Queensland election live count: latest polling news and live results 2024
David Crisafulli has ushered in a new era for Queensland in front of a raucous legion of supporters. HOW ELECTION NIGHT UNFOLDED
David Crisafulli is set to become Queensland 's new premier, though forming a majority government appears uncertain, while Steven Miles has been credited with orchestrating one of the “most significant electoral fightbacks” in history.
Follow our below blog for live updates from every key seat in Queensland.
RESULTS LIVE: HOW EVERY SEAT IS FALLING
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
- LNP to form majority government
- Steven Miles refuses to concede, says “I gave this election everything I had”
- David Crisafulli to be Qld’s next premier
- Robbie Katter officially becomes kingmaker
- Wayne Swan credits Steven Miles with “most significant electoral fightbacks” in Australian political history
- ‘My heart is broken’: Brittany Lauga concedes defeat
- LNP takes Mackay from Labor for first time
- Palaszczuk insists she gave Steven Miles enough time to secure victory
Watch: ‘I had a stroke in regional Qld – this new tech saved my life’
A Qld woman says she is alive because a new system, where strokes are diagnosed and “clot-busting” drugs given within minutes, is being piloted at her regional hospital. It comes ahead of a statewide rollout.
Tiny baby’s death: Questions new Child Safety Minister won’t answer
Queensland’s new Child Safety Minister will not commit to a review and has dodged questions about the shocking death of a two-month-old girl, born to an at-risk teen and at the home of long-term foster carers when ambulances were called.