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Queensland election 2015: no party can ignore Campbell Newman's loss

Campbell Newman's stunning defeat holds lessons for all politicians about likeability in the age of fickle politics.

Tony Walker
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In the end, former military officer Campbell Newman exited the parade ground, eyes neither right nor left, to a life after politics.

"It is over, it is over," Newman told the people of Queensland in a gracious concession speech. He conceded mistakes, but maintained he had done his best.

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