The Albanese government is unlikely to gain in Queensland any of the extra seats it may need to avoid minority government after the next election, pollsters say, as federal Labor MPs brush off a pair of bruising double-digit swings in Queensland byelections.
Queensland Premier Steven Miles’ government is projected to have lost the state seat of Ipswich West to the Liberal National Party’s Darren Zanow after voters delivered an estimated 18 per cent swing against Labor at a byelection on Saturday.
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