PoliticsQueensland votesPrint articlePalaszczuk goes stale with voters, deputy hits back against ‘gossip’Gus McCubbingReporterAug 27, 2023 – 5.59pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginPollsters say Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s connection with voters has nosedived but her deputy, Steven Miles, dismissed talk she must step aside for Labor to be competitive at the next election as “rumours and gossip”.Ms Palaszczuk began a fortnight of leave on Saturday, including a trip to Europe, following a difficult political week in which the state government introduced new laws allowing children to be held in police watch houses.Loading...Gus McCubbing is a journalist at the Australian Financial Review in Melbourne. Connect with Gus on Twitter. Email Gus at gus.mccubbing@afr.comSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreQueensland votesQueensland governmentPolitical leadershipAnnastacia PalaszczukSteven MilesALPDavid CrisafulliMick de BrenniLatest In PoliticsFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In PoliticsThe Australian Financial Review MagazineOlympic weightlifting is hard. This boss uses the 1pc rule to get it doneLucy DeanOut-of-control watch price rises give housing a run for its moneyKnow your craft: How the biggest airlines rate at the pointy endBOSS Financial ReviewThe country’s highest-paid directors revealedPatrick Durkin and Sally PattenHow this Melbourne engineer became a boss at a $24b global giantJun Bei Liu: How I learnt to speak upLife & LeisureIn basketball and in business, this MD knows when to take the shotLife & LeisureA pearl-encrusted champagne bottle and to-die-for hot cross bunsHow to stop comparing yourself with othersRich ListCannon-Brookes describes ‘deep internal conflict’ over his private jetTess BennettOscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year successBillionaire Nicola Forrest appoints UBank boss to run family office
