A THIRD Liberal National MP has thrown their hat in the ring for the party’s leadership, as fellow hopeful John-Paul Langbroek says he was on track to win the 2012 election for the LNP before the disastrous Campbell Newman experiment.
THE LNP’s preference to put the Greens last in South Brisbane saved the Deputy Premier’s political hide. Now, the decision is causing a serious split inside the party.
PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk is set to unveil major changes to her Cabinet after officially claiming election victory, with a new treasurer, health minister and speaker tipped.
ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk has finally claimed victory for Labor, with the Premier this afternoon saying a veto on the Adani Commonwealth loan would be one of her first actions.
DESPITE Labor calling for a recount in Maiwar, the state’s first Greens MP is stepping up his fight against the Adani megamine and is already planning a “listening tour” of regional Queensland.
ECONOMISTS and business chiefs say Australia’s newest voters need to stand up and demand a debt reduction strategy from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, or they’ll be paying the price into their old age.
PRESSURE is mounting on LNP leader Tim Nicholls to concede defeat in the state election, with Labor this afternoon claiming victory in the seat of Townsville.
LABOR is not conceding in Maiwar and might still ask for a recount despite Greens candidate Michael Berkman this morning claiming an historic victory in the inner-west Brisbane seat.
THE Queensland Electoral Commission has declared the LNP’s Dale Last has won the seat of Burdekin. Mr Last’s win comes after his Labor counterpart Michael Brunker let fly at the QEC saying they needed to take a “long, hard look” at how they operate.
FEDERAL Resources Minister Matt Canavan has been branded “unhinged” after he accused Queensland’s Labor government of racism and xenophobia over its stance on the Adani coal mine, which puts the project “on a knife edge”.
IT’S rare that leaders make the difference to an election outcome, but if you don’t run hard on issues, personality is all voters have to judge you by, writes Graham Young.
QUEENSLAND’S youngest-ever female MP has officially claimed the Gold Coast seat of Gaven in a historic election victory that may have sealed the deal for a second Palaszczuk Government.
PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk could finally declare victory in the Queensland election as early as today — but the Opposition has other ideas.
CHILD safety advocate Hetty Johnston has conceded in the seat of Macalister, congratulating Labor candidate Melissa McMahon on her win.
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