The retirement of Annastacia Palaszczuk will freshen Labor’s brand in Queensland, but the Albanese government still faces a fight on two fronts if it is going to win seats there, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.
Dr Chalmers is the most senior federal MP from Queensland, a state in which Labor holds just five of the 30 federal seats. It needs to build on that to ward off minority government.
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