Premier would use the altercation against him.

“They’ve [the ALP] used my vote for the past 33 months and then they go and do this to me.”

Polls offer no clear sign of outcome

Opinion polls suggest that voters remain to be convinced that either Ms Palaszczuk or Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls should get a majority, setting the scene for a 28-day campaign that will be a crucial test for all sides.

The ALP will try to assure the electorate it’s had a steady hand on the economic levers — reducing trend unemployment to just under 6 per cent — while reminding voters of Mr Nicholls’ role as treasurer in the previous Newman government.

The LNP campaign will paint the Palaszczuk government as a “do-nothing” administration, beholden to unions.

The result will be made more unpredictable by the historic return of full preferential voting, new boundaries for most seats and a predicted resurgence in popularity for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party.

It is the last time a premier had the discretion to name the poll date, after laws were passed to set the following election for October 31, 2020, and every four years after that.

It is also the first election since 1986 that will increase the size of the parliament, with four more seats bringing the new total to 93.

– ABC