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Mulgrave MP Curtis Pitt  during a Palaszczuk Government  walk through of the $176m Cairns Convention Centre upgrade. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
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Pitt has last laugh as Trad unseated

Curtis Pitt would never admit it but a slightly chuffed wave of emotion must have tickled him when Labor’s horrid results for South Brisbane flashed on the screen on Saturday night.

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MOUNT ISA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 7, 2020. Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick speaks at a press conference during a visit to the Glencore Copper Smelter in Mount Isa as part of her re-election campaign. Queenslanders will go to the polls on October 31.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Is the Treasurer chicken, or just a goose?

Cameron Dick has cemented his place as the “Chicken Little” of the 2020 election campaign, with claims “the sky is falling in”, which are loosely related to some comment or commitment made by his LNP opponent. But if the claims are wrong, people may think he’s just a goose.

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LNP Leader Deb Frecklington at media conference at CaPTA Group in Cairns. PICTURE: STEWART McLEAN

Putting Labor last may come back to bite Frecklington

It’s described by the LNP itself as a “win-at-all-costs” strategic decision, but there are a range of potentially dangerous outcomes that the party’s state executive perhaps should have considered more carefully before endorsing the preference-Labor-last strategy.

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Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington in Townsville to announce her plan to tackle crime. Picture: Alix Sweeney

How LNP can win QLD election

Deb Frecklington’s fight to become Queensland’s next premier looks like a tough task. Here’s exactly how the LNP can win this next election.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos August 17, 2020: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk during a press conference in Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

How Labor Party can win QLD election

Palaszczuk’s quest for another term – and the chance to be Labor’s third-longest serving Queensland Premier – seems simple enough on paper, but what exactly does Labor need to do to win?

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