The new Labor leader The Hon. Anthony Albanese spent his first full day as opposition leader in Queensland to try to win back voters that turned against the party at the election.

Part of that day was a 3 pm door stop at the Caboolture Hub and Square, which sits in the seat of Longman – one of two Queensland seats Labor lost at the federal election.

Labor’s primary vote in the northern state slumped to 26.9 per cent after suffering a 4 per cent swing against it, a key factor in its shock election loss.

The Opposition’s poor showing in Queensland is being blamed on its position on the Adani coal mine, but Mr Albanese still refused to publicly endorse the coal mine, saying only he would “respect the process”.

At the door stop Adani did figure predominantly on journalists questions.

Speculation on the Labor front bench also factored strongly in questions to Anthony Albanese, which he would not speculate leaving that for the party caucus to go through its formal process.

When asked about how Federal Labor will deal with small business, reiterating what he said the day before “small business is so important, being the driving force behind our economy”.

Mr Albanese goes on to say “the mum and dad’s and families going out there to take on risks, in order to create employment and create economic activity”, “once more entrepreneurial activity is so important”, “we live in one of the fastest growing regions of the world”.

Anthony Albanese also illustrated the importance of startups citing the example in Singapore of a whole block of Australian startups and that they have to go there to do what could have been done in Australia, this is where Australia is falling behind.

Earlier Anthony Albanese visited the Moreton Bay Regional Council building to meet with Councillors and the Mayor at an official function, but would not elaborate on the discussions.