When Annastacia Palaszczuk asks Queensland's governor to dissolve state parliament on Tuesday, she'll launch an election campaign in which she's cast herself as the underdog in true Queenslander style.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has a chance to secure her political legacy on October 31. Matt Dennien
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's electoral honeymoon was only supposed to last six months after she stunningly defeated Liberal National Party premier Campbell Newman after only one term in 2015.
Dubbed the "accidental premier" by the media, Palaszczuk's high school teacher demeanour was the perfect antidote to the abrasive and aggressive Newman, who trashed his massive political majority in less than three years.
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