Labor’s candidate for the Hinchinbrook byelection says he is ashamed of his behaviour at a polling booth, after a secret recording showed him threatening to “take out” an LNP volunteer during an altercation on Wednesday.

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie used parliamentary privilege to accuse Maurie Soars of threatening to kill the volunteer at a north Queensland polling booth.

During question time on Thursday, Bleijie said the former Townsville councillor pushed the young volunteer.

“I’m just further advised that Mr Maurie Soars has just denied those allegations when asked by the media in the Hinchinbrook byelection,” he said.

“What Mr Soars doesn’t know is, I’ve seen the video.

“The video that I have seen clearly shows Mr Soars saying, ‘I’m going to take you out – that’s not a threat, t

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