Campbell Newman loses seat, Labor ahead in count

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has lost his seat and the Labor party is shaping for an historic victory across the state, although the result remains too close to call.

Mark Ludlow | Matthew Cranston

Updated Feb 1, 2015 – 8.28am, first published at Jan 31, 2015 – 9.19pm

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Queensland result bad news for Abbott

Premier Campbell Newman’s political career is over and the Labor party looks set to form government, in a shock result with implications for Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the conservative side of politics.

Mark Ludlow was formerly the Queensland bureau chief.

Matthew Cranston was The Australian Financial Review’s United States correspondent.